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Committee approves making alternative learning environments optional for districts
Summary
The Senate Education Committee voted to give House Bill 1903 a do-pass recommendation; the bill changes state law so that school districts may offer an alternative learning environment (ALE) but are not required to maintain a formal ALE program if they can meet student needs by other means.
Senator Jane English, State Senator District 13, presented House Bill 1903 with Courtney Salas Ford of the Department of Education explaining the measure.
Courtney Salas Ford told the committee the bill converts a statutory requirement that every district provide an Alternative Learning Environment (ALE) into an option, allowing smaller districts that rely on consortia or cooperatives to provide those services to avoid establishing a standalone ALE. "By making this an option and not a requirement, if a school district feels like they need this alternative setting for their students, they can make that available. But if they feel like they…
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