COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2428
(Reference to printed bill)
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"B. The amount of each grant awarded to a school district or charter school is at the discretion of the department of education with the goal of maximizing the number of pupils who meet or exceed the reading standards for third grade pupils adopted by the state board of education. In determining the amount of each grant, the department of education may take into consideration the number of pupils in the school district or charter school who are classified as English language learners, the percentage of pupils in the school district or charter school who are eligible for free and reduced lunch programs and the average number of pupils in the school district or charter school who fell below the reading standard for third grade pupils over the previous three years.
C. In order to be eligible for a grant awarded pursuant to this section, a school district or charter school must have received monies in fiscal year 2014‑2015 generated by the K-3 reading support level prescribed in section 15-943, Arizona Revised Statutes, only after the school district's or charter school's K-3 reading program plan was approved by the state board of education pursuant to section 15-211, subsection D, Arizona Revised Statutes."
Amend title to conform