evidence_text: Rep. Howell moved to amend the bill as follows:
  
  1. Amend page 13, following line 10, by inserting:
  
  “Sec. 23b. (1) From the federal fund money allocated under section 11n awarded to this state from the elementary and secondary school emergency relief (ESSER) fund under the coronavirus response and relief supplemental appropriations act, 2021, division M of Public Law 116-260, there is allocated for 2020-2021 an amount not to exceed $152,400,000.00, and from the state school aid fund money appropriated under section 11, there is allocated for 2020-2021 an amount not to exceed $10,000,000.00 to eligible districts and eligible intermediate districts described in subsection (4) to be used for COVID-19 remediation services in the manner described in subsection (6).
  
  (2) The funds allocated under subsection (1) must be distributed by the department as follows:
  
  (a) An amount not to exceed $90,000,000.00 from the federal funding allocated under subsection (1) for summer programs that are offered as part of COVID-19 remediation services under this section.
  
  (b) An amount not to exceed $45,000,000.00 from the federal funding allocated under subsection (1) for credit recovery programs that are offered as part of COVID-19 remediation services under this section.
  
  (c) An amount not to exceed $17,400,000.00 from the federal funding allocated under subsection (1) for before-school, after-school, or before-and-after school programs that are offered as part of COVID-19 remediation services under this section.
  
  (d) An amount not to exceed $10,000,000.00 from the state school aid fund money allocated under subsection (1) for additional payments for summer programs and credit recovery programs that are offered as part of COVID-19 remediation services under this section that the department’s innovation council designates as innovative under subsection (11).
  
  (3) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, to receive funding under this section, a district or intermediate district must apply for the funding in a form and manner prescribed by the department. An application for funding under this section must be submitted to the department by not later than April 15, 2021.
  
  (4) A district or intermediate district that meets all of the following is an eligible district or eligible intermediate district under this section:
  
  (a) In its application for funding under this section, the district or intermediate district pledges to provide COVID-19 remediation services to eligible pupils.
  
  (b) In its application for funding under this section, the district or intermediate district includes a COVID‑19 remediation services plan. A plan described in this subdivision must include at least all of the following, as applicable:
  
  ( i ) For COVID-19 remediation services that include a summer program, all of the following:
  
  (A) A description of the summer program.
  
  (B) The number of potential eligible pupils that will enroll or the number of eligible pupils enrolled in the summer program.
  
  (C) An estimate of costs for the preparation and implementation of the summer program.
  
  (D) A statement indicating whether or not the district or intermediate district is requesting that the summer program be designated as innovative under subsection (11) and the reasons the district or intermediate district believes its program is innovative.
  
  ( ii ) For COVID-19 remediation services that include a credit recovery program, all of the following:
  
  (A) A description of the credit recovery program.
  
  (B) The number of potential eligible pupils that will enroll or the number of eligible pupils enrolled in the credit recovery program.
  
  (C) An estimate of costs for the preparation and implementation of the credit recovery program.
  
  (D) A statement indicating whether or not the district or intermediate district is requesting that the credit recovery program be designated as innovative under subsection (11) and the reasons the district or intermediate district believes its program is innovative.
  
  ( iii ) For COVID-19 remediation services that include a before-school, after-school, or before-and-after school program, all of the following:
  
  (A) A description of the before-school, after-school, or before-and-after school program.
  
  (B) The number of potential pupils that will enroll or the number of eligible pupils enrolled in the before-school, after-school, or before-and-after school program.
  
  (C) An estimate of costs for the preparation and implementation of the before-school, after-school, or before-and-after school program.
  
  (D) Assurance that the before-school, after-school, or before-and-after school program is designed to emphasize remediation for eligible pupils.
  
  (c) In its application for funding under this section, the district or intermediate district provides information concerning whether or not the district or intermediate district intends to contract for services as described in subsection (6)(a) in providing a summer program, credit recovery program, or before-school, after-school, or before-and-after school program as part of its COVID-19 remediation services under this section.
  
  (5) Subject to subsections (2) and (7), from the funding allocated under subsection (1), the department shall pay each eligible district and each eligible intermediate district all of the following, as applicable:
  
  (a) An amount equal to $550.00 for each eligible pupil that, based on the application for funding under this section, will be enrolled or is enrolled in the eligible district’s or eligible intermediate district’s summer program, as applicable, offered as part of the eligible district’s or eligible intermediate district’s COVID-19 remediation services under this section.
  
  (b) An amount equal to $550.00 for each eligible pupil that, based on the application for funding under this section, will be enrolled or is enrolled in the eligible district’s or eligible intermediate district’s credit recovery program, as applicable, offered as part of the eligible district’s or eligible intermediate district’s COVID-19 remediation services under this section.
  
  (c) An amount not to exceed $25,000.00 to each eligible district or eligible intermediate district for its before-school, after-school, or before-and-after school program offered as part of its COVID-19 remediation services under this section.
  
  (d) In addition to the amounts distributed under subdivisions (a) and (b), an amount not to exceed $100.00 for each eligible pupil who, based on the application for funding under this section, will be enrolled or is enrolled in the eligible district’s or eligible intermediate district’s summer program or credit recovery program, as applicable, if the program or programs have been designated as innovative under subsection (11).
  
  (6) An eligible district or eligible intermediate district that receives funding under this section shall only use that funding to provide COVID-19 remediation services to eligible pupils. Both of the following apply for purposes of this subsection:
  
  (a) An eligible district or eligible intermediate district may contract with public or private entities, other districts or intermediate districts, or a consortium of other districts or intermediate districts to provide COVID-19 remediation services under this section.
  
  (b) An eligible intermediate district may provide its COVID-19 remediation services to its constituent districts to provide to eligible pupils.
  
  (7) If funds allocated under this section for summer programs that are offered as part of COVID-19 remediation services under this section are insufficient to fully fund calculations under this section, the department shall apply proration of an equal dollar amount per eligible pupil in a summer program. If funds allocated under this section for credit recovery programs that are offered as part of COVID-19 remediation services under this section are insufficient to fully fund calculations under this section, the department shall apply proration of an equal dollar amount per eligible pupil in a credit recovery program. If funds allocated under this section for before-school, after-school, or before-and-after school programs that are offered as part of COVID-19 remediation services under this section are insufficient to fully fund calculations under this section, the department shall apply proration in equal proportion to the amount the eligible district or eligible intermediate district would have received under this section for that program but for the application of proration under this subsection. If funds specifically allocated under this section for summer programs and credit recovery programs that are offered as part of COVID-19 remediation services under this section that have been designated as innovative under subsection (11) are insufficient to fully fund calculations under this section, the department shall apply proration of an equal dollar amount per eligible pupil in the program or programs described in this sentence.
  
  (8) In awarding funding under this section, the department shall prioritize funding under this section that is distributed for before-school, after-school, and before-and-after school programs offered as part of COVID-19 remediation services under this section to the following eligible districts or eligible intermediate districts that offer those programs as part of their COVID-19 remediation services:
  
  (a) Eligible districts or eligible intermediate districts with the highest number of eligible pupils who, based on the application for funding under this section, will enroll or are enrolled in the program.
  
  (b) Eligible districts or eligible intermediate districts with the largest size program.
  
  (c) Eligible districts or eligible intermediate districts with the highest amount of costs for the program.
  
  (9) A before-school, after-school, or before-and-after school program that is offered as part of COVID-19 remediation services under this section must be provided to eligible pupils in a manner in which the eligible pupils are in person at a school building designated by the eligible district or eligible intermediate district providing the program. A before-school, after-school, or before-and-after school program that is offered as part of COVID-19 remediation services under this section must provide educational programming in core subject areas, including, but not limited to, mathematics, reading, and science. As used in this subsection, “in person” means physically present.
  
  (10) If, in its application for funding under this section, an eligible district or eligible intermediate district submits the potential number of eligible pupils that will enroll in its summer program as described in subsection (4)(b)( i ), potential number of eligible pupils that will enroll in its credit recovery program as described in subsection (4)(b)( ii ), or potential number of eligible pupils that will enroll in its before-school, after-school, or before-and-after school program as described in subsection (4)(b)( iii ), as applicable, and the eligible district or eligible intermediate district receives funding under this section based on those estimations, by June 15, 2021, the eligible district or eligible intermediate district shall submit the number of pupils who actually enrolled in the eligible district’s or eligible intermediate district’s summer program, credit recovery program, or before-school, after-school, or before-and-after school program. If the eligible district or eligible intermediate district received an overpayment of funds under this section based on its submitted estimates of eligible pupils as described in this subsection, as determined by the department, the eligible district or eligible intermediate district shall refund the department in the amount of the overpayment.
  
  (11) For purposes of determining which eligible districts and eligible intermediate districts will receive additional payments as described in subsection (5)(d), the department’s innovation council shall, based on applications submitted under this section, designate summer programs and credit recovery programs that are offered as part of COVID-19 remediation services under this section that, in their applications for funding under this section, request innovative designation as innovative if it determines those programs are innovative. A program that is designated as innovative under this subsection may include, without limitation, 1 or more of the following:
  
  (a) Community-based projects.
  
  (b) Integrated kinesthetic or cognitive growth programs.
  
  (c) STEM-based programs.
  
  (d) Outdoor or adventure-based programs.
  
  (e) Any programs that integrate public and private partnerships.
  
  (12) Notwithstanding section 17b and except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the department shall make payments under this section on a schedule determined by the department. The department shall distribute all funding under this section by not later than May 20, 2021.
  
  (13) As used in this section:
  
  (a) “Constituent district” means a district that is located in the geographic boundaries of the intermediate district.
  
  (b) “COVID-19 remediation services” means any of the following:
  
  ( i ) A summer program.
  
  ( ii ) A credit recovery program.
  
  ( iii ) A before-school, after-school, or before-and-after school program.
  
  (c) “Credit recovery program” means an educational program that meets at least all of the following:
  
  ( i ) Is offered to each eligible pupil described in subdivision (d)( ii ) who was enrolled in any of grades 9 to 12 in the 2020-2021 school year.
  
  ( ii ) Is a program that is designed to provide educational remediation to pupils.
  
  ( iii ) Is offered in person, online, digitally, by other remote means, in a synchronous or asynchronous format, or through any combination of these.
  
  ( iv ) Is a program that was developed based on the input of teachers and that is teacher-led.
  
  (d) “Eligible pupil” means a child to whom the following apply, as applicable:
  
  ( i ) For participation in a summer program offered as part of COVID-19 remediation services under this section, both of the following apply:
  
  (A) Any of the following apply:
  
  (I) If an eligible district that is not a public school academy is providing the COVID-19 remediation services, the child resides within the geographic boundaries of the district.
  
  (II) If an eligible district that is a public school academy is providing the COVID-19 remediation services, the child resides within the geographic boundaries of the intermediate district in which the district is located.
  
  (III) If an eligible intermediate district is providing the COVID-19 remediation services, the child resides within the geographic boundaries of the intermediate district.
  
  (IV) The child was enrolled, for the 2020-2021 school year, in the eligible district, eligible intermediate district, or a constituent district of the eligible intermediate district that provides the summer program to the child under this section.
  
  (B) The eligible district or eligible intermediate district providing the summer program under this section has determined that the child is eligible for enrollment in the eligible district’s or eligible intermediate district’s summer program. An eligible district or eligible intermediate district is encouraged to base the determination described in this sub-subparagraph on benchmark assessment data from the benchmark assessment or benchmark assessments administered to the child under section 104, as applicable.
  
  ( ii ) For participation in a credit recovery program offered as part of COVID-19 remediation services under this section, both of the following apply:
  
  (A) In the 2020-2021 school year, the child was enrolled in the eligible district, eligible intermediate district, or a constituent district of the eligible intermediate district that provides the credit recovery program to the child under this section.
  
  (B) Any of the following apply:
  
  (I) The child has failed 1 or more credits or courses in the 2020-2021 school year.
  
  (II) The child is not on track to graduate from high school, as determined by the eligible district, eligible intermediate district, or constituent district of the eligible intermediate district in which the child was enrolled as described in sub-subparagraph (A).
  
  (III) The eligible district, eligible intermediate district, or constituent district of the eligible intermediate district in which the child was enrolled as described in sub-subparagraph (A) has determined that the child is eligible for enrollment in the eligible district’s or eligible intermediate district’s credit recovery program.
  
  ( iii ) For participation in a before-school, after-school, or before-and-after school program offered as part of COVID-19 remediation services under this section, both of the following apply:
  
  (A) In the 2020-2021 school year, the child was enrolled in any of grades K to 12 in the eligible district, eligible intermediate district, or a constituent district of the eligible intermediate district that provides the before-school, after-school, or before-and-after school program to the child under this section.
  
  (B) The eligible district, eligible intermediate district, or constituent district of the eligible intermediate district in which the child was enrolled as described in sub-subparagraph (A) has determined that the child is eligible for enrollment in the eligible district’s or eligible intermediate district’s before-school, after-school, or before-and-after school program.
  
  (e) “Summer program” means an educational program that meets at least all of the following:
  
  ( i ) Is offered to each eligible pupil described in subdivision (d)( i ) who was enrolled in any of grades K to 8 in the 2020-2021 school year.
  
  ( ii ) Is offered at any point after June 1, 2021 and before September 1, 2021.
  
  ( iii ) Is an 8-week program. As used in this subparagraph, “week” means a period beginning on Monday and ending on the following Friday.
  
  ( iv ) Is provided to eligible pupils described in subdivision (d)( i ) in a manner in which the eligible pupils are in person at a school building designated by the eligible district or eligible intermediate district providing the program. As used in this subparagraph, “in person” means physically present.
  
  ( v ) Is a program that was developed based on the input of teachers and that is teacher-led.
  
  ( vi ) Includes programming in core subject areas, including, but not limited to, mathematics, reading, and science.”.
  
  The motion prevailed and the amendment was adopted, a majority of the members serving voting therefor.