Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) When an allocation for social and
emotional consultation services is made available pursuant to Section
235.200(a)
of this Part, the State Superintendent of Education shall issue a Request for
Proposals (RFP) specifying the information that applicants shall include in
their proposals, informing applicants of any bidders' conferences, and
requiring that proposals be submitted no later than the date specified in the
RFP. The RFP shall provide at least 30 calendar days in which to submit
proposals.
b) Each proposal
submitted in response to an RFP shall include the following components.
1) A description of the need for the
services, to include, but not limited to:
A)
the number or proportion of students who are being served in each State-funded
preschool education program included in the proposal who come from families
experiencing the type of problems outlined in Section
235.200(b)
of this Part;
B) the impact that
these types of problems have in the classroom (e.g., classroom disruptions,
difficulties in learning, lack of positive social interaction);
C) the number of teachers likely to use the
consultation services on an ongoing basis; and
D) other resources that may be available to
the program to provide similar services.
2) A description of the types of services to
be provided, to include the frequency of each, the person responsible, and how
the effectiveness of the service will be measured.
3) A description of the process, measures and
data elements to be used to determine the effectiveness of the consultation
services on teacher quality and classroom management.
4) The name of each individual to provide the
social and emotional consultation services, to include a description of his or
her qualifications and experience that at least addresses the person's
educational attainment and specialties, experience working with a population
similar to that being served in the State-funded preschool education program,
and evidence that he or she possesses any licenses or other credentials
required to practice his or her profession.
5) A budget summary and payment schedule, as
well as a budget breakdown, i.e., a detailed explanation of each line item of
expenditure.
6) Such
certifications, assurances and program-specific terms of the grant as the State
Superintendent of Education may require, to be signed by each applicant that is
a party to the application and submitted with the proposal.
c) Applicants may be requested to
clarify various aspects of their proposals. The contents of the approved
proposal shall be incorporated into a grant agreement to be signed by the State
Superintendent of Education or designee and the school district superintendent
or, in the case of an entity that is not the school district, the person
legally authorized to submit the proposal and bind the applicant to its
contents.
