State
Superintendent Randy Dunn has just returned from the Governors’ Education
Items included in today’s
message:
Policy statement regarding the
application of
No Child Left Behind (
However, this raises the question of how sanctions for
schools—i.e., Choice, supplemental educational services (SES), corrective
action, and restructuring year one and restructuring year two—are to be applied
when a district either chooses or is required to take a particular school out of
Title I service, or either chooses or is required to place a school into Title I
service during the span of years for which AYP is being
determined.
A recent communication from the United States Department
of Education (USDOE) indicates that states may make their own determinations in
this matter. ISBE has determined that in these cases, the federal sanctions will
be imposed in consecutive order and be required of schools in status only in
those years the school is receiving Title I
services.
If a school is removed from Title I service for whatever
reason during any particular year in the span of years for which the AYP for the
school is being determined, no federal sanction will be imposed on that school
during that year. State sanctions, as appropriate for the number of consecutive
years the school has not made AYP, will still
apply.
If a school is placed into Title I service or restored
to Title I service, the sequence of the application of federal sanctions starts
over again with Choice in the school year following the school’s not making AYP
for two consecutive years while in Title I.
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Any time a district takes a school out of Title I
service, the sequence of the application of federal sanctions is reset. The
sequence does not restart until the school has been in Title I for three
consecutive years and has not made AYP for the first two consecutive years of
those three years.
No
Child Left Behind (
Under
Districts completing SES information must also fill out
the Monitoring SES Providers form for FY 2005 through
Both submissions are due
Early
Childhood Block Grant RFPs released
Two Early Childhood Block Grant FY 2006 Requests for
Proposals (RFP) for new funds have been released. For FY 2006, the Early Childhood Block
Grant for new funds has been separated into two RFPs, one for ages three to five
years and one for birth to age three years.
The Early Childhood Block Grant for Ages Three to Five
Years: New Learning Partners – 2006
includes the Pre-Kindergarten Program for Children at Risk of Academic Failure
initiative and the Model Early Childhood Parental Training
(
Public school districts, university laboratory schools
approved by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), charter schools, area
vocational centers and other entities are eligible to submit a proposal. Applicants other than public school
districts must provide evidence of existing competencies to provide early
childhood education programs.
The RFPs are available online at http://www.isbe.net/earlychi/html/block_grant.htm
The RFPs can also be obtained by contacting the Early
Childhood Division at 217/524-4835.
ECBG bidders’ conferences will be held for both
RFPs. Attendance at a bidders’
conference is recommended but is not required. Security procedures require photo
identification for entry at each location.
IEA -
Board Room
Concourse, Auditorium
Should the conditions of this RFP change as a result of
the bidders' conferences, the State Board of Education will notify all RFP
recipients of the changes.
Early
Childhood Block Grant continuation applications go
electronic
Continuing applications for the Early Childhood Block
Grant (ECBG) will be offered through the Electronic Grant Management System
(eGMS) for school year 2005-2006 (FY 2006). All Early Childhood Block Grant programs
funded in FY 2005 will apply online for their FY 2006 continuation grant
funds. Two ECBG continuation grant
applications will be available – a birth to three application and a three to
five application. Applicants will
complete both applications if they are authorized to offer programs for birth to
three
Continuation application training sessions will be
provided on the following dates:
100 West
IEA –
Prince of
3205 Broadway (Route 15)
If you have questions, please contact the Early
Childhood Division at 217/524-4835.
School
Breakfast: Great
Performances
The 16th Annual National School Breakfast
Week (NSBW) March 7 through 11 raises awareness about the availability of school
breakfast for all students and draws attention to the correlation of eating a
good breakfast and cognitive growth. This year’s theme, School Breakfast: Great
Performances, highlights the academic contribution school breakfast can make.
The Childhood Hunger Relief Act, signed by Gov. Rod
Blagojevich this month, requires all
Visit the school nutrition association’s website at http://www.asfsa.org/nsbw/ for NSBW menus,
recipes, logos, graphics and proclamations.
Summer course for Spanish
teachers
The Fundacion Jose Ortega y
Gasset has announced the Summer Course for Spanish Teachers in
Conference
on sexual exploitation of teens by older
partners
The U.S. Department of Health and Human will hold a
national conference on issues related to protecting teens from sexual
exploitation by older partners. The conference will take place
The conference goals include:
·
Providing a forum in which government officials,
national youth-focused organizations and service providers can engage in
multi-disciplinary discussions about protecting teens from exploitive
relationships with older partners;
·
Gaining a better understanding from existing research
about exploitive relationships between teens and their older sexual partners and
to explore data and research gaps that, when improved, can lead to better
prevention and protective interventions;
·
Discussing current programs and laws designed to protect
teens, including reporting sexual assault and sexual exploitation of teens and
management of these cases; and
·
Building collaboration and communication among law
enforcement, health, education and social services providers relating to helping
teens resist and reject exploitive relationships.
The conference will begin at
Hotel reservations must be
made by Wednesday, March 9. After that date, reservations may be priced at a
higher rate and will be based on availability.
Invitations to the conference have been extended to
policymakers at the national, state and local levels and to select interest
groups, associations and foundations.
For more information about
the conference and to register, please visit www.esi-conference.info
Weekly
News Clips
This week’s news clips may be viewed at http://www.isbe.net/news/2005/newsclips/050225.htm.