Chapter 1. 70 - Boards of Education. CHAPTER 1. 70*BOARDS OF EDUCATION*Cited. Local boards of education are not agents of the towns but creatures of the state. CS 3. 05. Table of Contents. Sec. Procedure for filling vacancy on local board of education. Sec. Duties of boards of education. Sec. Professional development and evaluation committees. Institutes for educators. Removes the School Readiness residency requirement which will now allow providers to enroll eligible children from other communities. Section 2: Legal Mandates Qualifications to Teach Adapted Physical Education Who teaches adapted physical education? The adapted physical education teacher (APE) is. High School Program Easton Country Day School’s (ECDS) High School program strives to develop well rounded students capable of performing at the most competitive. 25% OFF The Advocate's Store. Order Today Is a Wrightslaw Training Coming to Your State? This evaluation study was conducted by the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (CASE) on behalf of the Connecticut General Assembly (CGA) at the request of. August 1, 2016 AEA Career Center Update: New Position Postings Senior Evaluation Specialist, Mendez England and Associates (Bethesda, MD) Program Evaluation. Cooperating teacher program, regulations. Sec. Policy statement on drugs. Sec. Transportation of children over private roads. Immunity from liability. Sec. Student recruitment by regional and interdistrict specialized schools and programs. Recruitment of athletes prohibited. Information re and notice of availability of certain schools and education centers. Sec. Foster children count. Sec. Policy on weighted grading for honors and advanced placement classes. Sec. Transfer of student records. Sec. Transportation of students carrying cartridge injectors. Sec. Blood glucose self- testing by children. Disclosure of educational records re student confined in detention facility. Sec. Qualified personnel to monitor school swimming pool. School swimming pool safety plan. Sec. Boards of education to prescribe rules, policies and procedures. Sec. High school graduation requirements. Student support and remedial services. Excusal from physical education requirement. Diplomas for certain veterans and certain persons assisting in the war effort during World War II. Student success plans. Sec. Boards of education to establish written uniform policy re treatment of recruiters. Sec. Development of policy for reporting complaints re school transportation safety. Reporting of accidents at school bus stops. Sec. Criminal history and child abuse and neglect registry records checks of school personnel. Termination or dismissal. Denial of application for and revocation of certification. Sec. Intradistrict student assignment programs. Sec. Instructional time and facility usage assessment. Secs. Plan to improve reading skills. Technical assistance; standard of reading competency. Sec. Early Reading Success Panel. Sec. Assessments by priority school districts of need related to goal of reading success. Sec. State- Wide Early Reading Success Institute. Sec. Development and implementation of in- service reading instruction training program by priority school districts. Sec. Independent evaluation. Sec. Boards to adopt policies addressing limitation of physical exercise. Sec. Boards to make available for purchase nutritious and low- fat foods. Sec. Sale of beverages. Sec. Advanced placement course program. Investigations of child abuse and neglect. Disciplinary action. Sec. Alignment of common core standards with college level programs. Sec. Boards to adopt policies addressing the use of physical activity as discipline. Sec. Appropriations and budget. Sec. Boards to have use of funds from repayment and insurance proceeds for school materials and from payment for custodial services for use of school facilities. Sec. Board to have use of funds from the Manville property damage settlement trust. Sec. Safe school climate plans. School climate assessments. Sec. Policy on evaluation and termination of athletic coaches. Sec. College informational forums. Sec. Prevention and intervention strategy re bullying and teen dating violence. Sec. Analysis of school districts’ efforts re prevention of and response to bullying in schools. School climate assessment instruments. Sec. State- wide safe school climate resource network. Sec. Training re prevention, identification and response to school bullying, teen dating violence and youth suicide. Sec. District safe school climate coordinator. Safe school climate specialist. Safe school climate committee. Sec. Immunity of school employees, students, parents or guardians, individuals and boards of education from liability for certain actions relating to reporting, investigating and responding to school bullying and teen dating violence. Sec. School security and safety plans. School security and safety committees. Sec. School security and safety plan standards. Sec. Information re aggregate spending for education to be made available. Sec. Review of safe school climate plans by Department of Education. Approval or rejection. Sec. Separate high school accounts. Sec. Promotion and graduation policies. Basic skills necessary for graduation; assessment process. Secs. List of schools in need of improvement; process for improving school performance. Grants for schools in need of improvement. Identification of successful programs and methods. Sec. State- wide education accountability plan. State- wide performance management and support plan. Study of academic achievement. Reconstitution of boards of education. Sec. Use of charter school student performance data in the calculation of district performance index for alliance districts. Sec. On- line credit recovery program. On- line learning coordinator. Sec. Commissioner’s network of schools. Turnaround committees. Operations and instructional audit. Contracts between boards of education and not- for- profit educational management organizations. Enrollment policies. Sec. School governance councils. Sec. Department of Education to publish certain plans, rankings and formulas. Sec. Duties of the secretary. Sec. Salaries of secretary and attendance officers. Sec. Reports to Commissioner of Education. Sec. Documentation of pupils and teachers of racial minorities and pupils eligible for free or reduced price lunches. Sec. Existence of racial imbalance. Sec. Plan to correct imbalance. Sec. Approval of plan by state board. Sec. Coordinator of intergroup relations. Sec. Intergroup relations training for teachers. Sec. Programs and methods to reduce racial, ethnic and economic isolation. Sec. Returns of receipts, expenditures and statistics to Commissioner of Education. Verification mandated. Free textbooks, supplies, material and equipment. Sec. Free textbook loans to pupils attending nonpublic schools. Sec. Tax credits for donation of computers to schools. Sec. Change of textbooks. Sec. Flags in schoolrooms and schools. Policy on the reciting of the “Pledge of Allegiance”. Sec. Employment of instructors of Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps programs. Sec. Crisis response drills. Sec. Pesticide applications at schools: Definitions. Sec. Pesticide applications at schools: Authorized applications. Pesticide applications at schools without an integrated pest management plan. Sec. Pesticide applications at schools with an integrated pest management plan. Sec. Maintenance of heating, ventilation and air conditioning system. Sec. Indoor air quality committee. Sec. Green cleaning program at schools: Definitions. Restrictions on employment of members of board of education. Sec. Suspension of pupils. Sec. Removal of pupils from class. Sec. Suspension of pupils. Sec. Expulsion of pupils. Sec. Notice as to disciplinary policies and action. Sec. In- school suspension of pupils. Reports of principals to police authority concerning physical assaults upon school employees by students. Sec. Reports by police, disclosure, confidentiality. Police testimony at expulsion hearings. Sec. Students placed on probation by a court. Sec. Student possession and use of telecommunication devices. Sec. Notification of school officials of potentially dangerous students. Provision of educational records of children returning to school from detention centers. Sec. Expulsion of pupils. Sec. Indemnification of teachers, board members, employees and certain volunteers and students in damage suits; expenses of litigation. Sec. Liability insurance. Sec. Indemnification of educational personnel assaulted in the line of duty. Sec. School activity funds. Sec. Petition for hearing by board of education. Sec. Use of school facilities for other purposes. Sec. Demonstration scholarship program. Legislative intent. Sec. Contract with federal agency for funds. Sec. Demonstration board and staff. Eligibility of schools. Sec. Collective bargaining by teachers. Sec. Evaluation of quality of education and satisfaction with schools under program. Sec. Liberal construction. Sec. Participation in the National Assessment of Educational Progress or other national or international assessment. Sec. Disclosure of accreditation reports. Notification requirements. Sec. Shared service agreements. Sec. Each board of education shall, not later than one month after the date on which the newly elected members take office, elect from its number a chairperson and elect a secretary of such board and may prescribe their duties. The votes of each member of such board cast in such election shall be reduced to writing and made available for public inspection within forty- eight hours, excluding Saturday, Sunday or legal holidays, and shall also be recorded in the minutes of the meeting at which taken, which minutes shall be available for public inspection at all reasonable times. If such officers are not chosen after one month because of a tie vote of the members, the town council or, if there is no town council, the selectmen of the town shall choose such officers from the membership of the board. The chairperson of the board of education or, in case of such chairperson’s absence or inability to act, the secretary shall call a meeting of the board at least once in six months and whenever such chairperson deems it necessary or is requested in writing so to do by three of its members. If no meeting is called within fourteen days after such a request has been made, one may be called by any three members by giving the usual written notice to the other members.(1. Rev., S. 1; February, 1. P. A. 1. 42.)History: 1. P. A. 7. 8- 1. 36 deleted requirement that election of officers be “by ballot” but required that vote tally be put in writing, be made available for public inspection and be recorded in minutes; P. A. 7. 8- 2. 18 substituted “chairperson” for “chairman” and also for masculine personal pronouns formerly used in section. See Sec. 1. 0- 2. Federal Register. Mc. Kinney- Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youths Program. Start Preamble. AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Secretary issues guidelines for States related to requirements under the Mc. Kinney- Vento Homeless Assistance Act (Mc. Kinney- Vento Act), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). These guidelines address ways in which Start Printed Page 1. State may (1) assist local educational agencies (LEAs) to implement the provisions related to homeless children and youths amended by the ESSA and (2) review and revise policies and procedures that may present barriers to the identification, enrollment, attendance, and success of homeless children and youths in school. Start Further Info. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Mc. Laughlin, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, U. S. Department of Education, 4. Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 2. Telephone: (2. 02) 4. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf or a text telephone, call the Federal Relay Service, toll free, at 1- 8. End Further Info. End Preamble. Start Supplemental Information. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background. Section 7. Mc. Kinney- Vento Act, as amended by the ESSA (Pub. Secretary to develop, issue, and publish in the Federal Register guidelines concerning ways in which a State: (1) May assist LEAs to implement the provisions related to homeless children and youths amended by the ESSA and (2) may review and revise policies and procedures that may present barriers to the identification, enrollment, attendance, and success of homeless children and youths in school. Under the Mc. Kinney- Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCY) program, which is administered by the U. S. Department of Education's (the Department) Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, State educational agencies (SEAs) must ensure that homeless children and youths have equal access to the same free, appropriate public education, including a public preschool education, as is provided to other children and youths. The SEA and LEAs in the State must review and revise any laws, regulations, practices, or policies that may act as barriers to the identification, enrollment, attendance, or success in school of homeless children and youths. LEAs and schools may not separate homeless students from the mainstream school environment on the basis of their homelessness. Homeless students must also have access to the education and other services that they need to meet the same challenging State academic standards to which all students are held. Secretary published a notice in the Federal Register on March 8, 2. FR 1. 06. 97), that provided detailed guidelines to help States expedite the school enrollment of homeless children and youths. These guidelines included a review of statutory enrollment provisions related to both SEA and LEA responsibilities and concluded with a discussion of ways in which States have assisted, or may assist, LEAs in immediately enrolling students experiencing homelessness in schools. Since the Mc. Kinney- Vento Act was last reauthorized under NCLB, SEAs and LEAs have made great strides in revising policies that posed barriers to the enrollment and success of homeless children and youths. The ESSA provides a new opportunity for States to review these policies and procedures to address continued barriers to homeless student success, as well as to review and refine policies related to new or changed provisions in the law. II. Definitions. Section 7. Mc. Kinney- Vento Act, as amended by the ESSA, defines the following terms: (a) Homeless children and youths means individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence. The term includes—(1) Children and youths who are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason; are living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations; are living in emergency or transitional shelters; or are abandoned in hospitals.(2) Children and youths who have a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings.(3) Children and youths who are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings; and(4) Migratory children (as defined in section 1. Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1. Enroll and enrollment include attending classes and participating fully in school activities.(c) Unaccompanied youth includes a homeless child or youth not in the physical custody of a parent or guardian. III. Changes to the EHCY Program Under the ESSAThe ESSA amended a number of key provisions under the EHCY program. Significant changes affect the following areas of the EHCY program: (1) State Plans. State plan requirements have been modified and must include: (a) A description of procedures to ensure (i) that homeless children and youths separated from public schools are identified and accorded equal access to appropriate secondary education and support services, including by identifying and removing barriers that prevent youths described in this clause from receiving appropriate credit for full or partial coursework satisfactorily completed while attending a prior school, in accordance with State, local, and school policies and (ii) that homeless children and youths who meet the relevant eligibility criteria do not face barriers to accessing academic and extracurricular activities, including magnet school, summer school, career and technical education, advanced placement, online learning, and charter school programs, if such programs are available at the State and local levels. For example, the Office of the State Coordinator now has an explicit duty to respond to inquiries from the parents and guardians of homeless children and youths, which may include eligibility disputes. In addition, if a dispute arises over eligibility, the child or youth shall be immediately enrolled in the school in which enrollment is sought, pending final resolution of the dispute, including all available appeals. Guidelines for States on Assisting LEAs With the Implementation of EHCY Provisions Amended by the ESSAA. State Responsibilities in Assisting LEAs. In its State plan, an SEA must assure that every LEA in the State designates an appropriate staff person to serve as a LEA liaison. The LEA liaison will help ensure that homeless children and youths enroll in, and have a full and equal opportunity to succeed in, the schools of that LEA. As described more fully above, State Coordinators also are responsible for providing professional development opportunities for LEA liaisons and other personnel to assist them in carrying out EHCY program requirements. Because the protections afforded to homeless children and youths apply regardless of whether an LEA receives a Mc. Kinney- Vento Act subgrant, the State Coordinator must ensure that technical assistance and professional development opportunities are provided to all LEAs. Through strong leadership, collaboration, and communication with LEA liaisons, the State Coordinator can help ensure that LEAs are aware of, understand, and can successfully implement the changes to the EHCY program under the ESSA. Establishing clear- cut policies and procedures at the State level, and making sure LEAs understand them, will facilitate a Start Printed Page 1. EHCY program requirements. B. State Activities That Can Be Effective for Assisting LEAs in Implementing the Provisions in the Mc. Kinney- Vento Act, as Amended by the ESSAStates have many options for ensuring that all LEA liaisons and LEAs receive training and information on changes to the EHCY program resulting from enactment of the ESSA. As previously shared in past guidance and technical assistance, we encourage SEAs to prepare and disseminate to their LEAs and schools memoranda, guidance documents, notices, or letters summarizing the new and existing EHCY program requirements and to share with them guidance provided by the Department. In doing so, we encourage States to use all available technology, such as email notices, listservs, the SEA Web site, Statewide hotlines, and teleconferencing. Additional State activities that may assist LEAs in implementing the law include: (1) Hosting Statewide Trainings and Orientations, Especially for New LEA Liaisons. States can implement a system to ensure that every LEA liaison receives annual professional development on the provisions in the Mc. Kinney- Vento Act and good practices for implementation. States should require LEAs to notify the State Coordinator whenever a new LEA liaison is appointed so that the State Coordinator can provide or arrange small group or individually customized orientations with resources and support to equip new liaisons to fulfill their role effectively. Furthermore, the State Coordinator should ensure that all LEA liaisons receive ongoing information and professional development on challenging areas of implementation, including determining eligibility, determining best interest for school selection, and facilitating the dispute resolution process. States should investigate ways to assess LEA liaison competency and knowledge of LEA requirements and obligations under the Mc. Kinney- Vento Act. States may want to include other education personnel, as appropriate, in such training.(2) Disseminating Templates, Forms, and Policies. States can provide sample forms, checklists, and other information on effective practices and procedures that may be implemented related to new and continuing statutory provisions under the EHCY program. SEAs can also provide samples of local Memoranda of Agreement that LEAs may utilize for coordination with local housing and social service agencies.
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