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EXPLANATION: Provide $3,600 per pupil for 3 and 4 year old students with a disability served during school year 2017-18 under IDEA
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 1A,
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - EIA, page 316, paragraph 1A.50 (South
Carolina Public Charter School Funding), after line 34, by
inserting:
/ In addition,
from the EIA funds appropriated in and carried forward from Act
97 of 2017, the Department of Education shall distribute to the
South Carolina Public Charter School District, an amount equal
to $3,600 per pupil for three and four year old students with a
disability, who were eligible for services under IDEA and who
were enrolled in brick and mortar charter schools sponsored by
the district or registered institution of higher education
during the 2017-2018 School Year and for whom EIA funding
previously was not provided. The district shall distribute the
funds on a per pupil basis to the charter schools which provided
the IDEA services and shall not retain any portion thereof. The
schools shall submit documentation of the student count to both
the district and the department before the funds are dispersed.
/
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.