SB 6135-S.E - DIGEST |
(AS OF SENATE 2ND READING 2/13/18) |
Addresses eligibility for advanced courses in mathematics, science, or computer science and equitable access to dual credit opportunities. |
Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to, in making grant awards, give priority to grants for high schools: (1) That have not previously received grant funds through the academic acceleration incentive program; |
(2) With a high proportion of low-income students; |
(3) Identified as having high disproportionality in their dual credit enrollment data; or |
(4) Seeking to develop new capacity for dual credit courses rather than proposing marginal expansion of current capacity. |
Allows a high school, in a district that has not adopted an academic acceleration policy, to apply for grants if in practice it follows the academic acceleration guidelines and meets other criteria. |
Authorizes the office of the superintendent of public instruction to retain a percentage of learning assistance program allocation funds to support districts in meeting certain requirements, including data collection and reporting and providing professional development and technical assistance. |
Allows a school district: (1) During the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 school years only, to expend a portion of the district's learning assistance program allocation to develop a dropout early warning and intervention data system; and |
(2) To expend a portion of the district's learning assistance program allocation on interventions for students identified as at risk of not graduating using that data system. |