To allocate $1.0 million from the State School Aid Stabiliztion Fund for 19 grants of $40,000 each to school districts to create a five-year pilot program to develop an “early intervening model” program for grades K-3. This would include instruction for teachers and support staff on how to monitor individual student learning and provide extra help to pupils as early as possible in order to reduce the need for special education placement. The balance of the $1 million would for grants of unspecified size for similar purposes. Tie-bars in the bill mean it cannot become law unless a package of targeted tax breaks also does, and unless a teacher-union supported bill mandating public school funding increases also does. See Emerson and Sikkema amendments.
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