New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter I - Scholarships and Grants › Part 149 - Setasides For Compensatory Education, Attendance Improvement And Dropout Prevention And Early Grade Intervention › Subpart 149-1 - Setaside For Instructional Programs And Services For Pupils With Compensatory Educational Needs › Section 149-1.3 - District plans

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Each city
					 school district in a city with a population in excess of 125,000 inhabitants
					 and each community school district in the city of New York and each other
					 school district that is required to set aside an amount of its comprehensive
					 operating aid for pupils with compensatory educational needs pursuant to
					 Education Law, section 3602 (12)(g) to submit to
					 the commissioner a single comprehensive district plan pursuant to Education
					 Law, section 3602 (12)(g)(2)(G)(ii)
					 shall prepare and submit such plan in accordance with provisions of this
					 subdivision describing the use of such setaside. Such district plans shall be
					 submitted for approval on a three-year cycle commencing September 1, 1991, and
					 shall be amended annually in accordance with paragraph (d)(1) of this section.
					 Any school district that is required to submit a comprehensive district plan
					 for the current year and was not required to submit such a plan for the base
					 year shall submit its comprehensive district plan by September 1st of the
					 current year for the remainder of the current three-year cycle. Each district
					 plan shall be in a form prescribed in the commissioner and shall be consistent
					 with the provisions of this Subpart and sections
					 100.3(b)(3),
					 100.4(e)
					 and
					 100.5(a)(4)(iii) 
					 of this Title and shall include, but need not be limited to, the following:
(1) a description of the policy used by the
					 school district for allocation of the apportionments to school buildings in the
					 district;
(2) such information on
					 programs within individual school buildings as the commissioner may
					 require;
(3) a description of how
					 the use of appropriate Federal and State compensatory educational programs and
					 services including those provided under this Part are to be coordinated with
					 the instructional programs and services provided in the regular classroom as
					 described in the district plan;
(4)
					 the length, frequency, and duration of compensatory instructional programs and
					 services;
(5) the number of
					 eligible pupils to be enrolled in each instructional program and receiving each
					 service in the current year;
(6)
					 specification of the means taken to diagnose each eligible pupil to determine
					 his or her individual basic skills deficiencies and an assurance that the
					 program of instruction and services will be appropriate to the individual needs
					 of each pupil as determined by such diagnosis;
(7) a description of how measurable learning
					 objectives for each eligible pupil will be established, including the objective
					 of the achievement of grade level proficiency;
(8) an assurance that each pupil's progress
					 toward the attainment of his or her established learning objectives will be
					 frequently monitored and evaluated and that, based upon the results of such
					 monitoring and evaluation, adjustments to each pupil's educational program will
					 be made;
(9) for the school year
					 1993-94 only, a description of the expenditure of the apportionments for pupils
					 with special educational needs and for pupils with compensatory educational
					 needs in the 1992-93 school year;
(10) for the school year 1994-95 and
					 thereafter, a description of the expenditure of the setaside for compensatory
					 education in the base year for pupils with compensatory educational
					 needs;
(11) an assurance that all
					 eligible pupils will receive instruction and services in accordance with the
					 district plan and specification of the means by which eligibility of pupils
					 will be determined;
(12) a
					 description of the compensatory program of instruction and services, which may
					 include the services specified in clause (B) of subparagraph (2) of paragraph g
					 of subdivision 12 of section 3602  of the Education Law, and any other
					 acceptable remedial strategy;
(13)
					 a description of how the compensatory instruction and services will be
					 coordinated with the instructional program provided in the regular classroom
					 and with other programs providing the compensatory services specified in Clause
					 (B) of subparagraph (2) of paragraph g of subdivision 12 of section 3602  of the Education Law, including a
					 description of how delivery of services and assessment procedures will be
					 planned and coordinated among the regular classroom teachers and remedial
					 teachers, and, as appropriate, with the support services personnel funded from
					 the setaside for attendance improvement and dropout prevention and the State
					 apportionment for educationally related support services;
(14) a description of the procedure to ensure
					 that school records of a newly enrolled pupil are obtained with the least
					 possible delay from such pupil's former school and that such records are
					 maintained in such pupil's school of attendance in accordance with standards
					 set forth by the commissioner;
(15)
					 an assurance that during the course of a school year newly enrolled pupils in a
					 school building will receive an appropriate placement for compensatory
					 education services included in this Subpart no later than 30 days from
					 enrollment in the school building;
(16) an assurance that parents or persons in
					 parental authority are notified of their child's participation in the program
					 and the instructional objectives and methods to be used and that such parents
					 are provided reports on their children's progress in the program on at least a
					 semiannual basis;
(17) a
					 description of the in-service training, if any, to be provided to professional
					 and paraprofessional staff members and/or tutors, including the procedure for
					 determining such training needs and how such training is to be
					 evaluated;
(18) a description of
					 the parental involvement programs, activities, and procedures including
					 proposed expenditures;
(19) an
					 assurance that a written policy is implemented to involve parents of
					 participating pupils in the planning and implementation of the district plan
					 and that such policy has been made available to parents;
(20) an assurance that the district will
					 convene an annual meeting to which all parents of participating children will
					 be invited;
(21) a description of
					 any model practices to be replicated with the setaside for compensatory
					 education funds;
(22) a description
					 of each schoolwide project including proposed use of funds under this Part;
					 and
(23) an assurance that the
					 district has determined, through an annual review of effectiveness, whether its
					 stated performance objectives have been achieved and that results have been
					 used to determine the need for program improvement.