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EXPLANATION: Deleted the new language that the Department of Education requested for defining poverty.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 1, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, page 268, paragraph 1.3, line 13, by striking:/ Students in poverty are students who qualify for Medicaid, SNAP, TANF, or are homeless, transient, or in foster care. /
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, Section 1, DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION, page 268, paragraph 1.3, lines 28-30, by striking
the lines in their entirety and inserting /For the current
school year, the Department of Education will continue to use
counts from the prior school year to determine poverty funding
for the add-on weighting. The Department of Education will
continue to work with school
districts to determine students eligible for the poverty add-on
using the following data elements:
used to determine USDA community eligibility to be used
in future years students in poverty are students
who qualify for Medicaid, SNAP, TANF, or are homeless,
transient, or in foster care./
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.