School finance-student enrichment instruction.

WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL SENATE

FILE

NO.
0042

ENROLLED ACT NO. 44, SENATE

SIXTIETH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
2010 BUDGET SESSION

AN ACT relating to
school finance; establishing and funding the supplemental assistance program for student enrichment instruction; establishing assistance criteria and imposing duties upon the department of education; imposing reporting requirements; providing an appropriation;
and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.

(a)

For the 2010-2011 school year only,
the department of education may provide financial assistance
to school districts which is
in addition to
amounts available under
the education resource block grant model
. Supplemental assistance under this section shall
augment district resources available
for provision of student enrichment instruction
,

shall be limited to enrichment instruction

provided during summer sessions beyond the required school year under W.S. 21
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13
‑
307(a)(ii)
or occurring on days other than regular school days as specified in W.S. 21
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13
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334(c). The program
shall also be limited to programs
complying with
program requirements and criteria established by rule and regulation of the department
. T
he department
may
provide technical assistance to districts
in supplemental assistance application under this section and
in program development
and implementation,

focusing on
program curriculum, instruction, assessment and accountability
.

(b)

Each school district may apply to the department of education for
supplemental
assistance under this section on or before April 15
, 2010.
Application shall be on a form and in a manner prescribed by the department
and a
t minimum, shall include
:

(i)

A
description of program content including enrichment learning strategies to be employed
;

(ii)

Evidence that proposed enrichment learning strategies included in the instructional program are research-based;

(iii)

Documentation of the use of
any
national
sources for discovering, establishing and implementing research-based instructional practices;

(iv)

A plan
for
evaluating participating student progress and analyzing the effectiveness

of
the enrichment instruction program.

(
c
)

On or before May 15
, 2010,
application review by the department shall be completed and
selected
districts shall be notified of any estimated
assistance allocation
to be made
available to the district for the applicable
school

s
ession.
Supplemental assistance allocations
shall be determined
from
among
all applications
filed with the department
based upon the
extent to which the applicant district program complies with the
following criteria:

(i)

Research-based, q
uality
instructional
opportunities
provided
for
students
to
meet

or exceed state and local academic program standards
through
academic enrichment support
ing
student learning and development
,
which reinforce and complement regular academic programs;

(ii)

Linkage of program components
to academic standards
;

(iii)

Learning opportunities and activities
available under the program are
clearly
distinguish
able
and
different from
district
programs offered during the regular school day

or
during the regular school year
;

(
i
v)

Evaluation instruments and processes
to be
implemented
and established
for determining program effectiveness.

(
d
)

Determinations
of supplemental assistance distributions
under this section shall
be
in addition to and not considered in determining the school foundation program amount under W.S. 21
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13
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309. Assistance shall be available to recipient districts during the
school
session for which application is made, and shall be distributed periodically by the department
on a payment schedule established by the department and the recipient district
as necessary to reimburse
the
district for incurred program costs, provided the total amount reimbursed
to that district
does not exceed the total amount established by the department as that district's portion of the total legislative appropriation for the
applicable

school

session.

(
e
)

On or before October 1
, 2010,
e
ach recipient district
that received funding under this act for a summer program beyond the required school year under W.S. 21
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13
‑
307(a)(ii), and on or before May 1, 2011, each recipient district that received funding under this act for a program occurring on days other than regular school days as specified in W.S. 21
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13
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334(c),
shall report to the department of education on expenditures of amounts distributed under this section together with additional information required by the department on enrichment strategies employed by the district, the impact of the program on student performance and an evaluation of the effectiveness of the enrichment strategies employed by the recipient district. If the recipient district received
prior
student enrichment assistance
from the department pursuant to
previous
legislative enactment and funding,
the report shall include an analysis and evaluation of program impact on student performance and enrichment strategies over the combined
period of time the district operated the program using state funds specific to this program.
The department shall compile the information reported by districts under this subsection, and report to the joint education interim committee, together with program recommendations
.

Section 2.

For the period beginning on the effective date of this section and ending June 30, 201
1
,
four
hundred
fifty
thousand dollars ($
450
,000.00) is appropriated from the public school foundation program account to the department of education to be expended as necessary to implement section
1 of this act
.

Section 3.

This act is effective immediately upon co
m
pletion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constit
u
tion.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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