SB1399- school health pilot program; appropriations (Pace) This bill requires the ADE to conduct a
3-year physical and health education (P.E) professional development pilot
program to improve the ability of P.E educators to provide high quality
education to students. Requires ADE to establish an application
system for schools to participate by submitting an application to the ADE (or a
designated service provider). Selection is to be based on the following, as
well as any other factor determined by ADE: 1.
Availability
of certified physical or health education teaching personnel. 2.
The
degree of support shown by the school principal for the program, demonstrated
by a principal agreeing to the following: a.
Providing
time off and arrange a substitute teacher for P.E teachers during training
periods; b.
Having
the school develop and implement an effective school wellness policy; c.
Allowing
student fitness assessments, physical activity monitoring, nutrition behavior
reporting and BMI reporting to track child obesity. d.
Allowing
aggregate data, that protects the privacy and confidentiality of the sudents,
for the school to be published publicly and provided for ADE. States that in the event that
appropriation is not adequate for all applicants participation, ADE must
implement professional development based on the following: 1.
P.E
school A-F workgroup pilot schools; 2.
Schools
with grades 3-8; 3.
Schools
with a substantially higher percent of students likely to be unhealthy or
at-risk of chronic disease; a.
Schools
with below average funding per student have additional priority. 4.
Schools
representing a broad cross-section of demographic groups and enrollment sizes,
amongst as many urban, suburban and rural counties as possible; 5.
Schools
that opt in to health and medical monitoring and evaluation in accordance with
all relevant rules. Requires ADE to issue a request for
proposals (once approved, must select one or more before November 30, 2019) to
contract with a provider for professional development services support for all
pilot schools, and establishes specific groups it must be developed in
consultation with. Requires ADE to determine specific
objectives and duties of the services of qualified providers. Requires ADE, in consultation with the AZ
health care cost containment system, to select one or more qualified service
providers to implement the health, medical and ROI monitoring and evaluation
for the duration of the program, no later than December 15, 2019. Requires ADE to provide a limited number
of grants to pilot less widely used equipment such as digital physical activity
monitoring, and to select a service provider to develop, implement and support
user-friendly information systems for the program. Establishes that all materials used for
this program shall be considered open source and in the public domain, and
posted online in a user-friendly manner with no charge to the public. Requires all service providers selected
to report their findings to ADE before September 1 every year of the program
and establishes the content of the reports. Requires ADE to transmit a report of the
findings from the program to the Governor, President of the Senate, and the
Speaker of the House by November 30 every year for the duration of the program.
Appropriation Appropriates $4,895,000 from the state
general fund in FY 2019-2020 to ADE for planning and implementation of the
pilot program, to be broken up as follows: 1. Up
to $2,225,000 for stipends for the participating schools. 2.
Up
to $2,225,000 to be paid to qualified professional development service
providers. 3.
Up
to $445,000 to other service providers. Clarifies that payment for qualified
service providers selected is dictated as follows: 1. All professional development
services providers selected will be paid up to $5,000 for each pilot school
they service. 2. $445,000 in total for all
monitoring and evaluation providers of the program. 3. Any remaining monies may be
used for ongoing associated professional development follow-through and
reporting. Grants a stipend for each school in the
program, as follows: 1.
For
the first year: a.
$1,500
for a school with 1 P.E. teacher. b.
$2,000
for a school with 2 P.E teachers. c.
$2,500
for a school with 3 or more P.E. teachers. 2.
For
each subsequent year, $1,000 per school. 3.
May
only use the stipend for professional development participation and
implementation and reporting follow-through costs. After the first year, ADE
may withhold stipend payments if the school is deemed not to be following
through on the professional development or reporting.
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