1E Relating to education

ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION

Modifying the conditions for pupils 21 years of age to receive free enrollment in public schools, specifying conditions; modifying the alternative teacher compensation revenue formula; removing charter schools from the definitions of high school and primary school under general education revenue; requiring unemployment (reemployment) of unused balances to be returned to taxpayers through levy reduction; clarifying use of the safe schools levy and including in district levy limitations; allowing the commissioner of education to make advance state paid tax credits for debt service; making various conforming amendments

ARTICLE 2 - EDUCATION EXCELLENCE

Requiring school districts to send written notice to parents of student removal from school for failure to meet residency requirements and requiring school districts to allow parental opportunity to provide residential documentary evidence; including in the academic standards waiver advanced placement and international baccalaureate programs; changing the benchmark review cycle and requirements; changing graduation requirements, requiring physical education and health credit; modifying provisions relating to state reimbursement for college level examination program (CLEP) fees; requiring the commissioner to develop a school district consolidated financial statement format; requiring charter school students to be in compliance with student bus conduct and policies of the transporting district; permitting school districts to designate school day care facilities to receive transportation aid; modifying district transportation expenditure reporting requirements; modifying online learning parameters and online learning aid; modifying requirements for charter school transportation notification and preliminary payment requirements for charter schools ceasing operations; requiring charter school balances return to upon closure; modifying the general program requirements for students with limited English proficiency (LEP); including children with blindness under the special education disability definition; requiring teachers to apply for training scholarships in preparation for teaching in the advanced placement or international baccalaureate programs; requiring the commissioner of education to incorporate references to blind and blindness into the definition of visually impaired and amend rule titles; allowing the commissioner to delay the school accountability report (school performance report card)

ARTICLE 3 - SPECIAL EDUCATION

Clarifying special instruction requirements for nonresident children receiving special instruction and services outside the regular classroom; modifying the definition of general education revenue and referendum aid; modifying provisions relating to placement of students in residential facilities licensed by the departments of human services and corrections, clarifying entitlement to regular and special education services; requiring the commissioner to establish an advisory committee for the resource centers for the deaf and hard of hearing and the blind or visually impaired, reporting requirement by the advisory committee; modifying the special education travel aid formula, general revenue and total qualifying referendum revenue under excess cost aid; providing for special education forecast maintenance of effort; repealing coordinating interagency services for children with special needs

ARTICLE 4 - FACILITIES, ACCOUNTING, AND TECHNOLOGY

Modifying school board financial information publication requirements; providing for distribution of aid for discontinued programs without appropriations; exempting nonpublic schools from certain requirements for the timely payment of wages

ARTICLE 5 - STATE AGENCIES

Requiring school districts of student resident to claim general education revenue for attendance at the academies for the deaf and blind, specifying exceptions; increasing the special education aid paid to the academies and district of student residence and requiring the commissioner of education to make a fund adjustment; requiring certain academies deposit and reporting requirements, requiring out of state monies to be deposited in the special education fund

ARTICLE 6 - EARLY CHILDHOOD PROVISIONS

Modifying head start program provisions; specifying head start application requirements; including relatives as part of ECFE programs; providing an exemption from screening requirement by allowing parents or guardians to submit statements of beliefs regarding screening; repealing certain definitions

ARTICLE 7 - TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS

Making technical and conforming changes

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