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Panel backs $500,000 emergency aid for schools with sudden spikes in English learners
Summary
The committee unanimously recommended a first substitute to HB 42, creating a $500,000 emergency fund to help schools with large, sudden increases in English learner enrollment and authorizing USBE to consider applications based on early-year counts and WIDA assessments.
The House Education Committee unanimously passed a first substitute for House Bill 42, a measure that would establish an emergency funding mechanism to help schools that experience a sharp, early-year increase in English learner (EL) students.
Sponsor Representative Perucci told the committee the bill gives schools a “shot in the arm” when large numbers of newcomers arrive between initial estimates and the October 1 count, noting that districts have reported sometimes severe enrollment shocks: “One school had almost 100 students…
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