Full Text of SB0446 100th General Assembly
SB0446ham002 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Cynthia Soto Filed: 5/19/2017
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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. If a school | 14 | | district or educational service region is eligible for funding | 15 | | under this Section, the district or educational service region | 16 | | shall receive funding under this Section for a minimum of 3 | 17 | | years following the last year for which the district or | 18 | | educational service region had a high school dropout rate above |
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| 1 | | 2 times the State average. The school district or educational | 2 | | service region may run the school directly or subcontract with | 3 | | a not-for-profit organization or school to provide the | 4 | | comprehensive services for the reenrolled dropouts. Any State | 5 | | funds authorized pursuant to this Section must be expended on | 6 | | purposes related to reenrolling high school dropouts. The | 7 | | school district or educational service region shall provide the | 8 | | services commensurate to the reenrolled student's need. The | 9 | | reenrolled student shall also be supported by existing local | 10 | | and other funding that is provided for a currently enrolled | 11 | | student. These existing local and other sources of funding | 12 | | shall also provide for services commensurate to the reenrolled | 13 | | student's need. The school district or educational service | 14 | | region shall provide the same local and other funding for each | 15 | | reenrolled dropout that is provided for other students already | 16 | | enrolled in the school district or educational service region. | 17 | | A school may be developed as a new school or may be an existing | 18 | | school that is expanded. New schools that are developed shall | 19 | | have a minimum of 50 reenrolled high school dropouts. These | 20 | | schools shall operate with this increased incentive, 2 times | 21 | | the full Foundation Level funding, using the best school | 22 | | practices that successfully reengage, educate, graduate, and | 23 | | transition high school dropouts, as developed through | 24 | | successful experience and research. These practices include, | 25 | | but are not limited to, strong leadership, small school size, | 26 | | small class size, local school decision-making, comprehensive |
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| 1 | | programming, strong staff teamwork, strong professional | 2 | | development for all staff, and employment and career | 3 | | preparation, with a more complete list detailed in the January | 4 | | 2008 Final Report of the State Task Force on Re-enrolling | 5 | | Students Who Dropped Out of School, Appendix E. The | 6 | | reimbursement for a new or expanded school shall be made in the | 7 | | school year in which the school is operating; a payment of | 8 | | one-fourth of the annual projected budget shall be made in the | 9 | | first month, and subsequent payments of one-fourth of the | 10 | | annual budget shall be made at the beginning of the second, | 11 | | third, and fourth quarters. If the overall enrollment falls | 12 | | below 75% in the third quarter, then an adjustment shall be | 13 | | made for the payment in the fourth quarter to whatever the | 14 | | actual percentage of enrollment was in the third quarter, | 15 | | applied to the fourth quarter projected payment. High school | 16 | | students who have left school and are off the school district | 17 | | reimbursement rolls are considered enrolled when they reenroll | 18 | | back into a best practices school, as provided in this | 19 | | amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly. The student must | 20 | | remain in school in the first or second semester, depending on | 21 | | when the student enrolls, as verified by the school district | 22 | | database. These schools shall be held to outcomes that are at | 23 | | appropriate levels for reenrolling and graduating high school | 24 | | dropouts. These outcomes include enrollment, attendance, skill | 25 | | gains, credit gains, graduation or promotion to the next grade | 26 | | level, and the transition to college, training, or employment, |
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| 1 | | with an emphasis on progressively increasing the overall | 2 | | attendance and enrollment to 75% by the sixth month of the | 3 | | school year of the best practices school that the reenrolled | 4 | | students have entered into. In a school district organized | 5 | | under Article 34 of this Code, the outcomes for any school that | 6 | | reenrolls high school dropouts shall utilize best school | 7 | | practices to reenroll high school dropouts and shall be | 8 | | measured by the general assessment tool used by the school | 9 | | district to provide a strong framework for accountability. ".
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