Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, March 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule provides administrative guidelines
for expenditure of professional development funds as provided in 160.530,
RSMo.
(1) The primary purpose
of the state-level professional development moneys is to address statewide
areas of critical need, provided the following two (2) areas shall constitute
priority uses for such money:
(A) Funding
operation of state management teams in school districts with academically
deficient schools and providing resources specified by the management team as
needed in these districts; and
(B)
Funding for grants to school districts for resources identified as necessary by
the district for those districts which are failing to achieve assessment
standards.
(2) The
statewide areas of critical need for learning and development include:
(A) Funding operation of management teams in
school districts with academically deficient schools and providing resources
specified by management teams as needed in these districts;
(B) Funding for grants to school districts
for resources identified as necessary by the district, for those districts
which are failing to achieve assessment standards;
(C) Ensuring all children are successful in
school, especially children at risk, children with special needs and gifted
students;
(D) Increasing parental
involvement;
(E) Providing
information which will assist school administrators and teachers in
understanding the process of site-based decision-making;
(F) Implementing recommended curriculum
frameworks;
(G) Training in use of
new assessment techniques and the use of those assessments to improve student
performance;
(H) Cooperation with
law enforcement authorities to expand successful anti-drug programs for
students;
(I) Strengthening
existing curricula of local districts to stress drug and alcohol
prevention;
(J) Implementing and
promoting programs to combat gang activity, violence and weaponry in the
schools of the state;
(K)
Establishing family schools, where schools adopt proven models of one (1)-stop
state services for children and families;
(L) Expanding adult literacy services;
and
(M) Training board members in
areas deemed important as determined by the state board of education.
(3) On an annual basis, the state
board of education will select additional priority areas of critical need to be
funded during the subsequent academic year.
(4) Funding will be awarded on the basis of
competitive grants and applicants will be required to complete closing reports
complete evaluative data on the effectiveness of each activity.
(5) The state-level professional development
moneys may be distributed to-
(A)
Colleges;
(B)
Universities;
(C) Private
associations;
(D) Professional
education associations;
(E)
Statewide associations organized for benefit of members of local boards of
education;
(F) Public elementary
and secondary schools; or
(G) Other
associations and organizations that provide professional development
opportunities for teachers, administrators and boards of education.
(6) The State Board of Education
reserves the right to contract for delivery of professional development
services in any of the areas addressed in this rule.
(7) Each proposal must include a description
of how it will impact on children and include an evaluation in compliance with
the application process.
*Original authority: 160.530, RSMo
1993.
