SB 5758 - DIGEST |
(SEE ALSO PROPOSED 1ST SUB) |
Creates the high school graduation and college and career readiness account. |
Requires the legislature, at each regular session in an odd-numbered year, to appropriate from the account amounts equaling not less than four hundred dollars per full-time equivalent student enrolled in a public middle school and high school per school year, for state support of the requirements of this act during the ensuing biennium. |
Requires the amounts distributed to school districts to be used to establish or expand: (1) Career and technical education programs in middle schools, high schools, or skill centers; |
(2) College-level courses in high schools; |
(3) Drop-out prevention strategies in middle schools and high schools; and |
(4) Courses, counseling, and coaching in middle school and high school to provide early exposure for students to employment opportunities and requirements and options for postsecondary education. |
Requires the joint legislative audit and review committee to review and report on the performance of school districts receiving certain funds under this act. |
Requires the state auditor to conduct financial, program, and performance audits of the uses and effectiveness of certain appropriated funds under this act. |