Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 92 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Chapter 18 - INTERIM-PROGRAM SCHOOLS IN COUNTY DETENTION HOMES, INSTITUTIONS, AND JUVENILE EMERGENCY SHELTERS › Section 92-18-004 - Requirements for All Interim-Program Schools

Current through June 17, 2024
004.01 Mandatory Requirements for Legal
				Operation
To be eligible for approval or to continue as an approved
				  Interim-program school, the following requirements shall be met. Failure to
				  comply with Sections
				  004.01A through
				  004.01I shall be
				  just cause for the Commissioner to initiate proceedings before the Board to
				  terminate approval and end legal operation during the school year.
004.01A
Teachers
.
				Interim-program schools shall use only persons certificated pursuant to 92 NAC
				21 to teach and to administer the educational program.
004.01B
Grade
				Levels
. The Interim-program school shall operate, offer
				instruction in, and give credit in only the grades for which the school is
				approved.
004.
				01C
Required Instruction
. The
				Interim-program school shall make available instruction in language arts,
				mathematics, science and social studies/history each school day for all
				students from the inception of their admission in all grades for which the
				school is approved. Students may be provided instruction in other courses in
				addition to or in lieu of the four subject-areas mentioned above based upon
				their academic advancement plan.
004.01D
Academic
				Advancement
. Interim-program schools shall initiate contact and
				work with accredited or approved schools to secure academic credit leading to
				grade promotion or graduation for student work completed while in their
				program, including diplomas for students who have satisfactorily completed
				sufficient credits to meet the requirements for graduation of the student
				approved or accredited high school. Interim-program schools shall not issue
				diplomas.
004.01E
Instructional Time
. The minimum curriculum of each
				Interim-program school shall be available for students each school day, Monday
				through Friday, throughout the twelve- month calendar year. The interim-program
				school schedules each student with a minimum of 3.5 clock hours of
				instructional time each school day. The Interim-program school shall provide a
				minimum of 700 clock hours of instructional time each calendar year. Time
				scheduled for the school lunch period shall not be counted in meeting the
				instructional time requirements of the school day or the calendar year. Time
				scheduled for recreation shall not be counted in meeting the instructional time
				requirements of the school day or the calendar year unless it is a physical
				fitness course taught by a certified teacher.
004.01F
High School
				Credit
. Each Interim-program School shall base one hour of high
				school credit on 15 clock hours of instruction or shall have in writing, for
				each high school course, the goals, expected student performance for
				accomplishment of the goals, and the credit to be awarded to the student upon
				successful completion of the course.
004.01G
Assurance
				Statement
. Each Interim-program school shall, by November 1 of
				each year, submit to the Department an Assurance Statement, as prescribed by
				the Department, signed by a representative of the governing body affirming
				compliance or specifically noting any noncompliance with the regulations in
				this Chapter.
004.01H
Reports
. The head administrator of each school shall
				submit a Fall Personnel Report and a Curriculum Report to the Department by the
				date indicated on the prescribed forms.
004.01H1 Additions of certificated staff
				after September 1 shall be reported to the Department at the time of
				contracting.
004.01I
Admissions
. An Interim-program school shall enroll
				only students who have been placed in the county detention home, institution or
				juvenile emergency shelter in which the interim-program school is located or
				which operates the interim-program school and who are unable to attend public
				school for reasons of health or safety.