| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to education; modifying provisions for full-service community schools; |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.231. |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.231, is amended to read: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 124D.231 FULL-SERVICE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Subdivision 1.Definitions.For the purposes of this section, the following terms have |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8the meanings given them. |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9 (a) "Community organization" means a community center, university, nonprofit |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10organization that has, or other community-based organization focused on providing service |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11to a specific geographic area. The partnering organization must have been in existence for |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12three years or more and serves serve persons within the community surrounding the covered |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13school site on education and other issues. |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14 (b) "Community school consortium" means a group of schools and community |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15organizations a partnership between at least one school and at least one community |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16organization that propose to work together to plan and implement community school |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17programming. |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18 (c) "Community school programming" means services, activities, and opportunities |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19described under subdivision 2, paragraph (f) 2c. |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20 (d) "Community-wide full-service community school leadership team" means a |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21district-level team that is responsible for guiding the vision, policy, resource alignment, |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1.22implementation, oversight, and goal setting for community school programs within the |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 24 | 24 | | 25-04170 as introduced02/20/25 REVISOR CR/CH |
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| 25 | 25 | | SENATE |
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| 26 | 26 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 27 | 27 | | S.F. No. 2007NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 28 | 28 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: OUMOU VERBETEN and Kunesh) |
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| 29 | 29 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 30 | 30 | | Introduction and first reading02/27/2025 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Referred to Education Finance 2.1district. This team shall may include representatives from the district, including teachers, |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.2school leaders, students, and family members from the eligible schools; community members; |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.3system-level partners that include representatives from government agencies, relevant |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.4unions, and nonprofit and other community-based partners; and, if applicable, the full-service |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.5community school initiative director. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.6 (e) "Full-service community school initiative director" means a director responsible for |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.7coordinating districtwide administrative and leadership assistance to community school |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.8sites and site coordinators, including serving as chairperson for the district's community-wide |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2.9full-service community school leadership team; site coordinator support; data gathering and |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2.10evaluation; administration of partnership and data agreements, contracts, and procurement; |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2.11and grant administration. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 2.12 (f) "High-quality child care or early childhood education programming" means |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2.13educational programming for preschool-aged children that is grounded in research, consistent |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2.14with best practices in the field, and provided by licensed teachers. |
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| 45 | 45 | | 2.15 (g) "School site" means a school site at which an applicant has proposed or has been |
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| 46 | 46 | | 2.16funded to provide provided community school programming. |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2.17 (h) "Site coordinator" means a full-time staff member serving one eligible school who |
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| 48 | 48 | | 2.18is responsible for the identification, implementation, and coordination of programming to |
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| 49 | 49 | | 2.19address the needs of the school community identified in the baseline analysis. |
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| 50 | 50 | | 2.20 Subd. 2.Full-service community school program.(a) The commissioner shall provide |
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| 51 | 51 | | 2.21funding to districts and charter schools with eligible school sites to plan, implement, and |
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| 52 | 52 | | 2.22improve full-service community schools. Eligible school sites must meet one of the following |
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| 53 | 53 | | 2.23criteria: |
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| 54 | 54 | | 2.24 (1) the school is on a development plan for continuous improvement under section |
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| 55 | 55 | | 2.25120B.35, subdivision 2; or |
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| 56 | 56 | | 2.26 (2) the school is in a district that has an achievement and integration plan approved by |
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| 57 | 57 | | 2.27the commissioner of education under sections 124D.861 and 124D.862. |
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| 58 | 58 | | 2.28 (b) Districts and charter schools may receive up to: |
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| 59 | 59 | | 2.29 (1) $100,000 for each eligible school available for up to one year to fund planning |
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| 60 | 60 | | 2.30activities, including convening a full-service community school leadership team, facilitating |
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| 61 | 61 | | 2.31family and community stakeholder engagement, conducting a baseline analysis, and creating |
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| 62 | 62 | | 2.32a full-service community school plan. At the end of this period, the school must submit a |
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| 63 | 63 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 64 | 64 | | 25-04170 as introduced02/20/25 REVISOR CR/CH 3.1full-service community school plan pursuant to paragraphs (d) and (e) subdivisions 2a and |
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| 65 | 65 | | 3.22b; and |
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| 66 | 66 | | 3.3 (2) $200,000 annually for each eligible school for up to three years of implementation |
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| 67 | 67 | | 3.4of a full-service community school plan, pursuant to paragraphs (f) and (g) subdivision 2c. |
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| 68 | 68 | | 3.5School sites receiving funding under this section shall hire or contract with a partner agency |
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| 69 | 69 | | 3.6to hire a site coordinator to coordinate services at each covered school site. Districts or |
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| 70 | 70 | | 3.7charter schools receiving funding under this section for three or more schools shall provide |
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| 71 | 71 | | 3.8or contract with a partner agency to provide a full-service community school initiative |
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| 72 | 72 | | 3.9director. |
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| 73 | 73 | | 3.10 (c) The commissioner shall consider additional school factors when dispensing funds |
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| 74 | 74 | | 3.11including: schools with significant populations of students receiving eligible for free or |
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| 75 | 75 | | 3.12reduced-price meals; significant homeless and highly mobile rates; equity among urban, |
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| 76 | 76 | | 3.13suburban, and greater Minnesota schools; and demonstrated success implementing full-service |
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| 77 | 77 | | 3.14community school programming. In prioritizing and dispensing funds, the commissioner |
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| 78 | 78 | | 3.15must not prioritize existing full-service community school sites based upon previous funding |
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| 79 | 79 | | 3.16sources. The commissioner must prioritize school sites based upon their ability to execute |
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| 80 | 80 | | 3.17the full-service community model and the school review process under subdivision 3. |
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| 81 | 81 | | 3.18 Subd. 2a.School leadership team.(d) (a) A school site must establish a full-service |
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| 82 | 82 | | 3.19community school leadership team responsible for developing school-specific programming |
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| 83 | 83 | | 3.20goals, assessing program needs, and overseeing the process of implementing expanded |
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| 84 | 84 | | 3.21programming. The school leadership team shall must have at least 12 members and shall |
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| 85 | 85 | | 3.22meet, including but not limited to the following requirements representatives: |
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| 86 | 86 | | 3.23 (1) at least 30 percent of the two members who are parents, guardians, family members, |
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| 87 | 87 | | 3.24or students and 30 percent of the at the school site; |
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| 88 | 88 | | 3.25 (2) at least two members who are teachers or school leaders at the school site and must |
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| 89 | 89 | | 3.26include; |
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| 90 | 90 | | 3.27 (3) the school principal; and |
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| 91 | 91 | | 3.28 (4) representatives from partner agencies; and or the community. |
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| 92 | 92 | | 3.29 (2) (b) The full-service community school leadership team must be responsible for |
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| 93 | 93 | | 3.30overseeing the baseline analyses under paragraph (e) subdivision 2b and the creation of a |
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| 94 | 94 | | 3.31full-service community school plan under paragraphs (f) and (g) subdivision 2c. A full-service |
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| 95 | 95 | | 3.32community school leadership team must meet at least quarterly and have ongoing |
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| 96 | 96 | | 3.33responsibility for monitoring the development and implementation of full-service community |
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| 97 | 97 | | 3Section 1. |
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| 98 | 98 | | 25-04170 as introduced02/20/25 REVISOR CR/CH 4.1school operations and programming at the school site and shall must issue recommendations |
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| 99 | 99 | | 4.2to schools on a regular basis and summarized in an annual report. These reports shall also |
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| 100 | 100 | | 4.3must be made available to the public at the school site and on school and district websites. |
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| 101 | 101 | | 4.4 Subd. 2b.Baseline analysis.(e) School sites must complete a baseline analysis prior to |
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| 102 | 102 | | 4.5the creation of a full-service community school plan. The analysis shall must include: |
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| 103 | 103 | | 4.6 (1) a baseline analysis of needs at the school site, led by the school leadership team, |
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| 104 | 104 | | 4.7including the following elements: |
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| 105 | 105 | | 4.8 (i) identification of challenges facing the school; |
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| 106 | 106 | | 4.9 (ii) analysis of the student body, including: |
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| 107 | 107 | | 4.10 (A) number and percentage of students with disabilities and needs of these students; |
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| 108 | 108 | | 4.11 (B) number and percentage of students who are English learners and the needs of these |
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| 109 | 109 | | 4.12students; |
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| 110 | 110 | | 4.13 (C) number of students who are homeless or highly mobile; |
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| 111 | 111 | | 4.14 (D) number and percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price meals and the |
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| 112 | 112 | | 4.15needs of these students; and |
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| 113 | 113 | | 4.16 (E) number and percentage of students by race and ethnicity; |
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| 114 | 114 | | 4.17 (iii) analysis of enrollment and retention rates for students with disabilities, English |
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| 115 | 115 | | 4.18learners, homeless and highly mobile students, and students receiving free or reduced-price |
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| 116 | 116 | | 4.19meals; |
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| 117 | 117 | | 4.20 (iv) analysis of suspension and expulsion data, including the justification for such |
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| 118 | 118 | | 4.21disciplinary actions and the degree to which particular populations, including but not limited |
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| 119 | 119 | | 4.22to American Indian students and students of color, students with disabilities, students who |
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| 120 | 120 | | 4.23are English learners, and students receiving free or reduced-price meals are represented |
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| 121 | 121 | | 4.24among students subject to such actions; |
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| 122 | 122 | | 4.25 (v) analysis of school achievement data disaggregated by major demographic categories, |
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| 123 | 123 | | 4.26including but not limited to race, ethnicity, English learner status, disability status, and free |
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| 124 | 124 | | 4.27or reduced-price meals status; |
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| 125 | 125 | | 4.28 (vi) analysis of current parent engagement strategies and their success; and |
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| 126 | 126 | | 4.29 (vii) evaluation of the need for and availability of full-service community school activities, |
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| 127 | 127 | | 4.30including, but not limited to: |
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| 128 | 128 | | 4Section 1. |
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| 129 | 129 | | 25-04170 as introduced02/20/25 REVISOR CR/CH 5.1 (A) integrated student supports that address out-of-school barriers to learning through |
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| 130 | 130 | | 5.2partnerships with social and health service agencies and providers, and may include medical, |
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| 131 | 131 | | 5.3dental, vision care, and mental health services or counselors to assist with housing, |
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| 132 | 132 | | 5.4transportation, nutrition, immigration, or criminal justice issues; |
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| 133 | 133 | | 5.5 (B) expanded and enriched learning time and opportunities, including before-school, |
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| 134 | 134 | | 5.6after-school, weekend, and summer programs that provide additional academic instruction, |
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| 135 | 135 | | 5.7individualized academic support, enrichment activities, and learning opportunities that |
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| 136 | 136 | | 5.8emphasize real-world learning and community problem solving and may include art, music, |
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| 137 | 137 | | 5.9drama, creative writing, hands-on experience with engineering or science, tutoring and |
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| 138 | 138 | | 5.10homework help, or recreational programs that enhance and are consistent with the school's |
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| 139 | 139 | | 5.11curriculum; |
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| 140 | 140 | | 5.12 (C) active family and community engagement that brings students' families and the |
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| 141 | 141 | | 5.13community into the school as partners in education and makes the school a neighborhood |
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| 142 | 142 | | 5.14hub, providing adults with educational opportunities that may include adult English as a |
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| 143 | 143 | | 5.15second language classes, computer skills, art, or other programs that bring community |
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| 144 | 144 | | 5.16members into the school for meetings or events; and |
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| 145 | 145 | | 5.17 (D) collaborative leadership and practices that build a culture of professional learning, |
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| 146 | 146 | | 5.18collective trust, and shared responsibility and include a school-based full-service community |
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| 147 | 147 | | 5.19school leadership team, a full-service community school site coordinator, a full-service |
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| 148 | 148 | | 5.20community school initiative director, a community-wide leadership team, other leadership |
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| 149 | 149 | | 5.21or governance teams, teacher learning communities, or other staff to manage the joint work |
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| 150 | 150 | | 5.22of school and community organizations; |
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| 151 | 151 | | 5.23 (2) a baseline analysis of community assets, including documentation of individuals in |
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| 152 | 152 | | 5.24the community, faith-based organizations, community and neighborhood associations, |
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| 153 | 153 | | 5.25colleges, hospitals, libraries, businesses, and social service agencies that may be able to |
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| 154 | 154 | | 5.26provide support and resources; and |
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| 155 | 155 | | 5.27 (3) a baseline analysis of needs in the community surrounding the school, led by the |
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| 156 | 156 | | 5.28school leadership team, including: |
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| 157 | 157 | | 5.29 (i) the need for high-quality, full-day child care and early childhood education programs; |
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| 158 | 158 | | 5.30 (ii) the need for physical and mental health care services for children and adults; and |
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| 159 | 159 | | 5.31 (iii) the need for job training and other adult education programming. |
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| 160 | 160 | | 5Section 1. |
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| 161 | 161 | | 25-04170 as introduced02/20/25 REVISOR CR/CH 6.1 Subd. 2c.School plan.(f) (a) Each school site receiving funding under this section must |
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| 162 | 162 | | 6.2develop a full-service community school plan that utilizes and aligns district and community |
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| 163 | 163 | | 6.3assets and establishes services in at least two of the following types of programming: |
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| 164 | 164 | | 6.4 (1) early childhood: |
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| 165 | 165 | | 6.5 (i) early childhood education; and |
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| 166 | 166 | | 6.6 (ii) child care services; |
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| 167 | 167 | | 6.7 (2) academic: |
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| 168 | 168 | | 6.8 (i) academic support and enrichment activities, including expanded learning time; |
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| 169 | 169 | | 6.9 (ii) summer or after-school enrichment and learning experiences; |
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| 170 | 170 | | 6.10 (iii) job training, internship opportunities, and career counseling services; |
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| 171 | 171 | | 6.11 (iv) programs that provide assistance to students who have been chronically absent, |
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| 172 | 172 | | 6.12truant, suspended, or expelled; and |
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| 173 | 173 | | 6.13 (v) specialized instructional support services; |
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| 174 | 174 | | 6.14 (3) parental involvement: |
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| 175 | 175 | | 6.15 (i) programs that promote parental involvement and family literacy; |
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| 176 | 176 | | 6.16 (ii) parent leadership development activities that empower and strengthen families and |
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| 177 | 177 | | 6.17communities, provide volunteer opportunities, or promote inclusion in school-based |
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| 178 | 178 | | 6.18leadership teams; and |
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| 179 | 179 | | 6.19 (iii) parenting education activities; |
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| 180 | 180 | | 6.20 (4) mental and physical health: |
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| 181 | 181 | | 6.21 (i) mentoring and other youth development programs, including peer mentoring and |
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| 182 | 182 | | 6.22conflict mediation; |
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| 183 | 183 | | 6.23 (ii) juvenile crime prevention and rehabilitation programs; |
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| 184 | 184 | | 6.24 (iii) home visitation services by teachers and other professionals; |
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| 185 | 185 | | 6.25 (iv) developmentally appropriate physical education; |
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| 186 | 186 | | 6.26 (v) nutrition services; |
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| 187 | 187 | | 6.27 (vi) primary health and dental care; and |
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| 188 | 188 | | 6.28 (vii) mental health counseling services; |
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| 189 | 189 | | 6.29 (5) community involvement: |
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| 190 | 190 | | 6Section 1. |
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| 191 | 191 | | 25-04170 as introduced02/20/25 REVISOR CR/CH 7.1 (i) service and service-learning opportunities; |
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| 192 | 192 | | 7.2 (ii) adult education, including instruction in English as a second language; and |
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| 193 | 193 | | 7.3 (iii) homeless prevention services; |
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| 194 | 194 | | 7.4 (6) positive discipline practices; and |
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| 195 | 195 | | 7.5 (7) other programming designed to meet school and community needs identified in the |
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| 196 | 196 | | 7.6baseline analysis and reflected in the full-service community school plan. |
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| 197 | 197 | | 7.7 (g) (b) The full-service community school leadership team at each school site must |
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| 198 | 198 | | 7.8develop a full-service community school plan detailing the steps the school leadership team |
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| 199 | 199 | | 7.9will take, including: |
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| 200 | 200 | | 7.10 (1) timely establishment and consistent operation of the school leadership team; |
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| 201 | 201 | | 7.11 (2) maintenance of attendance records in all programming components; |
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| 202 | 202 | | 7.12 (3) maintenance of measurable data showing annual participation and the impact of |
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| 203 | 203 | | 7.13programming on the participating children and adults; |
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| 204 | 204 | | 7.14 (4) documentation of meaningful and sustained collaboration between the school and |
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| 205 | 205 | | 7.15community stakeholders, including local governmental units, civic engagement organizations, |
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| 206 | 206 | | 7.16businesses, and social service providers; |
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| 207 | 207 | | 7.17 (5) establishment and maintenance of partnerships with institutions, such as universities, |
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| 208 | 208 | | 7.18hospitals, museums, or not-for-profit community organizations to further the development |
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| 209 | 209 | | 7.19and implementation of community school programming; |
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| 210 | 210 | | 7.20 (6) ensuring compliance with the district nondiscrimination policy; and |
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| 211 | 211 | | 7.21 (7) plan for school leadership team development. |
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| 212 | 212 | | 7.22 Subd. 3.Full-service community school review.(a) A full-service community school |
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| 213 | 213 | | 7.23site must submit to the commissioner, and make available at the school site and online, a |
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| 214 | 214 | | 7.24report describing efforts to integrate community school programming at each covered school |
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| 215 | 215 | | 7.25site and the effect of the transition to a full-service community school on participating |
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| 216 | 216 | | 7.26children and adults. This report shall include, but is not limited to, the following: |
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| 217 | 217 | | 7.27 (1) an assessment of the effectiveness of the school site in development or implementing |
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| 218 | 218 | | 7.28the community school plan; |
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| 219 | 219 | | 7.29 (2) problems encountered in the design and execution of the community school plan, |
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| 220 | 220 | | 7.30including identification of any federal, state, or local statute or regulation impeding program |
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| 221 | 221 | | 7.31implementation; |
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| 222 | 222 | | 7Section 1. |
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| 223 | 223 | | 25-04170 as introduced02/20/25 REVISOR CR/CH 8.1 (3) the operation of the school leadership team and its contribution to successful execution |
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| 224 | 224 | | 8.2of the community school plan; |
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| 225 | 225 | | 8.3 (4) recommendations for improving delivery of community school programming to |
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| 226 | 226 | | 8.4students and families; |
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| 227 | 227 | | 8.5 (5) the number and percentage of students receiving community school programming |
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| 228 | 228 | | 8.6who had not previously been served; |
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| 229 | 229 | | 8.7 (6) the number and percentage of nonstudent community members receiving community |
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| 230 | 230 | | 8.8school programming who had not previously been served; |
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| 231 | 231 | | 8.9 (7) improvement in retention among students who receive community school |
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| 232 | 232 | | 8.10programming; |
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| 233 | 233 | | 8.11 (8) improvement in academic achievement among students who receive community |
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| 234 | 234 | | 8.12school programming; |
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| 235 | 235 | | 8.13 (9) changes in student's readiness to enter school, active involvement in learning and in |
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| 236 | 236 | | 8.14their community, physical, social and emotional health, and student's relationship with the |
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| 237 | 237 | | 8.15school and community environment; |
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| 238 | 238 | | 8.16 (10) an accounting of anticipated local budget savings, if any, resulting from the |
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| 239 | 239 | | 8.17implementation of the program; |
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| 240 | 240 | | 8.18 (11) improvements to the frequency or depth of families' involvement with their children's |
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| 241 | 241 | | 8.19education; |
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| 242 | 242 | | 8.20 (12) assessment of community stakeholder satisfaction; |
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| 243 | 243 | | 8.21 (13) assessment of institutional partner satisfaction; |
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| 244 | 244 | | 8.22 (14) the ability, or anticipated ability, of the school site and partners to continue to |
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| 245 | 245 | | 8.23provide services in the absence of future funding under this section; |
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| 246 | 246 | | 8.24 (15) increases in access to services for students and their families; and |
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| 247 | 247 | | 8.25 (16) the degree of increased collaboration among participating agencies and private |
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| 248 | 248 | | 8.26partners. |
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| 249 | 249 | | 8.27 (b) Reports submitted under this section shall be evaluated by the commissioner with |
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| 250 | 250 | | 8.28respect to the following criteria: |
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| 251 | 251 | | 8.29 (1) the effectiveness of the school or the community school consortium in implementing |
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| 252 | 252 | | 8.30the full-service community school plan, including the degree to which the school site |
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| 253 | 253 | | 8.31navigated difficulties encountered in the design and operation of the full-service community |
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| 254 | 254 | | 8Section 1. |
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| 255 | 255 | | 25-04170 as introduced02/20/25 REVISOR CR/CH 9.1school plan, including identification of any federal, state, or local statute or regulation |
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| 256 | 256 | | 9.2impeding program implementation; |
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| 257 | 257 | | 9.3 (2) the extent to which the project has produced lessons about ways to improve delivery |
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| 258 | 258 | | 9.4of community school programming to students; |
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| 259 | 259 | | 9.5 (3) the degree to which there has been an increase in the number or percentage of students |
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| 260 | 260 | | 9.6and nonstudents receiving community school programming; |
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| 261 | 261 | | 9.7 (4) the degree to which there has been an improvement in retention of students and |
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| 262 | 262 | | 9.8improvement in academic achievement among students receiving community school |
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| 263 | 263 | | 9.9programming; |
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| 264 | 264 | | 9.10 (5) local budget savings, if any, resulting from the implementation of the program; |
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| 265 | 265 | | 9.11 (6) the degree of community stakeholder and institutional partner engagement; |
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| 266 | 266 | | 9.12 (7) the ability, or anticipated ability, of the school site and partners to continue to provide |
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| 267 | 267 | | 9.13services in the absence of future funding under this section; |
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| 268 | 268 | | 9.14 (8) increases in access to services for students and their families; and |
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| 269 | 269 | | 9.15 (9) the degree of increased collaboration among participating agencies and private |
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| 270 | 270 | | 9.16partners. |
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| 271 | 271 | | 9.17 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATIONS. |
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| 272 | 272 | | 9.18 Subdivision 1.Department of Education.The sums indicated in this section are |
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| 273 | 273 | | 9.19appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years |
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| 274 | 274 | | 9.20designated. |
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| 275 | 275 | | 9.21 Subd. 2.Full-service community schools.(a) For grants to plan or expand the |
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| 276 | 276 | | 9.22full-service community schools program under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.231: |
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| 277 | 277 | | 2026.....19,000,0009.23 $ |
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| 278 | 278 | | 2027.....19,000,0009.24 $ |
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| 279 | 279 | | 9.25 (b) Of this amount, priority must be given to programs in the following order: |
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| 280 | 280 | | 9.26 (1) existing full-service community school sites with demonstrated readiness to execute |
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| 281 | 281 | | 9.27the full-service community school model, including an established consortium partner, at |
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| 282 | 282 | | 9.28least one full-time site coordinator, established family engagement processes, extended day |
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| 283 | 283 | | 9.29and enrichment activities, and ability to comply with the school review process under |
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| 284 | 284 | | 9.30Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.231, subdivision 3; |
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| 285 | 285 | | 9Sec. 2. |
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| 286 | 286 | | 25-04170 as introduced02/20/25 REVISOR CR/CH 10.1 (2) schools identified as low-performing under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act; |
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| 287 | 287 | | 10.2and |
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| 288 | 288 | | 10.3 (3) any other applicants. |
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| 289 | 289 | | 10.4 (c) Up to two percent of the appropriation is available for grant administration. |
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| 290 | 290 | | 10.5 (d) Up to two percent of the appropriation may be reserved for a professional network |
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| 291 | 291 | | 10.6development fund for coordination and collaboration efforts among the full-service |
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| 292 | 292 | | 10.7community schools network. |
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| 293 | 293 | | 10.8 (e) The base for fiscal year 2028 and later is $19,000,000. |
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| 294 | 294 | | 10Sec. 2. |
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| 295 | 295 | | 25-04170 as introduced02/20/25 REVISOR CR/CH |
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