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2022 Special Session I

Budget Amendments - HB30 (Conference Report)

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Direct Aid - Regional Alternative Education (language only)

Item 137 #1c

Item 137 #1c

Education: Elementary and Secondary
Direct Aid to Public Education

Language

Page 155, after line 45, insert:

“5) In the second year, the Department of Education shall conduct a biennial application process to determine the slot allocation of the regional alternative education program for the subsequent biennium. Each school division, or the fiscal agent for each regional program, shall apply for the desired number of student slots from the statewide total number of slots funded in the state formula. The approved number of slots shall be set for both years of the biennium. The Department of Education shall utilize the existing reallocation process as prescribed in this item to allocate initial application requests if the initial application demand for slots exceeds the number of slots available. In each fiscal year, the Department of Education shall reallocate any unused student slots as prescribed in this item.”



Explanation

(This amendment directs the Department of Education, in the second year, to conduct a biennial application process to determine slot allocation of the regional alternative education program for the subsequent 2024-2026 biennium.)