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1998 SESSION

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SB 399 Programs to promote educational opportunities.

Introduced by: W. Henry Maxwell | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

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Programs to promote educational opportunities. Revises the at-risk four-year-olds program to allow school divisions with existing programs to apply for the state grant funds to support half-day programs conducted for the length of the school year which include both at-risk four-year-olds and five-year-olds who are not eligible to attend kindergarten. The current law allows only full-day programs that are conducted for at least the school year and focused only on at-risk four-year-olds to apply for the grants. The bill also adjusts the prohibition on supplanting any funds currently provided for preschool programs within the locality to apply only to local funds currently provided for preschool programs within the locality. School divisions with existing programs may apply for and be granted waivers of the Department of Education's guidelines for "quality preschool education and criteria for the service components."


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