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1 1 Section 1. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. There is appropriated
1 2 from the general fund of the state to the department of
1 3 education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and
1 4 ending June 30, 2002, the following amount, or so much thereof
1 5 as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
1 6 For purposes of entering into a competitively bid contract
1 7 with a not-for-profit organization to conduct a series of
1 8 training programs for adult volunteers who work with
1 9 adolescent youths in after school mentoring programs,
1 10 including youth-serving organizations such as the big
1 11 brothers-big sisters association:
1 12 .................................................. $ 600,000
1 13 1. To be eligible for a contract under this section, a
1 14 not-for-profit organization must be able to demonstrate that
1 15 leading national experts in adolescent development
1 16 intervention programs will be utilized and that the programs
1 17 will use a variety of media to engage participants and assist
1 18 them in attaining the goals of the program. Programs shall be
1 19 designed to focus on the adult volunteers who assist in youth
1 20 development. Training content shall focus on all of the
1 21 following:
1 22 a. Development issues for youth.
1 23 b. Best practices to motivate, guide, and communicate with
1 24 youths.
1 25 c. Strategies for successful adult-to-youth interpersonal
1 26 relationships that are necessary for ongoing learning and
1 27 support.
1 28 2. The training programs shall strive to accomplish the
1 29 following:
1 30 a. Improve the quality and effectiveness of adult
1 31 volunteers to motivate, supervise, and communicate with
1 32 youths, and to sustain and encourage continued involvement
1 33 with youths over time.
1 34 b. Improve the quality and effectiveness of adult
1 35 volunteers so that the children the volunteers mentor, coach,
2 1 teach, or befriend maintain their involvement with youth-
2 2 serving organizations over time.
2 3 c. Encourage collaboration between all youth-serving
2 4 organizations throughout the state.
2 5 d. Provide cost-efficient, sustainable distance learning
2 6 to both rural and urban sites.
2 7 3. The department shall prepare and submit a report of the
2 8 activities and expenditures funded under the contract to the
2 9 chairpersons and ranking members of the standing committees on
2 10 education and to the joint appropriations subcommittees on
2 11 education by December 1, 2003.
2 12 EXPLANATION
2 13 This bill appropriates $600,000 to the department of
2 14 education from the general fund of the state for the fiscal
2 15 year 2001-2002 for purposes of entering into a competitively
2 16 bid contract with a not-for-profit organization to conduct a
2 17 series of training programs for adult volunteers who work with
2 18 adolescent youths in after school mentoring programs,
2 19 including youth-serving organizations such as the big
2 20 brothers-big sisters association.
2 21 To be eligible for a contract, a not-for-profit
2 22 organization must be able to demonstrate that leading national
2 23 experts in adolescent development intervention programs will
2 24 be utilized, that programs will make use of a variety of media
2 25 to engage and assist participants, and that programs will
2 26 focus on the adult volunteers who assist in youth development.
2 27 Training content must focus on development issues for
2 28 youth; best practices to motivate, guide, and communicate with
2 29 youths; and strategies for successful adult-to-youth
2 30 interpersonal relationships that are necessary for ongoing
2 31 learning and support.
2 32 The training programs must strive to improve the quality
2 33 and effectiveness of adult volunteers to sustain and encourage
2 34 continued involvement with youths over time and so that the
2 35 children the volunteers mentor, coach, teach, or befriend
3 1 maintain their involvement with youth-serving organizations
3 2 over time; encourage collaboration between all youth-serving
3 3 organizations throughout the state; and provide cost-
3 4 efficient, sustainable distance learning to both rural and
3 5 urban sites.
3 6 The department is directed to prepare and submit a report
3 7 of activities and expenditures funded under the contract to
3 8 the general assembly's education committees by December 1,
3 9 2003.
3 10 LSB 2335SS 79
3 11 kh/cf/24
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