71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
HA to HB 2286
 
LC 1329/HB 2286-3
 
                       HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO
                         HOUSE BILL 2286
 
  By COMMITTEE ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY
 
                            April 30
 
  Delete lines 4 through 23 of the printed bill and insert:
  '  { +  SECTION 1. + }  { + (1) As used in this section, 'ESL
student' means a student who is eligible for and enrolled in an
English as a Second Language program under ORS 336.079.
  ' (2) In addition to distributing moneys through the State
School Fund, the Department of Education may award grants to
school districts for the costs of training English as a Second
Language teachers.
  ' (3) The grants shall be available to any school district:
  ' (a) In which three percent or more of the students enrolled
are ESL students;
  ' (b) That serves ESL students or bilingual students within a
large geographic area in the district;
  ' (c) That has a high growth, as defined by rule of the State
Board of Education, of ESL students or bilingual students in any
school year; or
  ' (d) That can demonstrate extraordinary need, as defined by
rule of the board, for English as a Second Language teachers or
training for English as a Second Language teachers.
  ' (4) A school district that receives a grant under this
section may use the grant to reimburse teachers for tuition costs
associated with completing an English as a Second Language or a
bilingual teaching program.
  ' (5) The board may adopt any rules necessary for the
administration of the grant program. The rules adopted by the
board shall include a method for determining the grant amount
that a qualified school district may receive under this
section. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 2. + }  { + In addition to and not in lieu of
any other appropriation, there is appropriated to the Department
of Education, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2001, out of the
General Fund, the amount of $l million, which may be expended to
provide grants to school districts under section 1 of this 2001
Act. + } ' .
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