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accreditation program to the extent that funds have been made available to the local school administrative unit for implementation of the Basic Education Program. The Board shall use the State accreditation program to monitor the implementation of the Basic Education Program. cl. To issue an annual `re?ort card' for the State and for each local sel ool administrative unit assessin T each unit's efforts to im hove student performance and tak ig into account )ro Tress over the previous ears' level of 2erformance and the state's ierformance in comparison with other states. This assessment shall take into account demographic, economic and other factors that have been shown to affect student performance. d. To formulate rules and regulations for the enforcement of the compulsory attendance law. e. To manage and operate a system - -of ir�+trrancc for public school property, as provided in Article 38 of this Chapter. In making substantial policy changes in administration, curriculum, or programs the Board should conduct hearings throughout the regions of the State, whenever feasible, in order that the public may be heard regarding these matters." Sec. 7. Existing Career Development and Lead Teacher Pilot Programs. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 24B of Chapter l 15C of-the..,_ General Statutes, Article 24D of Chapter 115C of the General Statutes, or any other provision of law, funding for the career development pilot projects and the lead teacher pilot projects shall continue through the 1989 -90 fiscal year: Provided, however, that any additional compensation received by an employee as a result of the unit's participation in the pilot program for the 1989 -90 fiscal year, and for subsequent fiscal years shall be paid as a bonus or supplement to the employee's regular salary. Funding of these pilot projects shall continue for subsequent fiscal years only if the pilot units successfully submit local school improvement plans pursuant to the Performance -based Accountability Program, during the 1989 -90 school year and during subsequent school years. (b) Beginning with the 1993 -94 fiscal year, the career development and the lead teacher pilot units shall receive only the amount of State funds available for school units participating in a differentiated pay plan pursuant to the School Improvement and Accountability Act of 1989; they shall receive no State funding as career development pilot units or lead teacher pilot units. (c) The local school improvement plan for each career development pilot program shall include a schc:clule of modifications to the career development program. This schedule shall result in an incremental reduction or increas ,ths appropriate, in the amount of.funds allocated for differentiated pay so that, for 1993 -94 fiscal year and subsequent fiscal years, the cost of the differentiated pay plan equ;ils the amount of State and local funds available for differentiated pay for school units participating in differentiated pay plans pursuant to the School Improvement and Accountability Act of 1989. (d) If an employee in a career development pilot unit is recommended for Career Status I or II and that status is approved by the local board of education prior to the beginning of the 1989 -90 school year, the local board of education may pay that employee a bonus or supplement to his regular salary. For the 1989 -90 fiscal year only, the local board of education ram to Sea These bonuses or supplementbie to It 10C the CareCr development pilot grog pay Senate Bit\ 2