SB0231sam002 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Andy Manar

Filed: 5/3/2016

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 231

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 231, AS AMENDED, with reference to page and line numbers of Senate Amendment No. 1, as follows:

on page 359, line 13, by replacing "2017-2018" with "2016-2017"; and

on page 361, line 1, after "district", by inserting ", Laboratory School, or Alternative School"; and

on page 363, immediately below line 8, by inserting the following:

""Residential Boarding School Program" means a residential school for students in jeopardy of academic failure and impacted by one or more adverse childhood experiences. A residential program includes:

(A) a remedial, regular, and gifted curriculum for school grades 2 through 8;

(B) a residential component focused on social and emotional well-being, safety, and life skills;

(C) extracurricular activities, including a military leadership program, vocational education program, music and art, athletics, and cultural events;

(D) health and mental health services;

(E) tutoring and a learning resource center that provides individualized and small group instruction;

(F) community service, volunteering, and service learning activities;

(G) a parent partnering program, which includes family therapy (if needed), home visits, and parental support and education and promotes familial integration into all aspects of programming;

(H) programs that are preventative for students, diverting them from such outcomes as:

(i) reliance on social service programs;

(ii) dangerous behaviors;

(iii) untreated or unmanaged mental and medical illnesses;

(iv) unemployment;

(v) crime; and

(vi) involvement with the justice system;

(I) year-round programming, including summer camp and academic enrichment; and

(J) Professional development focused on language arts and reading standards, mathematics standards, science standards, technology standards, and developmental or life skill standards using innovative and best practices for all students."; and

on page 365, line 7, by replacing "through (4)" with "and (3)"; and

on page 366, line 23, after "Count", by inserting ","; and

on page 369, line 26, by replacing "State" with "statewide"; and

on page 385, line 18, by replacing "The" with "Beginning with the 2018-2019 school year, the"; and

on page 385, line 24, by replacing "95%" with "85%"; and

on page 386, line 3, by replacing "85%" with "75%"; and

on page 386, line 7, by replacing "85%" with "75%"; and

on page 386, line 8, by replacing "95%" with "85%"; and

on page 386, line 15, by replacing "85%" with "75%"; and

on page 388, line 7, after "Level.", by inserting the following: "If, for any of the 2016-2017 through 2019-2020 school years, the primary State aid entitlement for a Laboratory School or Alternative School calculated under this subsection (i) is less than the Hold Harmless State Funding, the school shall receive a supplemental grant as follows: 100% of the difference in the 2016-2017 school year, 75% of the difference in the 2017-2018 school year, 50% of the difference in the 2018-2019 school year, and 25% of the difference in the 2019-2020 school year."; and

on page 396, line 25, after "with", by inserting "the"; and

on page 398, by replacing line 25 with the following:

"(n) Average Daily Attendance count adjustment for residential boarding school within identified school district. For the purposes of providing unique educational opportunities to dependents or youths who are academic underperformers or who could become academic underperformers due to circumstances, but who have the potential to progress to high-performers who are high school and college bound, a school district may include eligible students that attend a Residential Boarding School Program within that same district within the district's Average Daily Attendance count should both parties deem appropriate.

As used in this subsection (n), "eligible student" means a student who is entitled to attend school, is at risk of academic failure, is currently enrolled in grades 1 through 8, is from a family who is low income, and meets at least one of the following additional risk factors:

(1) The student is in foster care or has been declared an adjudicated dependent by the court.

(2) The student's head of household is not the student's custodial parent.

(3) The student has been residing in a household that receives a housing voucher or has been determined eligible for public housing assistance or is homeless.

(4) The student is from an impoverished community.

(5) A member of the student's immediate family has been incarcerated.

(6) The student has experienced or is experiencing traumatic events identified as adverse childhood experiences that directly impact his or her educational success, such as:

(A) abuse or neglect;

(B) bullying or exclusion;

(C) poverty or homelessness;

(D) discrimination;

(E) a household with substance abuse;

(F) witnessing or being a victim of violence;

(G) household mental illness; and

(H) divorce, deportation, or other family separation.

(o) References. On and after July 1, 2016, references in".