Bill > HB694

This bill establishes the Integrated Student Supports Program and the Integrated Student Supports Fund. The program aims to remove academic and non-academic barriers to learning in order to enhance student success, decrease dropout rates, and increase graduation rates in public elementary and secondary schools across Pennsylvania. The Department of Education will designate a third-party nonprofit organization to provide evidence-based community school services to public school entities. The fund will provide grants to public school entities to implement strategic plans for integrated student supports, with the grants matching the entities' proposed investment amounts. The designated organization will submit annual reports on the progress of its programming within each grant-receiving public school entity.