HF 1709 Summary

• Establishes a full-service community schools program providing $100,000 annual funding to eligible school sites that are either on a continuous improvement plan or in districts with approved achievement and integration plans.

• Requires eligible schools to hire a site coordinator and establish a 12-15 member school leadership team (with at least 30% parents and 30% teachers) to develop and oversee community school programming.

• Schools must conduct a baseline analysis of student needs, community assets, and wraparound service needs, then implement at least two of seven programming types including early childhood education, academic support, parental involvement, mental and physical health services, community involvement, and positive discipline practices.

• Requires submission of tri-annual reports to the commissioner documenting program effectiveness, participant outcomes, academic achievement improvements, community engagement, and sustainability of services.

• Appropriates unspecified amounts from the general fund to the Department of Education for fiscal years 2016 and 2017, with unused first-year balance carrying forward to the second year.