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ID H0331
Bill
Status
3/11/2021
Primary Sponsor
Education Committee
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AI Summary
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Legislature intends to eliminate school district reliance on supplemental levies for optional full-day kindergarten by providing additional state funding, with districts required to reduce existing supplemental levies specific to full-day kindergarten up to the value of new moneys received.
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Revises Section 33-1002 to update the kindergarten support units computation table with new average daily attendance (ADA) ranges and minimum unit allowances for calculating state educational support funds.
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Amends Section 33-1027 to clarify that a kindergarten student in a full-day kindergarten program shall not exceed a total of one (1.0) unweighted full-time enrollment (FTE) in a single school year, treating them the same as other full-time students.
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Maintains existing provision that kindergarten students in half-day programs count as 0.5 unweighted enrollment in a single school year.
Legislative Description
Amends existing law to provide funding for full-day kindergarten and to provide that students in full-day kindergarten shall be counted as full-time students for purposes of enrollment counts.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Last Action
Reported Printed and Referred to Education
3/12/2021