HB 1511-S - DIGEST |
(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE) |
Allocates funding to provide supplemental instruction and services for students who are not meeting academic standards: (1) In schools with high concentrations of students eligible for free and reduced-price meals and students who are eligible pupils in the transitional bilingual instruction program; and |
(2) Based on the district's enrollment of homeless students and foster students. |
Requires a school building, in order to qualify for a learning assistance concentration allocation, to have a combined percentage of students eligible for free and reduced-price meals in the prior school year and students who are eligible pupils in the transitional bilingual instruction program that exceeds the state average for the prior school year. |
Requires a school district, in order to qualify for a foster-homeless student learning assistance allocation, to provide documentation of the number of its enrolled foster students and homeless students to the superintendent of public instruction. |
Allows funds for the learning assistance program to be expended for purposes of reading and literacy improvement strategy. |
Makes the extended learning opportunities program available also to ninth and tenth grade students. |