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Senate advances 1-year $50,000 pilot for private alternative schools amid questions on cost and selection
Summary
Senate Bill 58, a one-year $50,000 pilot to provide $1,600 per student for educational components at qualified private custodial alternative schools, drew extended floor debate over selection rules, adequacy of funding and potential legal exposure. The Senate circled the bill for technical amendments.
Senator Howard Stevenson introduced first substitute Senate Bill 58 on Feb. 13, describing a one-year, $50,000 pilot to fund the educational component for at-risk youth placed in eligible private custodial institutions.
"This is the bill that provides a one-year pilot program, for $50,000 dollars," Senator Howard Stevenson said when he opened the floor discussion, explaining the intent is to give juvenile court judges, Department of Family Services employees and school officials additional placement options and to fund the educational segment (roughly $1,600 per student) for up to about 30 students during the pilot year.
Supporters said the modest appropriation is…
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