HB 5754 Summary

• Allows public school academies to operate as residential academies with both academic and residential programs if provided in their contract.

• Requires residential academies to limit residential program participation to students meeting free and reduced-price lunch income eligibility criteria and other contract-specified requirements.

• Mandates residential programs provide lodging and meals for grades 5-12 students during school days and weekends, subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws.

• Requires academic program enrollment to remain open to all eligible students under standard public school academy enrollment policies, regardless of residential program participation.

• Directs the legislature to appropriate funds for residential program support through the Department of Human Services budget, while academic programs remain funded through per-pupil public school academy funding.