HB 2304.E - DIGEST

(DIGEST AS ENACTED)

     Provides that the sum of four million dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the general fund to the superintendent of public instruction for the biennium ending June 30, 2001, for:  (1) Alternative school start-up grants which are in addition to the grants funded in the two million dollars alternative school start-up appropriation contained in section 501(2)(1), chapter 309, Laws of 1999, and these grants shall be awarded in the same manner and for the same purposes; and

     (2) school safety programs for prevention and intervention.  School districts may apply for and administer these grants independently or jointly with other school districts or educational service districts.

     Directs the superintendent of public instruction to report to the education committees of the house of representatives and senate on the number and types of programs administered through these grants by February 15, 2001, and February 15th of every two years thereafter.

     Provides that the sum of three million dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the general fund to the superintendent of public instruction for the biennium ending June 30, 2001, for matching grants to enhance security in schools.  This appropriation is a supplement to the five million nine hundred twenty-three thousand dollars school security appropriation contained in section 501(2)(e), chapter 309, Laws of 1999, and shall be expended in the same manner and for the same purposes.