Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 210 - State Department of Education › Chapter 40 - Grants and Programs-In-Aid › Subchapter 53 - High Challenge Education Grants › Section 210:40-53-3 - Evaluation procedure

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) The grant
				administrator will recommend to the State Superintendent nine educational
				professionals with expertise relating to the education of high challenge
				children and youth as candidates for the selection committee. The State
				Superintendent will choose six committee members and three alternate committee
				members.
(b) Said selection
				committee will include, to the greatest extent feasible under constraints of
				time and funding, nationally recognized experts in the education of high
				challenge children and youth.
(c)
				Said selection committee members will be reimbursed by the State Board of
				Education for actual travel expenses incurred pursuant to the State Travel
				Reimbursement Act, Section 500.1 set seq. of Title 74 of the Oklahoma
				Statutes.
(d) No selection
				committee member may serve more than one year.
(e) No local educational agency or non-profit
				organization application may be evaluated if any member of the rules and
				regulations committee or selection committee for this high challenge grant
				program is currently employed by that agency or organization.
(f) Any local educational agency or
				non-profit organization will have its grant revoked and will be ruled
				ineligible for any future high challenge grant pursuant to 70 O.S. Supp. 1992,
				§ 1210.561 if, prior to May 24, 1991, it employs any person who serves on
				the rules and regulations committee or, if within two years it employs any
				person who serves on the grant selection committee for this grant.
(g) The selection committee will read,
				evaluate, and score the application forms approximately two weeks after the
				application submission deadline.
(h) Each application will consist of ten
				parts; all ten parts will be evaluated and scored by the committee.
(i) Of the ten parts that will be scored, the
				following areas will be addressed:
(1) A
				clear and concise statement of needs is given detailing the nature of the needs
				assessment.
(2) The target
				population is identified listing the specific nature and number of students to
				be served.
(3) A clear and concise
				statement of both short and long term goals and objectives is given in
				measurable terms.
(4) Innovative or
				proven service delivery strategies are identified and procedures and activities
				are described.
(5) Roles and
				responsibilities of personnel are described in detail.
(6) Location of the grant site is given along
				with a description of the facilities and any material resources that are
				available for participants in the high challenge program.
(7) The applicant will identify a person who
				will act as liaison to the Technical Assistance Center (TAC), the State
				Department of Education, community agencies, and other resources and will
				submit a coordination plan.
(8) A
				detailed budget is presented.
(9)
				Evaluation systems are described for both student progress and program
				effectiveness.
(10) A plan is given
				to provide for the continuation of this program when grant funds are no longer
				available.