§ 22-7-805 — Summer school grant program - application - criteria

(1) A
school district or institute charter school that seeks to receive a grant pursuant to
this part 8 shall submit an application to the department in accordance with rules
promulgated by the state board. A school district shall submit an application on
behalf of all grade-appropriate schools in the district, including the district charter
schools within the district. The application shall include the following information:

(a) The number of eligible students enrolled in the school district or institute
charter school, as applicable;

(b) A description of the educational services that the school district or
institute charter school anticipates providing through a summer school program;

(c) A description of the method that the school district or institute charter
school will use to measure an eligible student's academic progress throughout the
program;

(d) A description of the goals that the school district's or institute charter
school's summer school program is expected to achieve and the method by which
the school district or institute charter school will measure achievement of the
goals; and

(e) Any additional information required by rule of the state board
promulgated pursuant to section 22-7-803 (4).

(2) The department shall review the applications received from school
districts and institute charter schools pursuant to this section and shall make
recommendations to the state board concerning the awarding of grants and the
amounts of the grants. The state board shall take into consideration the
recommendations of the department and shall annually award grants to school
districts and institute charter schools in amounts specified by the state board. In
awarding grants pursuant to this part 8, the state board shall:

(a) Consider whether the school district's or institute charter school's
summer school program complies with the requirements of section 22-7-804;

(b) Consider the geographic location of the school district or institute charter
school, as applicable, and, to the extent possible, ensure that grant moneys are
awarded to school districts and institute charter schools throughout the state;

(c) Award grants to school districts and institute charter schools that are
implementing summer school programs using curricula that are research-based
and that have been used with demonstrated success either by the applying school
district or institute charter school or by another school district; and

(d) Award grants to school districts and institute charter schools that
demonstrate success in improving the academic performance of eligible students in
the area of reading, writing, or mathematics, as applicable.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2006: Entire part RC&RE, p. 672, � 11, effective April 28.