Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 704 - EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CABINET - BOARD OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - OFFICE OF LEARNING PROGRAMS DEVELOPMENT › Chapter 3 - Office of Instruction › Section 704 KAR 3:480 - Reading diagnostic and intervention grants

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				158.070(8),
				158.792,
				158.794
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, and CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				156.160 authorizes the Kentucky Board of
				Education to promulgate administrative regulations establishing standards which
				school districts shall meet in student, program, service and operational
				performance.
				KRS
				158.792(3) requires the
				board to promulgate administrative regulations to establish an application
				process and the criteria for funding reading diagnostic and intervention grants
				from the Read to Achieve Act of 2005, established in
				KRS
				158.792. This administrative regulation
				establishes the application process and selection criteria.
Section 1. Selection of Grants.
(1) A public school that enrolls primary
			 students, including the Kentucky School for the Blind and the Kentucky School
			 for the Deaf, shall be eligible to apply for a grant.
(2) A school council or, if none exists, a
			 school, may apply for a grant individually or jointly with another
			 school.
(3) A grant application
			 shall only be advanced by a school.
(4) A grant application shall not override an
			 individual school council's policy-making authority over instructional
			 practices to meet identified reading needs pursuant to
			 KRS
			 160.345.
(5) A grant application shall be based on
			 selection of a reading diagnostic and reading intervention program as
			 established in
			 KRS
			 158.792(1)(b) and (c) that
			 meets identified reading needs.
(6)
			 A grant application shall indicate the fiscal agent as a local board of
			 education or other entity eligible to enter into a memorandum of agreement to
			 receive state education funds. The fiscal agent for the Kentucky Schools for
			 the Blind or Deaf shall be the Kentucky Department of Education.
(7) Funds shall be made available to an
			 eligible applicant through a Request for Application (RFA) process. The
			 contents of each RFA notice shall be subject to approval by the Reading
			 Diagnostic and Intervention Grant Steering Committee.
(8) To be eligible for funding, an
			 application shall:
(a) Include the contents
			 required by
			 KRS
			 158.792(3)(b); and
(b) Specify the matching funds that will be
			 allocated to directly support the implementation of the reading diagnostic and
			 intervention program, as required by
			 KRS
			 158.792(4).
(9) A grant application shall be
			 subject to approval by the principal and superintendent to ensure that the
			 grant application includes adequate resources to implement the reading
			 diagnostic and intervention program. The use of categorical funds for matching
			 funds shall be subject to approval by the local board of education.
(10) Matching funds shall include funds
			 allocated by or under the discretion of the school council, or if none exists,
			 by the local board of education.
(11) Matching funds may be identified from
			 other state, federal, local or nonpublic sources, within the uses and
			 conditions set forth by the source of those funds.
(12) The criteria for selection of
			 applications for funding shall include the following:
(a) Identification of literacy needs to
			 include a description of the comprehensive reading model that is currently in
			 place at the school and the compelling need for the reading diagnostic and
			 intervention grant;
(b)
			 Identification of the research-based reading diagnostic and intervention
			 program as established in
			 KRS
			 158.792 to be funded through the
			 grant;
(c) Professional Development
			 Plan describing a plan for building capacity within the school through
			 professional development specific to reading diagnostics and
			 intervention;
(d) Description of
			 the plan for implementing the reading diagnostic and reading intervention
			 program;
(e) Assessment and
			 evaluation plan describing how the school will evaluate the continuous progress
			 of students involved in the intervention program; and
(f) Budget and budget narrative to describe
			 the fiscal resources needed for the program, any matching funds or cash
			 contributions used to support the program, and a detailed explanation of how
			 the funds will be used.
(13) The Department of Education shall make
			 available materials to assist a school in the preparation of a grant
			 application.
(14) Independent
			 evaluators shall review the applications. The Reading Diagnostic and
			 Intervention Grant Steering Committee shall make recommendations for funding
			 based upon the results of the review. The independent evaluators shall have:
(a) Knowledge of
			 704 KAR
			 3:303, the Required Program of Studies; and
(b) Understanding and experience in early
			 instruction, including a comprehensive reading program as described in
			 KRS
			 158.792(1)(a).