AN ACT Relating to community service by high school students; amending section 506, chapter 7, Laws of 1987 1st ex. sess. (uncodified); and creating new sections.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. (1) The legislature believes that providing an opportunity for service to the community is an effective way to develop the understanding and skills necessary for full and effective participation in a democratic society.

(2) To encourage service activities by students, the legislature creates the serve Washington pilot program. The purpose of the program is to provide funds to cover teacher planning time and out-of-pocket expenses of groups of students in implementing service projects.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. School districts may use funds appropriated in section 506, chapter 7, Laws of 1987 1st ex. sess., as amended, for the purpose of community service programs.

Sec. 3. Section 506, chapter 7, Laws of 1987 1st ex. sess. (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:

!tp1FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION‑-LOCAL EDUCATION PROGRAM ENHANCEMENT FUNDS

@i2General Fund Appropriation!w×!tr$!sc ,16

!ae0!tr49,500,000

The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations:

(1) The purpose of this section is to provide a grant, in addition to the district's basic education allocation, to each school district based on full time equivalent student enrollment to meet the educational needs of each district.

(2) School districts shall be eligible to receive a grant in addition to their basic education allocation. This additional grant shall be distributed to local school districts from the superintendent of public instruction on the basis of full time equivalent students. For districts enrolling not more than one hundred average annual full time equivalent students, except as otherwise specified, and for small school plants within any school district, which small plants have been judged to be remote and necessary by the state board of education, the grant shall be distributed as follows:

(a) For grades K-6, for districts enrolling not more than sixty average full time equivalent students, the grant shall be based on sixty full time equivalent students;

(b) For grades 7 and 8, for districts enrolling not more than twenty average full time equivalent students, the grant shall be based on twenty full time equivalent students; and

(c) For districts that have high schools with sixty or fewer full time equivalent students, the grant shall be based on sixty full time equivalent students.

(3) For the 1987-89 biennium, each school district shall receive, in addition to the basic education allocation, a grant of no less than $67.50 per full time equivalent student. Grants shall be distributed on a school year basis. A maximum of $24,750,000 may be allocated for the 1987-88 school year.

(4) For the purposes of this section, each school board shall:

(a) Assess the needs of the schools within the district;

(b) Assign priority to addressing the identified needs; and

((~~(d)~~)) (c) Develop an evaluation methodology to assess specifically how the expenditure of the grants demonstrate a direct educational benefit to the pupils within the district.

(5) New or existing programs enhanced by the funds provided to districts by a grant under this chapter shall not become a part of the state's basic education obligation as set forth by the Constitution.

((~~(8)~~)) (6) Local district grants may be used to fund any or all of the following activities:

(a) Innovative programs to increase the adult-pupil ratio without increasing the number of certificated staff, including but not limited to:

(i) Providing stipends to competent retired teachers to return them to the classroom as "team teachers" or classroom assistants;

(ii) Providing stipends to teachers' aides;

(iii) Providing incentives to administrators who spend a portion of their work day in the classroom team teaching or providing classroom assistance;

(iv) Providing recognition to citizen volunteers who assist in the classroom;

(v) Providing training programs for classroom assistants, including volunteers; and

(vi) Purchasing equipment that directly relates to classroom instruction or assists the teacher in minimizing time away from teaching.

(b) Dropout prevention and retrieval programs, including, but not limited to:

(i) Curriculum development;

(ii) Public and private sector partnerships in expanding offerings in programs such as "Choices" and the "Registry" program;

(iii) Alternative learning program development;

(iv) Enhancement of vocational, career, college, and pupil advisory programs;

(v) Elementary school advisory programs;

(vi) Mentor pupil programs such as "Natural Helpers"; and

(vii) Curriculum materials and equipment purchases.

(i) In-service staff training programs for the identification of students at-risk; and

(ii) Community services networking to direct students who are substance abusers to appropriate treatment facilities.

(d) Early childhood programs, including but not limited to:

(i) A parents as first teachers program that provides for resource materials on home learning activities, private and group educational guidance, individual and group learning experiences for the parent and child, and other appropriate activities to enable parents to improve learning in the home, understand the relationship between developmental stages and behavior, and monitor their children's growth and development relating to understanding and use of language; perception through sight and hearing; motor development and hand-eye coordination; and health, physical development, and emotional, social, and mental development;

(ii) Nutritional programs;

(iii) Parental participation programs; and

(iv) Child day-care programs.

(e) In-service training programs for staff development including, but not limited to:

(i) Funding speakers or group leaders to deliver in-service training to staff;

(ii) Program materials and equipment;

(iii) Tuition, registration fees, and associated fees for attendance at seminars, workshops, or courses that directly relate to enhancing adult training for classroom duties; and

(iv) Travel reimbursement directly related to in-service training.

(f) Programs that develop and promote logical reasoning and improved analytical skills, including programs for highly capable students.

(g) Community service projects.

((~~(10)~~)) (7) Small or rural districts may enter into cooperative agreements to provide educational enhancements through the sharing of grant funds.

((~~(11)~~)) (8) The superintendent of public instruction shall make a comprehensive report to the legislature on the use of the local district grants and the educational benefits derived therefrom by January 31, 1989.