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Senate bill 35 would ensure funding follows children in out-of-district summer jump-start literacy programs
Summary
Senate Bill 35 clarifies that A-and-B pupil counts and funding should follow children who attend early literacy "jump start" programs outside their resident district; sponsors and early-childhood advocates said the change removes an oversight between recent laws.
Senator Daniel Emmerich (R-Great Falls) told the committee Senate Bill 35 is intended to ensure that when a child attends a summer early-literacy "jump start" program in a district other than the resident district, the A-and-B enrollment counts and funding follow the child to the district that provided the program. "The bill you have before…
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