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The Committee on Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations

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(Constantine) recommended the following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendment)

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     Delete lines 16-20

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and insert:

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     (1)  INCENTIVES.--

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     (a) A provider or school district may not provide

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incentives to entice a student or a student's parent to choose a

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provider. After a provider has been chosen, the student may be

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awarded incentives for performance or attendance, the total value

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of which may not exceed $50 per student per year.

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     (b) A provider may allow a student who has successfully

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completed the program to retain instructional materials; however,

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notwithstanding paragraph (a), a provider may not promote any

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such retention of instructional materials as an incentive to

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entice a student or a student's parent to participate in the

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program. As used in this paragraph, the term "instructional

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materials" means materials that are necessary for a student's

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participation and completion of the program and may include, but

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are not limited to, textbooks, workbooks, computers, and

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educational software.

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================ T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     On line 3, after the semicolon,

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insert:

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authorizing a provider of supplemental educational

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services to allow students to retain instructional

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materials after completion of the program; prohibiting the

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promotion of such materials as an incentive to entice a

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student or parent to choose a provider; defining the term

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"instructional materials";

4/8/2008  5:05:00 PM     602-06954-08