House File 868 H-1453 Amend House File 868 as follows: 1 1. Page 9, after line 28 by inserting: 2 < ___. STUDENT REENGAGEMENT PILOT PROGRAM 3 For purposes of the student reengagement pilot program 4 established pursuant to section 256.20, if enacted by this Act: 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,000,000 6 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the 7 department pursuant to this section that remain unencumbered or 8 unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert 9 but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes 10 specified in this section for the following fiscal year. > 11 2. Page 21, after line 14 by inserting: 12 < Sec. ___. NEW SECTION . 256.20 Student reengagement pilot 13 program. 14 1. A student reengagement pilot program is established in 15 the department to provide financial assistance for four-year 16 pilot projects in high-need school districts as determined by 17 the department in accordance with section 284.11. 18 2. Notwithstanding section 299.1A, subsection 1, and except 19 as provided in section 299.1A, subsections 2 and 3, a child who 20 has reached the age of six and is under eighteen years of age 21 by September 15 is of compulsory attendance age in a school 22 district that receives a grant under this section for the 23 four-year period during which the school district implements a 24 pilot project under this section. 25 3. The state board shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A 26 for the program, including but not limited to rules relating to 27 grant application materials, eligibility requirements, award 28 criteria, and evaluation criteria. The award criteria may 29 include but is not limited to the model alternative education 30 program the school district intends to implement to meet the 31 needs of students; learning targets; career or postsecondary 32 readiness goals; counseling and guidance services; connection 33 to community services such as job placement, mental health, 34 child care, volunteer and community service, and community 35 -1- HF 868.2087 (3) 89 kh/tm 1/ 2 #1. #2.
mentors; creativity and the arts or other areas of content most 1 engaging to the student population to be served under such 2 pilot project; and work-based learning internships. Priority 3 shall be given to applications for pilot projects from school 4 districts with a plan to work in collaboration with a community 5 college, accredited private institution as defined in section 6 261.9, an institution of higher learning governed by the state 7 board of regents, an area chamber of commerce, a local economic 8 development agency, or an area hospital. 9 4. At least one grant shall be awarded to a qualifying urban 10 school district that has an actual enrollment of more than 11 seven thousand five hundred students and at least one grant to 12 a rural school district that has an actual enrollment of six 13 hundred or fewer students. 14 5. A school district implementing a pilot project pursuant 15 to this section shall compile and submit information regarding 16 the pilot project as prescribed by the department. The 17 department shall submit an annual report that provides an 18 analysis of the program and the department’s findings and 19 recommendations to the general assembly by December 1. 20 6. This section is repealed July 1, 2026. > 21 3. By renumbering, redesignating, and correcting internal 22 references as necessary. 23 ______________________________ MASCHER of Johnson -2- HF 868.2087 (3) 89 kh/tm 2/ 2 #3.