AS 14.30.773: Reading proficiency incentive grants. [See conditional effective date note].

(a) Subject to appropriation, a school district is eligible to receive a reading proficiency incentive grant of not less than $450 for each student in kindergarten through grade six who, at the end of the school year,

(1) performs at grade-level reading proficiency; or

(2) demonstrates improvement on a reading screening tool approved by the department, on a standards-based assessment in language arts approved by the department, or on a student portfolio in language arts approved by the department.

(b) If insufficient funding is appropriated to provide all grants authorized under this section, the grants shall be distributed pro rata to eligible school districts.