Full Text of SB0446 100th General Assembly
SB0446ham001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Cynthia Soto Filed: 5/17/2017
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 446
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 446 by replacing | 3 | | line 23 on page 5 through line 8 on page 7 with the following: | 4 | | " (4) For the 2017-2018 school year and each school year | 5 | | thereafter, in a school district or educational service region | 6 | | with a high school dropout rate that is at least 2 times the | 7 | | State high school dropout rate as calculated for the latest | 8 | | school year, a school district or educational service region | 9 | | shall receive an incentive weighting of 2 times the full | 10 | | Foundation Level of support of $6,119 for each high school | 11 | | dropout who has been dropped from the school enrollment rolls | 12 | | for at least one calendar month and has been reenrolled into a | 13 | | best practices school for high school dropouts. The school | 14 | | district or educational service region may run the school | 15 | | directly or subcontract with a not-for-profit organization or | 16 | | school to provide the comprehensive services for the reenrolled | 17 | | dropouts. The school district or educational service region | 18 | | shall provide the same local and other funding for each |
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| 1 | | reenrolled dropout that is provided for other students already | 2 | | enrolled in the school district or educational service region. | 3 | | A school may be developed as a new school or may be an existing | 4 | | school that is expanded. New schools that are developed shall | 5 | | have a minimum of 50 reenrolled high school dropouts. These | 6 | | schools shall operate with this increased incentive, 2 times | 7 | | the full Foundation Level funding, using the best school | 8 | | practices that successfully reengage, educate, graduate, and | 9 | | transition high school dropouts, as developed through | 10 | | successful experience and research. These practices include, | 11 | | but are not limited to, strong leadership, small school size, | 12 | | small class size, local school decision-making, comprehensive | 13 | | programming, strong staff teamwork, strong professional | 14 | | development for all staff, and employment and career | 15 | | preparation, with a more complete list detailed in the January | 16 | | 2008 Final Report of the State Task Force on Re-enrolling | 17 | | Students Who Dropped Out of School, Appendix E. The | 18 | | reimbursement for a new or expanded school shall be made in the | 19 | | school year in which the school is operating, a payment of | 20 | | one-fourth of the annual projected budget shall be made in the | 21 | | first month, and subsequent payments of one-fourth of the | 22 | | annual budget shall be made at the beginning of the second, | 23 | | third, and fourth quarters if the overall enrollment is | 24 | | maintained at 75% of the projected enrollment. If the overall | 25 | | enrollment falls below 75% in the third quarter, then an | 26 | | adjustment shall be made for the payment in the fourth quarter |
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| 1 | | to whatever the actual percentage of enrollment was in the | 2 | | third quarter, applied to the fourth quarter projected payment. | 3 | | High school students who have left school and are off the | 4 | | school district reimbursement rolls are considered enrolled | 5 | | when they reenroll back into a best practices school, as | 6 | | provided in this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly. | 7 | | The student must remain in school in the first or second | 8 | | semester, depending on when the student enrolls, as verified by | 9 | | the school district database. These schools shall be held to | 10 | | outcomes that are at appropriate levels for reenrolling and | 11 | | graduating high school dropouts. These outcomes include | 12 | | enrollment, attendance, skill gains, credit gains, graduation | 13 | | or promotion to the next grade level, and the transition to | 14 | | college, training, or employment, with an emphasis on | 15 | | progressively increasing the overall attendance and enrollment | 16 | | to 75% by the sixth month of the school year of the best | 17 | | practices school that the reenrolled students have entered | 18 | | into. In a school district organized under Article 34 of this | 19 | | Code, the outcomes for any school that reenrolls high school | 20 | | dropouts shall utilize best school practices to reenroll high | 21 | | school dropouts and shall be measured by the general assessment | 22 | | tool used by the school district to provide a strong framework | 23 | | for accountability. ".
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