SB 5206 - DIGEST |
Requires an elementary school, that receives approval from the office of the superintendent of public instruction to provide a career and technical program in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) directly to students, to receive funding at the same rate as a high school operating a similar program. |
Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to: (1) Allocate grants to elementary schools to develop or upgrade high-demand career and technical education programs; and |
(2) Implement a grant program to fund K-12 STEM programs provided by a national entity that is exempt from certain taxation. |
Requires that priority is given, for awards from the grant program, to schools that have an enrollment of seventy percent or more students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. |
Makes an appropriation from the general fund to the office of the superintendent of public instruction for awarding grants to fund a curriculum of K-12 STEM courses. |