HB 1518-S - DIGEST |
(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE) |
Establishes the summer step up act. |
Requires the department of early learning to contract for up to an additional six hundred slots in summer early childhood education and assistance programs at K-12 school building sites giving priority to programs operated in K-12 school buildings that: (1) Plan to include four-year old and five-year old children; |
(2) Are in low-income areas or areas underserved by the programs; and |
(3) Plan to fund meal programs during the summer using reimbursements from the United States department of agriculture or other nonstate sources. |
Requires the superintendent of public instruction to convene a work group to build upon the social emotional learning work group established in 2016. |
Creates the summer step-up grant program to increase the number of programs that combine academics and social emotional learning. |