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House Journal: Page 928: Wednesday, March 25, 1998

20   representing business, and the local community.  The
21   school district or collaboration shall also indicate
22   in its request its intention to use any grant moneys
23   received under this section to examine, at a minimum,
24   all of the following:
25     a.  Mission and instructional focus of the school.
26     b.  Organizational structure and management of the
27   school.
28     c.  Impact of labor agreements and contracts on the
29   success of the school.
30      d.  Roles and responsibilities of all involved
31   constituencies.
32     e.  Arrangements for special needs students.
33     f.   Connection of the school to the district.
34      g.  Facility and operation costs.
35     h.  Measurement of results including student
36   achievement results.
37     2.  Grant moneys shall be distributed to qualifying
38   school districts by the department no later than
39   October 15, 1998.  Grant amounts shall be distributed
40   as determined by the department.  Not more than
41   fifteen of the grants awarded per year in accordance
42   with this section shall be used for purposes of
43   frontier school planning or conversion.
44     3.  For purposes of this section, "frontier school"
45   means a school that is nonsectarian in its program,
46   admission policies, employment practices, and all
47   other operations.  The school is a public school and
48   is part of the state's system of public education.
49   The primary focus of a frontier school shall be to
50   provide a comprehensive program of instruction for at

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 1   least one grade or age group from five through
 2   eighteen years of age.  Frontier schools may be
 3   designed to allow significant autonomy to the schools.
 4   However, frontier schools shall be accountable for
 5   significant results.
 6      4.  By February 15, 1999, a school district or
 7   collaboration of districts receiving moneys under this
 8   section shall submit an interim report to the
 9   department describing the planning activities
10   conducted by the school district or the collaboration
11   and providing preliminary conclusions.  The school
12   district or collaboration shall submit a final report
13   by June 1, 1999, to the department.  The department
14   shall summarize the school district reports in a final
15   report to the chairpersons and ranking members of the
16   house and senate standing education committees by
17   January 1, 2000.
18     5.  Except as provided in this subsection, frontier
19   schools are exempt from all statutes and rules

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