SB 6298 - DIGEST |
(SEE ALSO PROPOSED 1ST SUB) |
Establishes the homeless student stability and opportunity gap act. |
Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to create a competitive grant process to evaluate and award state-funded three-year grants to school districts to increase identification of homeless students and the capacity of the districts to provide support, which may include education liaisons, for homeless students. |
Requires the department of commerce, in consultation with the office of the superintendent of public instruction, to administer a grant program that links homeless students and their families with stable housing located in the homeless student's school district. |
Requires each school district that has identified more than ten unaccompanied youth to establish a building point of contact in each middle school and high school. |
Makes appropriations. |
Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved. |