No. SB 1676
Filed under Education.
Advanced Education Options; Citing this act as the “Raising Achievement by Improving Standards and Earnings (RAISE) Act”; requiring certain district school boards and private high schools to enter into dual enrollment articulation agreements and private school articulation agreements, respectively; creating the advanced education options supplement; authorizing a scholarship-funding organization (SFO) to retain a specified amount of the supplement for administrative expenses; providing values for students who receive specified diplomas, receive passing scores in specified courses, pass certain relevant exams, or are enrolled in specified courses, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDThe bill replaces the existing academic acceleration supplement with a new advanced education options supplement. This new fund covers a wider range of programs, including dual enrollment, AP, IB, and career technical education.
It extends funding to private schools participating in state scholarship programs. These schools will receive the same per-student funding as public schools, subject to a tuition cap.
The bill mandates that public and private high schools enter into articulation agreements with local colleges and universities. This ensures students can access advanced STEM courses if they meet specific academic criteria.
It establishes a detailed formula for calculating funding based on student performance. Teachers and coaches receive bonuses tied to student outcomes, with higher multipliers for students in rural or low-performing schools.
AIDistricts and private schools must sign agreements with colleges, and colleges must accept eligible students for STEM courses.
AIScholarship students at private schools generate state funding that flows to their school, subject to a tuition cap.
AISchools must pay a minimum percentage of advanced education funds directly to teachers as bonuses.
AIStudents in public or scholarship-funded private schools cannot be charged fees for advanced education programs or exams.
AIFunding values double for students in rural counties or D/F graded schools, and quadruple if both apply.