Code of Maine Rules › 05 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › 071 - EDUCATION - GENERAL › Chapter 101 - MAINE UNIFIED SPECIAL EDUCATION REGULATION BIRTH TO AGE TWENTY › Section 071-101-III - GENERAL EDUCATION INTERVENTION

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1.
General
By the school year that begins in the fall of 2012
				  all school administrative units shall develop and implement general education
				  interventions kindergarten to grade 12 that provide each child who is not
				  progressing toward meeting the content standards of the parameters for
				  essential instruction and graduation requirements with different learning
				  experiences or assistance to achieve the standard. The interventions must be
				  specific, timely and based upon ongoing formative assessments that continuously
				  monitor student progress.
The Department recognizes that statewide
				  implementation of general education interventions is supported by a phase in
				  period during which time professional development and technical assistance
				  would be provided by the Department. Therefore, the Department has determined
				  that the general education interventions will be fully implemented by July 1,
				  2012. In addition, regional CDS staff will work with SAUs located in their
				  jurisdiction to develop general education interventions in the early childhood
				  programs in the public schools.
2.
Procedure
While variations in how school administrative units
				  develop and implement general education interventions are expected, all general
				  education interventions must include:
a.
Documentation that every child,
				prior to entering the general education intervention process, was provided with
				appropriate instruction in reading, including the essential components of
				reading instruction (as defined in section
				1208(3) of the
				Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) (20 U.S.C.A. §
												6368(3)), appropriate
				mastery based instruction in math, appropriate instruction in the writing
				process, and positive behavioral supports;
b.
A team-based decision-making
				process;
c.
Screening at reasonable intervals to determine whether all children are
				progressing toward meeting the content standards of the parameters for
				essential instruction and graduation requirements;
d.
Data Analysis of screening results
				focusing on determining to what extent all children are progressing toward
				meeting the content standards of the parameters for essential instruction and
				graduation requirements and identifying which children are not making adequate
				progress towards these goals and are in need of targeted general education
				interventions;
e.
A determination as to whether a child's assessed difficulties are
				likely the result of linguistic or cultural differences;
f.
Provision of research-based
				general education interventions targeted at the child's presenting academic
				and/or behavioral concerns as determined by screening
				results;
g.
Repeated formative assessments of student response to targeted
				interventions, conducted at reasonable intervals, that generate rate based
				measurable data for both specifying academic and behavioral concerns and
				monitoring child progress during general education
				interventions;
h.
Documentation that parents were notified about the process, given the
				opportunity to participate in instructional decision-making, and kept informed
				of their child's progress during targeted general education
				interventions;
i.
A team shall review the child's progress no later than 60 school days
				after the start of formal general education interventions and approximately
				every 30 school days thereafter. At each meeting the team shall review data on
				the child's progress to determine if modifications to the general education
				interventions are needed and/or if a referral to special education is
				indicated: and
j.
Provisions for targeted general education interventions to continue
				during any subsequent special education referral.