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| 5 | 4 | | SENATE BILL 583 |
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| 6 | 5 | | By Akbari |
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| 9 | 8 | | SB0583 |
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| 10 | 9 | | 002053 |
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| 11 | 10 | | - 1 - |
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| 13 | 12 | | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37 |
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| 14 | 13 | | and Title 49, relative to after school programs. |
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| 16 | 15 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: |
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| 17 | 16 | | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 7, is amended by |
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| 18 | 17 | | adding the following as a new section: |
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| 19 | 18 | | (a) As used in this section: |
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| 20 | 19 | | (1) "County juvenile offense rate" means the number of crimes committed |
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| 21 | 20 | | by individuals who are between ten (10) and seventeen (17) years of age, both |
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| 22 | 21 | | inclusive, in a given county, for every one thousand (1,000) residents of the |
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| 23 | 22 | | county, as published by the Tennessee bureau of investigation; |
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| 24 | 23 | | (2) "Department" means the department of education; |
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| 25 | 24 | | (3) "Eligible LEA" means a local education agency that operates or |
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| 26 | 25 | | serves as the charter authorizer for at least one (1) public school located in a |
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| 27 | 26 | | county for which the county juvenile offense rate is at least ten percent (10%) |
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| 28 | 27 | | higher than the statewide juvenile offense rate; |
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| 29 | 28 | | (4) "Eligible nonprofit organization" means a 501(c)(3) organization |
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| 30 | 29 | | exempt from federal income taxation under § 501(a) of the Internal Revenue |
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| 31 | 30 | | Code (26 U.S.C. § 501(a)) that operates after school programs; |
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| 32 | 31 | | (5) "Eligible student" means a student enrolled in a public school in any |
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| 33 | 32 | | of the grades kindergarten through twelve (K-12); |
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| 34 | 33 | | (6) "Public school" means any school in this state that serves students in |
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| 35 | 34 | | any of the grades kindergarten through twelve (K-12) and that is operated as part |
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| 39 | 38 | | |
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| 40 | 39 | | of a local education agency, by this state with public funds, or pursuant to a |
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| 41 | 40 | | charter agreement, as defined in § 49-13-104; and |
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| 42 | 41 | | (7) "Statewide juvenile offense rate" means the number of crimes |
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| 43 | 42 | | committed by individuals who are between ten (10) and seventeen (17) years of |
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| 44 | 43 | | age, both inclusive, in this state, for every one thousand (1,000) residents of this |
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| 45 | 44 | | state, as published by the Tennessee bureau of investigation. |
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| 46 | 45 | | (b) Subject to appropriation, the department shall award grants to eligible LEAs |
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| 47 | 46 | | that have submitted a grant application approved by the department to enable such |
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| 48 | 47 | | LEAs to provide after school programs for eligible students enrolled in the eligible LEA. |
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| 49 | 48 | | (c) An eligible LEA seeking a grant under this section must submit an application |
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| 50 | 49 | | to the department at such time, and in such manner, as the department requires. Each |
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| 51 | 50 | | grant application must, at a minimum, include the following: |
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| 52 | 51 | | (1) The county juvenile offense rate for the most recent fiscal year for |
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| 53 | 52 | | which data is available for the county in which at least one (1) public school is |
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| 54 | 53 | | located; |
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| 55 | 54 | | (2) An assurance that the eligible LEA will directly provide after school |
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| 56 | 55 | | programs using grant funds or will partner with an eligible nonprofit organization |
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| 57 | 56 | | for that organization to provide after school programs using grant funds; and |
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| 58 | 57 | | (3) Details regarding the activities and frequency of the after school |
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| 59 | 58 | | programs that will be provided using grant funds received under this section. |
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| 60 | 59 | | (d) |
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| 61 | 60 | | (1) An eligible LEA that receives a grant must use the grant funds to |
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| 62 | 61 | | operate after school programs for eligible students, which may include: |
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| 63 | 62 | | (A) Expanding existing after school programs for eligible students; |
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| 64 | 63 | | (B) Providing new after school programs for eligible students; or |
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| 69 | 68 | | (C) Partnering with an eligible nonprofit organization for the |
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| 70 | 69 | | organization to operate after school programs for eligible students. |
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| 71 | 70 | | (2) After school programs provided using grant funds received pursuant |
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| 72 | 71 | | to this section must include educational activities and programming. |
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| 73 | 72 | | (3) An LEA that receives a grant pursuant to this section may apply to |
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| 74 | 73 | | renew the grant in a subsequent year. The department shall, subject to available |
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| 75 | 74 | | funds, award a grant to an LEA that received a grant in the prior year, even if the |
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| 76 | 75 | | LEA is no longer an eligible LEA because the county juvenile offense rate for the |
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| 77 | 76 | | county in which at least one (1) public school is located is not at least ten percent |
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| 78 | 77 | | (10%) higher than the statewide juvenile offense rate. |
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| 79 | 78 | | (e) From the total amount of grant funds available to the department for |
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| 80 | 79 | | purposes of this section, the department shall allocate to each eligible LEA with a |
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| 81 | 80 | | department-approved application, a grant in an amount that bears the same relationship |
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| 82 | 81 | | to the total amount of grant funds available as the number of eligible students who will |
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| 83 | 82 | | be served by the eligible LEA pursuant to this section bears to the total number of |
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| 84 | 83 | | eligible students who will be served by all eligible LEAs pursuant to this section. |
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| 85 | 84 | | (f) Each eligible LEA that receives a grant under this section must submit an |
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| 86 | 85 | | annual report to the committee of the house of representatives with jurisdiction over after |
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| 87 | 86 | | school programs for students in any of the grades kindergarten through twelve (K-12) |
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| 88 | 87 | | and the education committee of the senate describing: |
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| 89 | 88 | | (1) The number of public schools served by an after school program |
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| 90 | 89 | | established or maintained by the eligible LEA using grant funds; |
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| 91 | 90 | | (2) The number of eligible students served at each after school program |
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| 92 | 91 | | established or maintained by the eligible LEA using grant funds; and |
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| 97 | 96 | | (3) The general successes and vulnerabilities of the after school |
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| 98 | 97 | | programs established or maintained by the eligible LEA using grant funds. |
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| 99 | 98 | | SECTION 2. For purposes of awarding grants to eligible LEAs, this act takes effect July |
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| 100 | 99 | | 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it. For all other purposes, this act takes effect upon |
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| 101 | 100 | | becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. |
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