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Senate Bill No. 589
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[Originating in the Committee on Education;
reported February 19, 1999.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section twenty-one, article nine-a, chapter eighteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to requiring that all moneys appropriated for alternative education programs be distributed in accordance with net enrollment.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section twenty-one, article nine-a, chapter eighteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 9A. PUBLIC SCHOOL SUPPORT.

§18-9A-21. Funding for alternative education programs.
(a) An appropriation may be made to the state department to be distributed to county boards for the operation of alternative education programs established in accordance with policies and procedures adopted by the state board under section six, article two of this chapter: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be construed to require any specific level of funding by the Legislature: Provided, however, That ninety percent of any appropriation which may be made for the purposes set forth in this section shall be distributed to county boards on the basis of net enrollment and ten percent of this appropriation shall be distributed on a competitive basis to county boards for the operation of pilot or innovative alternative education programs: Provided further, That for the fiscal year beginning the first day of July, two thousand, the total appropriation which may be made for the purposes set forth in this section shall be distributed to the county boards on the basis of net enrollment.
(b) Each county board shall apply to the state superintendent for receipt of its share of the distribution in the manner set forth by the state superintendent which is consistent with the policies and procedures adopted by the state board for the establishment and maintenance of alternative education programs.