Choose Act

The $2,000 Allotment per child, capped at $4,000 per family is not adequate for families of 3 or more children.

We seek

1) Remove the family cap and codify a per student allotment.

2) Increase the $2,000 funding per family

3) Allow more items such as manipulatives to be included, especially for students with special needs designations/diagnosis

We seek to gain access to more eligible items.

Examples include:

Memberships to Zoo's, Science Centers (ex: McWane, Cook Museum, and other), YMCA (physical education).

Reimbursements for community programs such as Music Classes, Physical Education Classes, Educational Field trips

Manipulatives

We seek to have a special category for a qualifying nonpublic school program called a Micro Education Program.

Under this designation, we seek to remove and improve access to funding for legal businesses operating as education service providers.

Micro Education Partners include, but not limited to:

Micro-Schools

Farm Schools

Hybrid Schools

Learning Pods

We seek:

Eliminate the "accreditation" rule required to be a designated school for legally operating entities with 50 or fewer students. Accreditation is a burdensome requirement.

Eliminate Standardized Testing and reporting requirements for education programs with 50 or fewer students.

If accreditation must remain, allow for the accreditation for "Supplemental Education Programs" from WASC.

ALDOR to provide a webpage with all Choose Act documentation that Education Service Providers need to ensure compliance with and participate in the Choose Act.

ALDOR must make public all acceptable formats for which to submit information - Templates - for all required reports.