Bill Summaries: H568 (2015-2016 Session)

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  • Summary date: Apr 6 2015 - View summary

    Requires the Department of Public Instruction to establish and administer the Transforming Poverty Schools Pilot Program focusing on high‑poverty schools and designed to create centers that provide a full-service system of support to students and school communities. Specifies where the centers may be located and when they may operate. Requires a school to meet the following requirements to be eligible to participate in the pilot: (1) it received an overall school performance grade of F for the 2013‑14 school year, (2) over 85% of its students qualified for free or reduced‑price lunches for the 2013‑14 school year, (3) the school and the local school administrative unit are committed to providing their employees and other resources to the pilot program, and (4) local government resources are committed to participate in the pilot program. Requires a report on the implementation of the pilot to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee by January 1, 2017.