995124                                                     
GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL                          Committee       Amendment
SB2500                                                  EDU              106


Senator(s): Wise
moved the following amendment:

Section: 02              EXPLANATION:

On Page: 028             Earmarks $500,000 from Federal funds appropriated for
                         reading programs for the Failure Free Reading Program.
Spec App:  116

NET IMPACT ON:            Total Funds       General Revenue          Trust Funds
    Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
Non-Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
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                                                  Positions & Amount   Positions & Amount
                                                      DELETE         INSERT

        EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF, AND 
        COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
        Public Schools, Division Of
        Program: State Grants K/12 Program - Non 
        FEFP  48250400

        In Section 02  On Page 028
116     Special Categories  100227
        Grants And Aids - Grants To Public                
        Schools For Reading Programs  IOEB

At the end of the fifth line of the second paragraph of proviso 
following Specific Appropriation 116 on page 28, delete:

and

At the end of the second paragraph of proviso following Specific 
Appropriation 116 on page 28, delete the period

and insert the following new proviso:

, and $500,000 from the Educational Aids Trust Fund is provided to
middle schools for the Failure Free Reading Program. Funding for Failure
Free Reading shall be provided as a competitive grant program.

At the end of the first paragraph of proviso following Specific 
Appropriation 116 on page 28, delete the period

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and insert the following new proviso:

and for the Failure Free Reading Program.

Line item amendments are accepted as part of the amendatory process. However, due to the necessity of using computerized systems this may entail a different placement within a budget entity or the renumbering of the specific appropriation items.
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