This file contains STRIKE and UNDERSCORE. If you cannot see either STRIKE or UNDERSCORE attributes or would like to change how these attributes are displayed, please use the following form to make the desired changes.

House Journal: Page 1575: Thursday, April 24, 1997

28   disruptive, absent or truant, at-risk students.  The
29   department of education, in consultation with the
30   department of human services, the Iowa department of
31   public health, the division of criminal and juvenile
32   justice planning of the department of human rights,
33   and institutions of higher learning with applicable
34   programs, shall develop a four-year demonstration
35   grant program that commences in the fiscal year
36   beginning July 1, 1997.
37     b.  The department shall provide grants to
38   individual public schools or to a consortia of public
39   schools within a school district to establish
40   innovative alternative education programs for youths
41   age twelve and older, who meet the criteria listed in
42   paragraph "a".  The programs shall be established in
43   conjunction with local agencies and community
44   organizations, based upon program plans filed by the
45   board of directors of the school district.  The
46   department shall provide grants to establish model
47   programs in one each at least, of the following size
48   categories:
49     (1)  A school district with an enrollment of less
50   than one thousand two hundred.

Page 2  

 1     (2)  A school district with an enrollment of one
 2   thousand two hundred to four thousand nine hundred
 3   ninety-nine.
 4     (3)  A school district with an enrollment of at
 5   least five thousand.
 6     c.  Priority shall be weighted toward need within a
 7   school or school district and shall be given to
 8   schools whose plans indicate a high degree of active
 9   participation by community-based youth organizations
10   and agencies, and to schools with student populations
11   characterized by high rates of the following:
12   students expelled or suspended; school dropout and
13   absenteeism; juvenile court involvement; family
14   conflict; and child and youth mental health, substance
15   abuse, and other health problems.  The department
16   shall develop an evaluation process for the approved
17   projects designed to investigate program effectiveness
18   in reducing these rates and restoring the student to
19   the regular education program.  In developing the
20   evaluation process, the department shall consult with
21   the department of human services, the Iowa department
22   of public health, the division of criminal and
23   juvenile justice planning of the department of human
24   rights, and institutions of higher learning with
25   applicable programs.
26     d.  A plan submitted pursuant to this subsection
27   shall address the academic curriculum and provide for,

Iowa General Assembly

Index: House Journal (77th General Assembly: Session 1)

© 1997 Cornell College and League of Women Voters of Iowa

Comments about this site or page? hjourn@legis.iowa.gov. Please remember that the person listed above does not vote on bills. Direct all comments concerning legislation to State Legislators.

Last update: Mon Apr 28 13:40:02 CDT 1997
URL: /DOCS/GA/77GA/Session.1/HJournal/01500/01575.html
jhf