SE 5 Participation in general State and district-wide assessment programs All students with disabilities, including those enrolled in out-of-district placements, are included in the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System () and other district-wide assessment programs. State Requirements Federal Requirements 2003, c. 140, s. 119; 20 U.S.C. 1412(a)(16) 603 CMR 30.05(2),(3),(5) SE 5 is related to State Performance Plan Indicator 3. (See .) See also Administrative Advisories SPED 2002-4-REVISED: Students in Placements - Participation in Testing and High School Graduation Standards and SPED 2004-2: AYP and Students with Disabilities. Rating: Implemented Response Required: No CRITERION NUMBER Legal Standard SE 6 Determination of transition services The Team discusses the student’s transition needs annually beginning no later than when the student is 15 years old and documents its discussion on the Transition Planning Form. State Requirements Federal Requirements M.G.L.c.71B, Sections 12A-C 34 CFR 300.320(b); 300.321(b); 603 CMR 28.05(4)(c) 300.322(b)(2); 300.324(c) Rating: Implemented Response Required: No SE 13 Progress Reports and content Parents receive reports on the student's progress toward reaching the goals set in the IEP at least as often as parents are informed of the progress of students. Progress report information sent to parents includes written information on the student’s progress toward the annual goals in the IEP. Where a student’s eligibility terminates because the student has graduated from secondary school or exceeded the age of eligibility, the collaborative provides the student with a summary of his or her academic achievement and functional performance, including recommendations on how to assist the
CRITERION NUMBER Legal Standard CR 10B Bullying Intervention and Prevention The collaborative must amend school handbooks to include an age-appropriate summary of their new Bullying Prevention and Intervention Plan. Collaborative employee handbooks must contain relevant sections of the Plan relating to the duties of faculty and staff. Each year the collaborative must give parents and guardians annual written notice of the student-related sections of the local Plan. Each year the collaborative must provide all staff with annual written notice of the Plan. The collaborative must implement, for all staff professional development that includes developmentally appropriate strategies to prevent bullying incidents; developmentally appropriate strategies for immediate, effective interventions to stop bullying incidents; information regarding the complex interaction and power differential that can take place between and among a perpetrator, victim and witnesses to the bullying; research findings on bullying, including information about specific categories of students who have been shown to be particularly at risk for bullying in the school environment; information on the incidence and nature of cyber-bullying; and internet safety issues as they relate to cyber-bullying. State Requirements M.G.L.c. 71, section 37H, as amended by Chapter 92 of the Acts of 2010. M.G.L.c. 71, section 37O (e) (1) & (2). M.G.L.c. 71, section 370(d). Rating: Implemented Response Required: No CRITERION NUMBER Legal Standard CR 17A Use of physical restraint on any student enrolled in a publicly-funded education program 1. a) The collaborative has developed and implemented staff training at least annually on the use of physical restraint consistent with regulatory requirements. Such training occurs within the first month of each school year and, for employees hired after the school year begins, within a month of their employment.
APPROVED PUBLIC DAY PROGRAM LEGAL STANDARDS, COMPLIANCE RATINGS AND FINDINGS AREA 3: ADMINISTRATION – MANUALS AND HANDBOOKS CRITERION NUMBER REQUIREMENTS 3.1 Policies & Procedures Manual 28.09(11)(b) All approved public day program shall maintain onsite a policies and procedures manual and shall provide written notice to parents of enrolled students that copies of such policies and procedures are available upon request. The program’s manual must contain a Table of Contents and a policy for all subject areas. The policies and procedures must include, but are not limited to: Reporting Suspected Child Abuse/Neglect to DCF and to the Disabled Persons Protection Commission (Criterion 3.1(c)); Evacuation and Emergency Procedures (3.1(d) ; Immediate Notification (Form2) (Criterion 4.5); State and District-Wide Assessments (Criterion 7.3); Program Modifications and Support Services for Limited English Proficient (LEP) students (Criterion 8.4); IEP Progress Reports (Criterion 8.8); Less Restrictive Placement (Criterion 8.10); Transition Planning (Criterion 8.11); Behavior Management (Criterion 9.1);
CRITERION NUMBER REQUIREMENTS 8.5 Current IEP & Student Roster 28.09(5)(a) The program has on file a current IEP for each enrolled student that has been issued by the responsible public school district and consented to and dated by the student’s parent(s) (or student, when applicable). Rating: Implemented Response Required: No CRITERION NUMBER REQUIREMENTS 8.8 IEP – Progress Reports 28.07(3) 20 U.S.C. Chapter 33, Section IDEA Regulations: 300.347 The program shall send copies, at least quarterly, of progress reports to the public school. Such reports must include written information on the student’s progress toward the annual goals in the IEP (specifying each quarter), including information on the extent to which such progress is sufficient to enable the child to achieve the goals by the end of the year. Copies of progress reports shall be maintained in student records, including documentation of persons or agencies receiving such reports. Rating: Implemented Response Required: No AREA 9: EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS- STUDENT DISCIPLINE AND BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT CRITERION NUMBER REQUIREMENTS
Title VI: 42 U.S.C. 2000d; 34 CFR 100.3; EEOA: 20 U.S.C. 1703(f); Title IX: 20 U.S.C. 1681; 34 CFR M.G.L. c. 76, § 5; 603 CMR 26.00, esp26.07(2, 3) Emergency procedures including Evacuation Drills and Emergency Drills; and Civil rights responsibilities (discrimination and harassment). The following additional topics are required in-service training topics and must be provided annually to all teaching staff: How the learning standards of the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks are incorporated into the program’s instruction; Procedures for inclusion of all students in MCAS testing and/or alternate assessments; and Student record policies and confidentiality issues. The following additional topics are required in-service training topics and must be provided annually to appropriate staff based on their job responsibilities: CPR training and certification; Medication administration (including, but not limited to, administration of antipsychotic medications and discussions of medications students are currently taking and their possible side effects); Transportation safety (for staff with transportation-related job responsibilities); and Student record policies and confidentiality issues (for staff who oversee, maintain, or access student records). Rating: Partially Implemented Response Required: Yes Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Findings: It could not be determined from the documentation submitted and staff interviews that the two hours of training on average every month on the required topics has been provided. CRITERION NUMBER REQUIREMENTS 12.2(a) Required Training - Behavior Management and Restraint Training on behavior management and suspension and termination procedures includes: Program’s student conduct/discipline code Description of safeguards for students’ emotional, physical, and psychological well-being