Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 581 - OREGON DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Division 17 - STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS › Section 581-017-0550 - African American/Black Student Success Plan Grant Program: Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
The following definitions apply to OAR 581-017-0550 to
				581-017-0565:
(1) "Achievement Gap"
			 means any significant and persistent measurable disparity in academic
			 performance or educational attainment between different groups of students,
			 such as white students and African/African American/Black/African Diaspora
			 students, for example, or students from higher income and lower income
			 households.
(2) "African American"
			 means a person of African descent, having origins in any of the Black racial
			 groups of Africa, living in America, including African immigrants. African
			 Americans are members of the African Diaspora.
(3) "African American/Black Student Success
			 Plan Grant" means the Grant established in OAR 581-017-0553 to implement ORS
			 329.841.
(4) "African Diaspora" means the worldwide
			 distribution of peoples descended from native Africans or people from Africa,
			 specifically persons having origins in any of the Black racial groups of
			 Africa, and living outside of the continent by choice, or most predominantly
			 against their will, particularly the descendants of Africans who were
			 involuntarily migrated via the slave trade between the 16th and 19th centuries,
			 including the Transatlantic slave trade. The African Diaspora is vast and
			 includes displaced Africans living in numerous countries around the world,
			 including but not limited to African, Afro-Caribbean, and Afro-Latinx
			 immigrants.
(5) "Black" means a
			 person of African descent, having origins in any of the Black racial groups of
			 Africa, living in America. Black people are members of the African
			 Diaspora.
(6) "Community-Based
			 Organization" means a Nonprofit Organization that is representative of a
			 community or significant segments of a community, which is located within or in
			 close proximity to the community it serves. This includes Culturally Specific
			 Organizations that have an expressed mission of providing services to specific
			 populations within a community.
(7)
			 "Community Voice" means that members representing the community served by the
			 project will be involved in co-constructing the project design, implementation,
			 and/or providing strategic guidance in final decision-making.
(8) "Culturally Responsive" means the
			 implicit recognition and incorporation of the cultural knowledge and experience
			 of students served by the African American/Black Student Success Plan in
			 teaching, learning, assessment, and support. This includes identifying and
			 valuing: students' cultural assets in instruction and assessment; diverse
			 frames of reference that correspond to multifaceted cultural
			 perspectives/experiences; and performance styles and behaviors in the classroom
			 that can differ from dominant culture views of what qualifies as achievement or
			 success.
(9) "Culturally Specific
			 Organization" means an organization that serves a particular cultural community
			 and is primarily staffed and led by members of that community. These
			 organizations demonstrate: intimate knowledge of lived experience of the
			 community, including but not limited to the impact of structural and individual
			 racism or discrimination on the community; knowledge of specific disparities,
			 barriers, or challenges documented in the community and how that influences the
			 structure of their program or service; commitment to the community's
			 strength-based and self-driven thriving and resilience; ability to describe and
			 adapt their services to the community's cultural practices, health and safety
			 beliefs/practices, positive cultural identity/pride, religious beliefs,
			 etc.
(10) "Disciplinary Incidents"
			 means any form of disciplinary or behavioral action, particularly those
			 resulting in removal from regular instruction and activities, including
			 referrals, detention, in and out of school suspensions, and
			 expulsions.
(11) "Disproportionate"
			 means unequal or inequitable differences in outcomes for African/African
			 American/Black/African Diaspora students based on race, gender/gender
			 identities, and/or sexual orientation compared to other groups of students,
			 particularly their white counterparts.
(12) "Nonprofit Organization" means nonprofit
			 corporation as defined by ORS
			 65.001.
(13) "Opportunity Gap" means the unequal or
			 inequitable distribution of resources and opportunities, particularly the ways
			 in which race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, English proficiency, community
			 wealth, familial situations, or other factors contribute to or perpetuate that
			 inequitable distribution for certain groups of students, for example a school
			 offers AP classes but erects or fails to address barriers that limit the
			 enrollment of African/African American/Black/African Diaspora
			 students
(14) "Partnership" means a
			 group of organizations, Tribes, districts or individuals who agree to work
			 together with a common interest and shared vision. In a partnership, there is a
			 high level of trust and 2-way communication, and differences in power and
			 privilege are addressed. Roles and responsibilities on all sides are well
			 defined and developed with shared authority in decision making. There might be
			 shared space and staff, with expectations and agreements in writing.
(15) "Student" means an individual who is
			 enrolled in early childhood through post-secondary education (including
			 non-traditional settings) and who is African/African American/Black or
			 otherwise part of the African Diaspora.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  329.841
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  329.841