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However, a dropout is not a student who has left the country.
DYSLEXIA PILOT
PROJECT
The superintendent of public instruction shall establish a pilot project to
provide early screening and intervention services for children with risk
factors of dyslexia. Three projects are to be selected with one each
coming from urban, suburban, and rural settings.
Participating districts are to screen children aged 6 and under, provide
appropriate reading intervention services, and administer approved
assessments.
Teachers are to be trained in multisensory structured language
programs.
The program will last for three years, beginning in 2012-13, at which
time a report from the superintendent of public instruction on containing
an evaluation of the results of the project and legislative
recommendations.
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DYSLEXIA TRAINING
An ESC governing board may hire a dyslexia specialist to provide
training to K-4 teachers on the indicators of dyslexia and on the types of
instruction that “children with dyslexia need to learn, read, write, and
spell.”
3319.80
EARLY COLLEGE
HIGH SCHOOL
Early College High School (ECHS) is a college credit granting program
designed to serve students who are: underrepresented in completing
post-secondary education; economically disadvantaged; and the
children of parents who did not earn a college diploma.
A school district or college may apply to the chancellor and
Superintendent of Public Instruction for a waiver from the requirements
of College Credit Plus for an ECHS program.
3365.10
ECONOMICALLY
DISADVANTAGED
FUNDING
Districts receiving funds for economically disadvantaged students must
spend these special funds in one of the following initiatives:
(1) Extended school day and school year;
(2) Reading improvement and intervention;
(3) Instructional technology or blended learning;
(4) Professional development in reading instruction for
teachers of students in kindergarten through third grade;
(5) Dropout prevention;
(6) School safety and security measures;
(7) Community learning centers that address barriers to
learning;
(8) Academic interventions for students in any of grades six
through twelve.
3317.25
EDUCATIONAL
CHOICE
SCHOLARSHIP
PROGRAM
The educational choice scholarships (often called “vouchers” in other
states) are to pay or offset the tuition at a chartered, nonpublic school.
Students are eligible based on school performance as reported on two
of the three most recent report cards issued prior to the first day of July
of the school year for which a scholarship is sought if any or a
combination of any of the following apply:
1 – The student is enrolled in a school building that is operated by the
student’s resident district and the building has been designated in at
least two of the three most recent ratings of school buildings to be in a
state of academic emergency or academic watch and has not been
declared to be excellent or effective in the most recent ratings. The
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