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CO SB210

Bill

Status

Engrossed

5/7/2010

Primary Sponsor

Mark Ferrandino

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Origin

Senate

2010 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Read-to-Achieve Board may annually award up to $1,000,000 in grants to organizations operating promise neighborhoods or choice neighborhoods to fund student reading incentive programs
  • Eligible organizations must be approved for federal funding through a Promise Neighborhood Planning Grant or the federal Choice Neighborhoods Program
  • Reading programs must operate in coordination with public schools or public libraries within the promise or choice neighborhood boundaries
  • Incentives are awarded to students in grades 1-3 (or between 3rd and 4th grade) who read books outside class time and successfully complete comprehension quizzes, with parental consent required
  • Grant recipients must annually report to the Read-to-Achieve Board the number of books read and amount earned per student for inclusion in the board's annual report

Legislative Description

Reading Incentive Program Grants

Last Action

House Committee on Education Postpone Indefinitely

5/10/2010

Committee Referrals

Education4/30/2010

Full Bill Text

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