Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 102 - EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS › Subchapter EE - COMMISSIONER'S RULES CONCERNING PILOT PROGRAMS › Section 102.1056 - Dropout Recovery Pilot Program

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this section, shall
				  have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Advanced technical credit--Credit earned
				  by a high school student who meets established guidelines for successful
				  completion of an articulated content-enhanced technical course included on the
				  list of courses in the Statewide Articulated Crosswalk established by the
				  Advanced Technical Credit Program, a program accepted by participating colleges
				  and universities for students interested in preparing for college and a
				  technical career that requires postsecondary education.
(2) Dropout Recovery Pilot Program--A pilot
				  program established and implemented by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) in
				  accordance with the Texas Education Code (TEC), Chapter 39, Subchapter L. The
				  pilot program is to provide eligible entities with financial grants to identify
				  and recruit students who have dropped out of Texas public schools and provide
				  them services designed to enable them to earn a high school diploma or
				  demonstrate college readiness.
(3)
				  Eligible student--For the purposes of this section, an eligible student is
				  defined as a student who is 25 years of age or less and who:
(A) was assigned by a Texas public secondary
				  school a leaver code in the Public Education Information Management System
				  (PEIMS) that corresponds to the definition of a dropout for that school year in
				  which the student withdrew;
(B) was
				  enrolled in a Texas public secondary school and during the last regular school
				  year in which the student was enrolled the student was not in attendance for at
				  least 30 consecutive school days. Between this period of non-attendance and
				  enrollment in the Dropout Recovery Pilot Program, the student may not have been
				  enrolled in any Texas public secondary school, private school, or home school;
				  or
(C) has a notarized affidavit
				  from the student's parent or legal guardian stating that the student has
				  dropped out of a Texas public secondary school, as defined in subparagraph (A)
				  or (B) of this paragraph, and is not currently enrolled in a Texas public
				  secondary school, private school, or home school.
(4) Institution of higher education (IHE)--An
				  institution of higher education is any public technical institute, public
				  junior college, public senior college or university, medical or dental unit, or
				  other agency of higher education as defined in the TEC, §61.003.
(5) Nonprofit organization--An organization
				  that meets the requirements of the United States Code, Title 26, Subtitle A,
				  Chapter 1, Subchapter F, Part I, Section 501(a).
(6) P-16 Individualized graduation plan (P-16
				  IGP)--A document with a prekindergarten through postsecondary focus, detailing
				  a student's plans regarding courses to be taken during high school in order to
				  succeed in entry-level courses offered at IHEs. A P-16 IGP shall include the
				  following:
(A) the most recent assessment
				  scores and strategies to improve these scores if they fall below the student's
				  appropriate grade level;
(B) the
				  educational goals of the student;
(C) any diagnostic information, appropriate
				  monitoring and intervention and other evaluation strategies;
(D) a description of participation of the
				  student's parent(s) or guardian, including consideration of their educational
				  expectations for the student; and
(E) a description of innovative methods to be
				  used to promote the student's advancement and preparation to enter higher
				  education prepared to succeed in entry-level courses.
(7) School district--For the purposes of this
				  section, the definition of school district includes an open-enrollment charter
				  school.
(8) Shared service
				  arrangement (SSA)--A shared service arrangement is an agreement between two or
				  more eligible applicants (school districts, nonprofit organizations that have
				  demonstrated the ability and capacity to provide educational programs to
				  students in any grade from kindergarten through Grade 12, education service
				  centers, county departments of education) for provision of program services. A
				  nonprofit organization that is not an eligible applicant may participate in the
				  shared service arrangement, but may not serve as the fiscal agent.
(9) Texas Success Initiative (TSI)--An
				  initiative of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board established under
				  §
											4.51 of this
				  title (relating to Purpose).