| 6 | 21 | | Annotated, relating to program weights and funding requirements under the "Quality Basic2 |
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| 7 | 22 | | Education Act," so as to provide for grants by the State Board of Education to local units of3 |
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| 8 | 23 | | administration to support students living in poverty; to provide for definitions; to require the4 |
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| 9 | 24 | | State Board of Education to develop rules and regulations; to provide for the calculation of5 |
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| 10 | 25 | | grant amounts; to provide that a minimum required portion of grant funds must be used by6 |
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| 11 | 26 | | local units of administration for direct program expenditures for the benefit of the students7 |
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| 12 | 27 | | living in poverty; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal8 |
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| 13 | 28 | | conflicting laws; and for other purposes.9 |
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| 14 | 29 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:10 |
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| 15 | 30 | | SECTION 1.11 |
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| 16 | 31 | | This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Support for Students Living in Poverty12 |
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| 26 | 44 | | (1) 'Foster care student' means a student enrolled in a public school who is placed in a21 |
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| 27 | 45 | | foster family home, child care institution, or another substitute care setting approved by22 |
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| 28 | 46 | | the Department of Human Services.23 |
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| 29 | 47 | | (2) 'Homeless student' means a student enrolled in a public school who meets the24 |
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| 30 | 48 | | definition of the term 'homeless children and youths' under the federal McKinney-Vento25 |
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| 31 | 49 | | Homeless Assistance Act, codified at 42 U.S.C. Section 11301, et seq., in force and effect26 |
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| 32 | 50 | | on January 1, 2023.27 |
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| 33 | 51 | | (3) 'Migrant student' means 'migrant student' means a child who is a student enrolled in28 |
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| 34 | 52 | | a public school and who has, within 12 months prior to first becoming a student in such29 |
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| 35 | 53 | | school, moved across state or school district lines with a migrant parent or guardian to30 |
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| 36 | 54 | | enable the child, the child's parent or guardian, or a member of the child's immediate31 |
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| 37 | 55 | | family to obtain temporary or seasonal employment in an agricultural or fishing activity.32 |
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| 38 | 56 | | (4) 'Student living in poverty' means a student enrolled in a public school who meets one33 |
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| 39 | 57 | | or more of the following criteria:34 |
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| 40 | 58 | | (A) Lives in a family unit directly certified to be receiving Supplemental Nutrition35 |
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| 41 | 59 | | Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits;36 |
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| 42 | 60 | | (B) Lives in a family unit directly certified to be receiving Temporary Assistance for37 |
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| 43 | 61 | | Needy Families (TANF) benefits;38 |
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| 44 | 62 | | (C) Is a homeless student;39 |
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| 46 | 65 | | - 3 - |
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| 47 | 66 | | (E) Is a migrant student.41 |
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| 48 | 67 | | (b) The State Board of Education shall provide grants to qualified local units of42 |
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| 49 | 68 | | administration for the purpose of supplementing services and instruction to currently43 |
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| 50 | 69 | | enrolled migrant students living in poverty, subject to appropriation by the General44 |
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| 51 | 70 | | Assembly. Such grants shall be provided beyond those funds to which local units of45 |
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| 52 | 71 | | administration otherwise are entitled by the provisions of this article and other statutes.46 |
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| 53 | 72 | | The State Department Board of Education by regulation shall establish rules and47 |
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| 54 | 73 | | regulations relating to the manner in which a local unit of administration must demonstrate48 |
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| 55 | 74 | | that any of its schools meets the eligibility requirements of this subsection it is eligible to49 |
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| 56 | 75 | | receive a grant under this Code section.50 |
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| 57 | 76 | | (c) Grants under this Code section shall be subject to appropriation by the General51 |
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| 58 | 77 | | Assembly. The Department of Education shall calculate the grant amount for a each local52 |
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| 59 | 78 | | unit of administration to be used for a school thereof under this Code section shall be53 |
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| 60 | 79 | | determined by multiplying the total appropriation for such grants by a fraction, the54 |
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| 61 | 80 | | numerator of which is the average number of eligible migrant students enrolling in that55 |
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| 62 | 81 | | school after the final FTE count as required in subsection (a) of Code Section 20-2-160 but56 |
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| 63 | 82 | | prior to the end of the same academic year and the denominator of which is the average57 |
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| 64 | 83 | | total number of eligible migrant students enrolling after the final FTE count as required in58 |
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| 65 | 84 | | subsection (a) of Code Section 20-2-160 but prior to the end of the same academic year in59 |
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| 66 | 85 | | all local units in the entire state number of students living in poverty enrolled in such local60 |
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| 67 | 86 | | unit of administration as of the date of the initial enrollment count each year as set forth in61 |
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| 68 | 87 | | Code Section 20-2-160 by an amount equal to 25 percent of the base amount calculated as62 |
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| 69 | 88 | | set forth in Code Section 20-2-161. At least 90 percent of the grant funds received by a63 |
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| 70 | 89 | | local unit under this Code section shall be used for direct program expenditures at the64 |
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| 71 | 90 | | school for the benefit of the students living in poverty for which the grant is computed65 |
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| 72 | 91 | | under this subsection Code section. Any portion of that 90 percent not so expended shall66 |
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