Bill
Number: S.B. 1454
Navarrete
Floor Amendment
Reference
to: printed bill
Amendment
drafted by: Selianna Chang
FLOOR
AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
·
In
the same manner as the qualifying examinations for college credit, specifies
that dual-enrollment courses that a student may take in order to receive
college credit shall be in mathematics, English language arts, social studies
or science for the purposes of receiving the incentive bonus.
·
Limits
incentive bonuses provided for a passing grade in a dual enrollment course to schools
where at least 50 percent of the student population is eligible for free
reduced-price lunches.
Page 7, line
43, after the first "a" insert "qualifying"
Page 8, line
11, after "of" insert "qualifying"
Line 12, after
"CREDIT" insert "in mathematics, english language
arts, Social Studies or Science"
Line 13,
after "each" insert "qualifying"
Line 15,
after "of" insert "qualifying"
Line 20,
after "twelve" strike remainder of line
Line 21,
strike "dual enrollment course with a passing grade or"
Line 24,
after "student" strike remainder of line
Line 25,
strike "passing grade or"
Line 28,
after "per" strike remainder of line
Line 29,
strike "enrollment course or"
Line 30,
strike "who completes a dual enrollment course with a
passing grade or"
Line 34,
after "per" strike remainder of line
Between
lines 38 and 39, insert:
"E. Beginning in fiscal year 2021-2022, the department of
education shall pay an incentive bonus to school districts and charter schools
for each student in grades nine through twelve who completes a qualifying dual
enrollment course, as identified by a community college district governing
board pursuant to subsection C of this section, with a passing grade during the
previous fiscal year and who is enrolled in a school where fifty percent or more
of the students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunches. A student who
completes a qualifying dual enrollment course with a passing grade and who is
enrolled in a school where fifty percent or more of the students are eligible
for free or reduced-price lunches shall generate for the school or charter
school a bonus of $450 per passing grade in a qualifying dual enrollment
course. If the statewide sum of per student bonuses awarded pursuant to this
subsection exceeds the amount of available monies appropriated for incentive
bonuses, the bonus monies shall be reduced proportionally to cover all eligible
bonus awards."
Reletter to
conform
Page 8, line
42, after the first "a" insert "qualifying"
Page 9, line
1, after the first "a" insert "qualifying"
Lines 31 and
33, after "a" insert "qualifying"
Line 36,
after "of" insert "qualifying"
Amend title to conform