Kan. Stat. § 72-5153a

Current through 2024 Session Acts Chapter 111
Section 72-5153a - [Effective Until 7/1/2024] Same; students identified as at-risk; additional educational opportunities; criteria for eligibility
(a) To assist students identified as eligible to receive at-risk educational programs and services in meeting state board of education outcome goals, the state board of education shall require school districts to implement at-risk educational programs and services that provide additional educational opportunities, interventions and evidence-based instruction using the at-risk best practices identified pursuant to K.S.A. 72-5153, and amendments thereto.
(b) A student shall be identified as eligible to receive at-risk programs and services if the student meets one or more of the following criteria:
(1) Is not working on academic grade level;
(2) is not meeting the requirements necessary for promotion to the next grade or is failing subjects or courses of study;
(3) is not meeting the requirements necessary for graduation from high school or has the potential to drop out of school;
(4) has insufficient mastery of skills or is not meeting state standards;
(5) has been retained;
(6) has a high rate of absenteeism;
(7) has repeated suspensions or expulsions from school;
(8) is homeless or migrant;
(9) is identified as an English language learner;
(10) has social-emotional needs that cause the student to be unsuccessful in school; or
(11) is identified as a student with dyslexia or characteristics of dyslexia.
(c) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the Kansas school equity and enhancement act.
(d) This section shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2021.

K.S.A. 72-5153a

Added by L. 2021, ch. 114,§ 5, eff. 7/1/2021.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.