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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 5310

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

By Senators Bailey, Rinehart, Gaspard, Bender, Murray and Fleming

Read first time 1/20/89 and referred to Committee on   Education.

AN ACT Relating to drop-out prevention; and amending RCW 28A.120.062.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 214, chapter 518, Laws of 1987 and RCW 28A.120.062 are each amended to read as follows:

          (1) The superintendent of public instruction is authorized and shall grant funds to selected school districts to assist in the development of student motivation, retention, and retrieval programs for youth who are at risk of dropping out of school or who have dropped out of school.  The purpose of the state assistance for such school district programs is to provide districts the necessary start-up money which will encourage the development by districts or cooperatives of districts of integrated programs for students who are at risk of dropping out of school or who have dropped out of school.

          (2) Funds as may be appropriated for the purposes of this section and RCW 28A.120.064 through 28A.120.072 shall be distributed to qualifying school districts for initial planning, development, and implementation of educational programs designed to motivate, retain, and retrieve students.

          (3) Funds shall be distributed among qualifying school districts on a per pupil basis.  To determine the per pupil allocation, the total appropriation for this program shall be divided by the total student population of all qualifying districts as determined on October 1((, 1987)) of each odd-numbered year.  The resulting dollar amount shall be multiplied by the total student population of each qualifying school district to determine the maximum grant that each qualifying school district is eligible to receive.  No district may receive more than is necessary for planning and implementation activities outlined in the district's grant application.