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House Journal: Page 273: Wednesday, February 7, 1996

25   and 2, Code 1995, are amended to read as follows:
26     Boards of school districts, individually or jointly
27   with boards of other school districts, requesting to
28   use additional allowable growth receive
supplementary
29   weighting for programs for returning dropouts and
30   dropout prevention, shall annually submit
31   comprehensive program plans for the programs and
32   budget costs, including requests for additional
33   allowable growth supplementary weighting for funding
34   the programs, to the department of education as
35   provided in this chapter.  The program plans shall
36   include:
37     Program plans shall identify the parts of the plan
38   that will be implemented first upon approval of the
39   application.  If a district is requesting to use
40   additional allowable growth receive supplementary
41   weighting to finance the program, it shall not
42   identify more than five percent of its budget
43   enrollment for the budget year as returning dropouts
44   and potential dropouts.
45     Sec. ___.  Section 257.40, Code 1995, is amended to
46   read as follows:
47     257.40  PLANS FOR RETURNING DROPOUTS AND DROPOUT
48   PREVENTION.
49     The board of directors of a school district
50   requesting to use additional allowable growth
receive

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 1   supplementary weighting for programs for returning
 2   dropouts and dropout prevention shall submit
 3   applications for approval for the programs to the
 4   department not later than November 1 preceding the
 5   budget year during which the program will be offered.
 6   The department shall review the program plans and
 7   shall prior to January 15 either grant approval for
 8   the program or return the request for approval with
 9   comments of the department included.  An unapproved
10   request for a program may be resubmitted with
11   modifications to the department not later than
12   February 1.  Not later than February 15, the
13   department shall notify the department of management
14   and the school budget review committee of the names of
15   the school districts for which programs using
16   additional allowable growth receiving supplementary
17   weighting for funding have been approved and the
18   approved budget of each program listed separately for
19   each school district having an approved program.
20     Sec. ___.  Section 257.41, Code 1995, is amended to
21   read as follows:
22     257.41  FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS FOR RETURNING DROPOUTS
23   AND DROPOUT PREVENTION.
24     The budget of an approved program for returning
25   dropouts and dropout prevention for a school district,

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