Senate Bill No. 589
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[Originating in the Committee on Education;
reported February 19, 1999.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section twenty-one, article nine-a,
chapter eighteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand
nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to requiring
that all moneys appropriated for alternative education
programs be distributed in accordance with net enrollment.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section twenty-one, article nine-a, chapter eighteen of
the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one,
as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 9A. PUBLIC SCHOOL SUPPORT.
§18-9A-21. Funding for alternative education programs.
(a) For the fiscal year beginning the first day of July, one
thousand nine hundred ninety-six, an appropriation may be made to
the state department to be distributed to county boards for the
operation of alternative education programs established in
accordance with policies and procedures adopted by the state
board under section six, article two of this chapter:
Provided, That nothing in this section shall be construed to require any
specific level of funding by the Legislature:
Provided, however,
That
ninety percent of any appropriation which may be made for
the purposes set forth in this section shall be distributed to
county boards on the basis of net enrollment.
and ten percent of
this appropriation shall be distributed on a competitive basis to
county boards for the operation of pilot or innovative
alternative education programs.
(b) Each county board shall apply to the state
superintendent for receipt of its share of the distribution in
the manner set forth by the state superintendent which is
consistent with the policies and procedures adopted by the state
board for the establishment and maintenance of alternative
education programs.
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(NOTE: Strike-throughs indicate language that would be
stricken from the code, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.)