Highly Capable

Senate: Basic-education funding for the Highly Capable Program provides the opportunity for students at all grade levels to access accelerated learning and enhanced instruction. The following enhancements are provided to the highly capable funding formula: (a) the percentage of students eligible for funding is increased from the current 2.314 percent to 3.0 percent; and (b) an increase in the weekly hours of instruction provided from the current 2.159 hours to 3.0 hours.