This text of Kansas § 72-3258 (Grant program for professional learning; prioritization of grants; reports to state board of education) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Kansas primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
(a)Subject to appropriations therefor, the state board of education may award grants to high-quality professional learning providers to develop and implement teacher professional development programs for the computer science courses required to be taught pursuant to K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 72-3257, and amendments thereto. (b)Grants awarded pursuant to this section may be used for the following purposes:
(1)Providing high-quality professional learning;
(2)credentialing for computer science teachers, including, but not limited to, reimbursement to teachers or providers for professional learning, exam fees or college coursework;
(3)supporting computer science professional learning, including mentoring and coaching;
(4)creating resources to support implementation of this act;
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(a) Subject to appropriations therefor, the state board of education may award grants to high-quality professional learning providers to develop and implement teacher professional development programs for the computer science courses required to be taught pursuant to K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 72-3257, and amendments thereto.
(b) Grants awarded pursuant to this section may be used for the following purposes:
(1) Providing high-quality professional learning;
(2) credentialing for computer science teachers, including, but not limited to, reimbursement to teachers or providers for professional learning, exam fees or college coursework;
(3) supporting computer science professional learning, including mentoring and coaching;
(4) creating resources to support implementation of this act;
(5) student recruitment; and
(6) the development of teacher preparation programs.
(c) As a condition of receiving a grant pursuant to this section, a high-quality professional learning provider shall submit an application to the state department of education on a form and in a manner determined by the state department of education. The application shall, at a minimum, address how the provider will:
(1) Recruit new and existing teachers with little to no computer science background;
(2) use research-based or evidence-based practices for high-quality professional development;
(3) focus the professional learning on the conceptual foundations of computer science;
(4) reach and support marginalized racial and ethnic groups underrepresented in computer science;
(5) provide teachers with concrete experience with hands-on, inquiry-based practices;
(6) accommodate both teacher and student needs; and
(7) ensure that participating districts shall begin offering a computer science course within the same or next school year after the teacher receives the professional learning.
(d) The state board of education shall prioritize the following applications:
(1) School districts that work in partnership with providers of high-quality professional learning;
(2) proposals that describe strategies to enroll female students, students from marginalized racial and ethnic groups underrepresented in computer science, students eligible for free and reduced-price meals, students with disabilities and English language learners; and
(3) proposals from rural or urban areas that experience difficulties providing computer science offerings.
(e) Each high-quality professional learning provider that receives a grant pursuant to this section shall annually report to the state board of education:
(1) The number of teachers prepared;
(2) the number of students reached;
(3) the number and percent of students reached disaggregated by gender, race, ethnicity and socioeconomic status; and
(4) the number of teachers and school districts that implemented computer science courses versus the number of prepared teachers that attended professional learning.