A school extension learning recovery program following the 2020-21 school term. (FE)

What it would have done

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill requires certain schools to provide school extension learning recovery programs following the end of each school's 2020-21 school term to address learning losses and negative academic impacts pupils experienced during the 2020-21 school year due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. Under the bill, a school must provide the program if, during the 2020-21 school year, less than 75 percent of all pupils enrolled in or attending the school attended classes in person for at least 50 percent of the hours of instructions the school provided between the first day of the school term and April 15, 2021. The requirement applies to all public schools, including charter schools, and to private schools participating in a parental choice program or in the Special Needs Scholarship Program. Such a school must provide the program only to the extent the school receives moneys under the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.

Under the bill, 1) the school must make the program available to all pupils enrolled in or attending the school during the 2020-21 school year; 2) pupil participation in the program is voluntary; 3) the program must provide only in-person instruction; and 4) the program must consist of at least six weeks of coursework and curriculum similar to that offered during regular school days during a regular school term, including academic instruction in mathematics, science, and reading. At the end of the program, the school must reevaluate whether pupils who participated in the program meet the criteria to advance to the next grade or to receive a high school diploma.

Who's behind it

11 lawmakers are its authors⁠. All 11 are Republicans.

What it would cost

State agencies filed a cost estimate. Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

• Fiscal Estimate From DPI