Budget Amendment ID: FY2023-S4-689-R1

Redraft EDU 689

Pilot Program for METCO School Districts

Ms. Chang-Diaz, Mr. Eldridge, Ms. Lovely and Ms. Creem moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 7010-0012, by inserting after the word “program”, the third time it appears, the following words:- “; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for the creation of a pilot program for school districts participating in the METCO program; provided further, that the pilot program may include, but shall not be limited to,  the: (i) development of a continuum of practice to assess a district's progress in integration; (ii) the performance of curriculum audits to ensure cultural representation; and (iii) the implementation of restorative discipline practices”;

and

in said section 2, in said item 7010-0012, by striking out the figure “27,908,138” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “28,408,138”.