Section 28A.630.126. Applications for participation in the summer knowledge improvement pilot program—"Eligible schools"—Plan requirements.

(1) Any school district with an eligible school may submit a plan to the office of the superintendent of public instruction to participate in the summer knowledge improvement pilot program. A plan may address one or more eligible schools. The office shall establish timelines for submitting and reviewing applications.

(2) For the purposes of this section, "eligible school" means any school that provides instruction to students in at least grades kindergarten through five where at least seventy-five percent of the enrolled students qualify for free and reduced-price meals.

(3) The school district board of directors must solicit input on the design of the plan from staff at the school, parents, and the community, including at an open public meeting. The final plan must be adopted by the school district board of directors at a subsequent open public meeting before the plan is submitted to the office of the superintendent of public instruction.

(4) A plan must include, but is not limited to, the following components:

(a) Proposed best practices and evidence-based strategies, curriculum, and materials for improving student achievement and closing the educational opportunity gap to be implemented over the extra twenty days for all students enrolled in the school. The best practices and evidence-based strategies, curriculum, and materials must be comparable to or higher in academic rigor than those used during the regular school year;

(b) A description of when the additional twenty days will be provided;

(c) Identification of the measures that the school district will use in assessing student achievement;

(d) Evidence that the principal of the school and at least seventy percent of the certificated and classified staff who work in the school at least two days per week agree to the plan;

(e) Whether the school will collaborate with community-based organizations to provide support for students during the additional twenty days and for the rest of the summer, and if so, the details of this collaboration; and

(f) An agreement to provide information necessary for a program evaluation.

[ 2014 c 219 § 6.]

2014 c 219 § 6.