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Amend the amendment in section 1 in §8813 in subsection 1 in paragraph A in the 3rd and 4th lines (page 2, lines 37 and 38 in amendment) by striking out the following: "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001" and inserting the following: 'Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015'
Amend the amendment in section 1 by striking out all of §8814 (page 3, lines 17 to 43 and page 4, lines 1 to 6 in amendment) and inserting the following:
‘§ 8814. Program fund grants; eligibility; calculation
Beginning in fiscal year 2017-18 and each subsequent year, the department, through a grant application process, shall provide from the program fund funding to cover 90% of the costs of summer success programs in school administrative units with greater than 50% student participation in the free and reduced-price lunch program pursuant to section 6602, subsection 1, paragraph A. Any remaining available funds must be provided to school administrative units with greater than 35% student participation in the free and reduced-price lunch program.
 
1.  Eligibility.     To receive program fund money calculated pursuant to subsection 2, a school administrative unit must be in compliance with any applicable standards and program requirements for summer success programs established by the commissioner pursuant to section 8813.
 
2.  Program fund grants; calculation.     The commissioner shall calculate one amount of program fund money that may be made available as a grant to the elementary school level and another amount of program fund money that may be made available as a grant to the high school level in accordance with the following.
 
A.  For fiscal year 2017-18, the commissioner shall establish a per-pupil amount for program fund grants.
 
B.  For fiscal year 2018-19 and each subsequent year, the commissioner shall recalculate the per-pupil amount by using the amount calculated under paragraph A as a base and adjusting for appropriate trends in the Consumer Price Index or other comparable index.
 
3.  Budget recommendation.     By December 15, 2016 and prior to December 15th of each subsequent year, the commissioner shall recommend to the Governor and to the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of the Budget the funding levels for the program fund for payment in the next fiscal year. The commissioner shall include these funding levels in the department's request to the Legislature for appropriations from the General Fund, allocations from federal funds and authorizations of Other Special Revenue Funds and social impact bonds to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.
 
4.  Appropriations and allocations.    The commissioner shall provide funds authorized by the Legislature to carry out the purposes of this subchapter as grants to eligible school administrative units.’
Amend the amendment in section 1 in §8815 in the first paragraph in the first line (page 4, line 8 in amendment) by striking out the following: "2017" and inserting the following: '2018'
Amend the amendment in section 2 in subsection 5 in the first line (page 4, line 21 in amendment) by striking out the following: "2016-17" and inserting the following: '2017-18'
Amend the amendment in section 4 in the 2nd line (page 4, line 36 in amendment) by striking out the following: "2015" and inserting the following: '2016'
Amend the amendment in section 4 in the last line (page 4, line 39 in amendment) by striking out the following: "2016-2017" and inserting the following: '2017-2018'
Amend the amendment by striking out all of section 5 and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 5. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF
 
Summer Success Program N215
 
Initiative: Provides base allocations for the Summer Success Program Fund.

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS	2015-16	2016-17	
All Other	$0	$500	
			
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL	$0	$500	

Summer Success Program N215
 
Initiative: Provides funds for one Education Specialist III position and related All Other costs to implement and administer summer success programs.

GENERAL FUND	2015-16	2016-17	
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT	0.000	1.000	
Personal Services	$0	$86,431	
All Other	$0	$6,351	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$92,782	

EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2015-16	2016-17	
			
GENERAL FUND	$0	$92,782	
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS	$0	$500	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$0	$93,282	
 
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SUMMARY
This amendment changes from fiscal year 2016-17 to fiscal year 2017-18 the fiscal year in which the Department of Education is required to provide grant funding to cover a portion of the costs of summer success programs and adjusts related dates and funding accordingly.
This amendment also corrects the name of the federal act.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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