Revise education laws to support advanced opportunities

Added a new definition for 'Advanced Opportunity Facilitator' as an individual employed by a school district to coordinate advanced opportunities with families and external partners.

Expanded the definition of 'Advanced Opportunity Plan' to explicitly include relationships with employers, industry associations, and community organizations.

Added a requirement for the Board of Public Education to requalify participating districts annually by January 31 based on annual reports.

Mandated a report to the education interim committee by September 15 of even-numbered years detailing program progress, student outcomes, and funding needs.

Added a priority rule for deferred applications, requiring them to be updated annually after more than one fiscal year has passed to retain their original submission date priority.

The bill number was updated from SB0278.2 to SB0278.3 to align with the current legislative version.

The title was changed from 'effective date' to 'effective date dates', indicating a structural change to how the bill's start dates are defined.

The bill identifier was updated from 'SB 278.1' to 'SB0278.2', and the header formatting was adjusted to remove separator lines and reposition the year.

Added 'employers, industry associations, and community organizations' to the definition of who can provide advanced opportunities.

Re-numbered statutory subsections from (3) and (4) to (4) and (5) to accommodate the new definition.

Updated annual reporting requirements to explicitly require data on the number and type of credits and credentials earned by students.

Added additional co-sponsors to the bill introduction.

The bill number was changed from LC 3223 to SB 278, and the sponsor was updated to S. Novak.

Minor formatting adjustments were made to the definitions section, removing extra spacing around numbers in the list of terms.