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HB 2151 Alternative education programs.

Introduced by: Franklin P. Hall | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY:

Alternative education programs. Establishes the pilot regional alternative education programs for certain disruptive students as permanent local or regional alternative education programs and clarifies the requirements pertaining to such programs. In addition, local school boards are authorized to establish local alternative education programs for such students if the physical location of the school division or the surrounding natural geographical terrain impedes participation in a regional alternative education program. Such local alternative education programs must be approved by the Board of Education and comply, as applicable, with Board regulations which govern regional alternative education programs. However, any school board participating in a regional program before July 1, 1997, shall not be eligible to establish a local program unless the board meets the criteria required for the establishment of a local program. Consistent with these changes, the Board of Education is required to submit a report evaluating the programs to the Governor and the General Assembly annually. The sunset provisions on such programs imposed by Chapters 819 and 856 of the 1993 Acts of Assembly are repealed. Currently, there are 28 regional alternative education programs involving 103 school divisions and serving approximately 1,400 students statewide. The 1996 General Assembly provided additional funding to continue existing programs and to establish new sites so that regional alternative education programs might be available to all school divisions.


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