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2001 SESSION

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SB 1388 School students in Governor's School.

Introduced by: Nick Rerras | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Part-time admission and enrollment of nonpublic school students in Governor's Schools. Directs local school boards to develop policies, consistent with their constitutional and statutory responsibilities for providing public education, for the part-time admission and enrollment in Governor's Schools of students who are enrolled in a nonpublic school. The policies shall provide that the nonpublic school students must be treated as any resident full-time public school student for the purpose of meeting any admissions criteria. The policies must also address compliance by such students with all relevant public school policies during attendance time. In addition, the policies shall require that the parent apply for the desired class or classes to the division superintendent of the Governor's School to be attended, and shall require the parent to obtain permission for such part-time enrollment from the chief administrator of the relevant nonpublic school in which the student is enrolled on a full-time basis.

These students would be included in average daily membership in the relevant school division on a pro rata basis.

The measure is not to be construed as requiring school divisions to establish or participate in the operation of a Governor's School.

Under current law, nonpublic school students who are enrolled in public school on a less than full-time basis in any mathematics, science, English, history, social science, vocational education, fine arts, foreign language, health education, or physical education course are counted in the average daily membership in the relevant school division on a pro rata basis as provided in the appropriation act. No such student will be counted as more than one-half of a student. The 2000 Appropriation Act supports this requirement (Item 143 A 1 d).


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