New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter XXI - Annual Program Plans › Part 2302 - Fiscal Year 1978 Annual Program Plan For Libraries And Learning Resources And Educational Innovation And Support › Section 2302.35 - Handicapped children

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) The
				following policies and procedures will be used to assure that not less than 15
				per centum of the amount received pursuant to section 401(b) of the Elementary
				and Secondary Education Act in any fiscal year (not including any amount used
				for the purposes of section 431(a) of the Elementary and Secondary Education
				Act shall be used for special programs or projects for the education of
				handicapped children.
(b) The State
				Education Department's definition of
eligible handicapped
				children
are those which include children who are mentally retarded,
				hard of hearing, deaf, severely speech impaired, visually handicapped,
				seriously emotionally disturbed, crippled, or other health-impaired children
				who, by reason thereof, require special education and related services. The
				programs for 1977-78 funding under the 15 per centum allotment for handicapped
				will focus on children who are either unserved, pre-school, severely or
				multi-handicapped and on pupil and program assessments and accountability. This
				definition is given in the Manual for Project Applicants under title IV of the
				Elementary and Secondary Education Act-part C.
(c)
Policy I.
Emphasis during 1977-78 will be on programs dealing with
				  instructional and educational management systems, pupil and program assessments
				  and innovative and exemplary programs involving the concept of accountability.
				  Planning will be initiated in the State Education Department to identify and
				  prioritize the most critical educational needs of handicapped children during
				  1977-78 for use in guiding the funding of projects in 1978-79.
(d)
Procedure for policy
				I.
The Office for title IV-part C and the Office for Education
				  of Children with Handicapping Conditions will develop an operational plan that
				  will set forth the activities necessary to determine the most critical
				  educational needs of handicapped children. The plan will provide for a review
				  of critical educational needs in this area as already identified in department
				  surveys, Area Learning Resource Center (ALRC)/Special Education Instructional
				  Materials Center (SEIMC) needs assessment strategies, reports, goals statement,
				  position paper number 20, the Regents current priority statement and a National
				  Needs Assessment Project being conducted by the National Center on Educational
				  Media and Materials for the Handicapped. The plan will set forth the means by
				  which current needs are to be consolidated and arranged in order of
				  significance.
(e)
Policy II.
Eligible applicants may submit handicap proposals for the
				  following type grants: developer, validation, demonstration/replication. The
				  review procedures for handicap grants will include application of the same
				  criteria for approval as stated in section
				  2302.32  of this Part.
(f)
Procedure for policy
				II.
The Office for title IV-part C, the Office of Education of
				  Children with Handicapping Conditions, the Educational Programs Study
				  Information Service (EPSIS) Office, and the Office of Optional Educational
				  Programs (OEP) will search and attempt to identify potential model programs to
				  be recommended for validation and adoption in the priority area. Dissemination
				  will occur, in part, through the SEIMC (Special Education Instructional
				  Materials Center) network of associate centers throughout the State.
(g)
Policy III.
In addition to funds for title IV-part C handicapped grants
				  as described in the foregoing, assistance will be made available to school
				  districts and BOCES (Boards of Cooperative Educational Services) for the
				  further refinement of local district or area-wide planning efforts in the
				  continued development of accountability measures for handicapped programs
				  funded under additional apportionment State aid and BOCES State aid.
(h)
Procedure for policy
				III.
A monitoring committee for all title IV-part C projects will
				  be organized by the Office of title IV-part C, including representatives of the
				  Office for Education of Children with Handicapping Conditions, the Bureau of
				  Urban and Community Programs Evaluation, the Office of Elementary, Secondary
				  and Continuing Education Program Planning, the Division of Pupil Personnel
				  Services, the Bureau of School District Organization and related offices. The
				  group will specify key objectives and activities necessary to obtain the intent
				  of the foregoing policy.
(i)
Policy IV.
Handicap projects which call for the repair, remodeling, or
				  construction of facilities shall be accessible to and usable by handicapped
				  persons.
(j)
Procedure for policy IV.
As a condition for approval, the State's manual, guidelines
				  and application forms will require adherence by applicants to this
				  policy.
(k)
Policy
				V.
Appropriate State education personnel responsible for the
				  education of children with handicapping conditions will participate in and make
				  recommendations on all aspects of the annual program plan and all projects
				  pertaining to the handicapped, including the establishment of priorities, the
				  development of requests for proposals, and the monitoring and evaluation of
				  programs and projects.
(l)
Procedures for policy V.
The following activities indicate the extent to which the
				  State's handicapped specialists have been involved in the annual plan and how
				  they will be involved in the operation of the program.
(1) Participation in plan development as
				described in foregoing policies;
(2) participation in the development of
				requests for proposals as described in foregoing policies;
(3) participation in assisting districts to
				understand the request for proposals, and assisting them to prepare
				applications in answer to the RFP;
(4) participation in proposal review and
				selection;
(5) participation in
				program monitoring, reporting, evaluation, dissemination and adoption
				processes;
(6) participation in
				appropriate advisory council meetings;
(7) participation in regional and State
				meetings concerned with title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education
				Act-part C implementation, where appropriate.
Table 1
Estimated Percentage Distribution Among Types of Grants
				  For Fiscal Year 1978 Local Assistance Funds
Developer
Validation
Demonstration
Replication
Total
FY 1978
46%
1%
29%
24%
100%
Table 2
Local Assistance* IV-C fiscal year 1978
Program priority
Funds allotted
Handicapped
$ 1,785,515
Basic skills
3,658,871
Curriculum and teaching
2,042,152
Gifted
726,322
Management of learning
1,040,761
Health nutrition dropout
567,192
Mini-projects
1,000,000
State/national diffusion
1,082,619
$ 11,903,432
Available for local assistance
$ 11,903,432
Part C allocation
14,640,122
Title V
2,736,690
Administration
596,632