Senate File 451 S-5191 Amend the amendment, S-5170, to Senate File 451, 1 as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as 2 follows: 3 1. Page 1, after line 4 by inserting: 4 < Section 1. Section 257.40, subsection 2, Code 5 2011, is amended to read as follows: 6 2. a. By January 1, 2013, the board of directors 7 of each school district administering an approved 8 program for returning dropouts and dropout prevention 9 pursuant to this section shall implement an assessment 10 approved by the department of education that is 11 designed to determine the number of returning dropouts 12 and the percentage of reduction in the number of 13 dropouts resulting from the approved program. Annually 14 by July 1 of the following school year, the school 15 board shall submit the data collected pursuant to this 16 paragraph to the department in the manner prescribed 17 by the department. The department shall collect, 18 analyze, and report the data received pursuant to this 19 paragraph, along with its findings and recommendations, 20 in the annual report submitted pursuant to paragraph 21 “c ”. 22 b. Beginning January 15, 2007 By October 1, 2012 , 23 the department shall identify and provide to school 24 districts a valid and reliable assessment that a school 25 district shall use to determine the number of returning 26 dropouts and the percentage of reduction in the number 27 of dropouts identified by a school district as a result 28 of the administration of programs approved pursuant to 29 this section. 30 c. Beginning November 1, 2013, the department 31 shall submit an annual report to the chairpersons and 32 ranking members of the senate and house education 33 committees general assembly that includes the ways 34 school districts in the previous school year used 35 modified allowable growth approved under subsection 1 ; 36 identifies, by grade level, age, and district size, 37 the students in the dropout and dropout prevention 38 programs for which the department approves a request; 39 describes school district progress toward increasing 40 student achievement and attendance for the students in 41 the programs; and describes how the school districts 42 are using the revenues from the modified allowable 43 growth to improve student achievement among minority 44 subgroups. > 45 2. By renumbering as necessary. 46 ______________________________ PAUL McKINLEY -1- S5170.5760 (2) 84 kh/sc 1/ 1 #1. #2.