Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF
Title 92 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Chapter 18 - INTERIM-PROGRAM SCHOOLS IN COUNTY DETENTION HOMES, INSTITUTIONS, AND JUVENILE EMERGENCY SHELTERS
Section 92-18-004 - Requirements for All Interim-Program Schools
Universal Citation: 92 NE Admin Rules and Regs ch 18 ยง 004
Current through March 20, 2024
004.01 Mandatory Requirements for Legal Operation
To be eligible for approval or to continue as an approved Interim-program school, the following requirements shall be met. Failure to comply with Sections 004.01A through 004.01I shall be just cause for the Commissioner to initiate proceedings before the Board to terminate approval and end legal operation during the school year.
004.01A
Teachers.
Interim-program schools shall use only persons certificated pursuant to 92 NAC
21 to teach and to administer the educational program.
004.01B
Grade
Levels. The Interim-program school shall operate, offer
instruction in, and give credit in only the grades for which the school is
approved.
004.
01CRequired Instruction. The
Interim-program school shall make available instruction in language arts,
mathematics, science and social studies/history each school day for all
students from the inception of their admission in all grades for which the
school is approved. Students may be provided instruction in other courses in
addition to or in lieu of the four subject-areas mentioned above based upon
their academic advancement plan.
004.01D
Academic
Advancement. Interim-program schools shall initiate contact and
work with accredited or approved schools to secure academic credit leading to
grade promotion or graduation for student work completed while in their
program, including diplomas for students who have satisfactorily completed
sufficient credits to meet the requirements for graduation of the student
approved or accredited high school. Interim-program schools shall not issue
diplomas.
004.01E
Instructional Time. The minimum curriculum of each
Interim-program school shall be available for students each school day, Monday
through Friday, throughout the twelve- month calendar year. The interim-program
school schedules each student with a minimum of 3.5 clock hours of
instructional time each school day. The Interim-program school shall provide a
minimum of 700 clock hours of instructional time each calendar year. Time
scheduled for the school lunch period shall not be counted in meeting the
instructional time requirements of the school day or the calendar year. Time
scheduled for recreation shall not be counted in meeting the instructional time
requirements of the school day or the calendar year unless it is a physical
fitness course taught by a certified teacher.
004.01F
High School
Credit. Each Interim-program School shall base one hour of high
school credit on 15 clock hours of instruction or shall have in writing, for
each high school course, the goals, expected student performance for
accomplishment of the goals, and the credit to be awarded to the student upon
successful completion of the course.
004.01G
Assurance
Statement. Each Interim-program school shall, by November 1 of
each year, submit to the Department an Assurance Statement, as prescribed by
the Department, signed by a representative of the governing body affirming
compliance or specifically noting any noncompliance with the regulations in
this Chapter.
004.01H
Reports. The head administrator of each school shall
submit a Fall Personnel Report and a Curriculum Report to the Department by the
date indicated on the prescribed forms.
004.01H1 Additions of certificated staff
after September 1 shall be reported to the Department at the time of
contracting.
004.01I
Admissions. An Interim-program school shall enroll
only students who have been placed in the county detention home, institution or
juvenile emergency shelter in which the interim-program school is located or
which operates the interim-program school and who are unable to attend public
school for reasons of health or safety.
004.02 The Interim-program School System
Regulations contained in this section apply to all approved Interim-program schools.
004.02A
School Policies
004.02A1
Annual
Update. The governing body annually updates a written set of
policies based upon the purposes and goals of the Interim-program school. This
document is on file in each school building.
004.02A2
Instructional Time and
School Calendar. The school has a written policy which identifies
and describes the scheduled school days and the instructional time scheduled
for students each school day throughout the calendar year. The school has a
daily, weekly, and annual calendar that shows the school days and scheduled
vacations for students. The policy(ies) or regulations stipulate the conditions
for which individual students may be excused from the school
day.
004.02B
The Instructional Program
004.02B1
Purpose and
Goals. The instructional program of the Interim-program school is
based on a written statement of purposes and/or goals developed by the
governing body. This document is on file in each school building and each
certificated staff member is provided a copy.
004.02B2
Written
Guides. Each Interim-program school has written guides or
frameworks for each curriculum area provided by the school. The guide in each
of the curriculum areas addresses, as appropriate, instruction in written
composition. An Interim-program school may develop its own curriculum or use a
curriculum approved by an accredited public school or an approved or accredited
private school. In addition to the instructional program required by this
Chapter, an Interim-program school may offer a GED preparatory program for
those students not seeking to graduate from an accredited or approved
school.
004.02B3
Student Records The school provides a comprehensive
cumulative record of attendance, academic progress, and dates of enrollment in
and withdrawal from the school for each student enrolled. Interim-program
schools comply with 79-2,105 R.R.S. and provide a copy of student files or
records concerning a student at no charge, upon request, to any public or
private school to which the student transfers.
004.02C
Number, Preparation, and
Assignment of Staff Members
004.02C1
System
Administrator Each Interim-program school has a head administrator
who holds a Nebraska Administrative and Supervisory Certificate with an
endorsement for superintendent, or principal, or special education.
Interim-program schools may share a head administrator with other schools or
with a public school district or ESU. In Interim-program schools, the head
administrator responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the evaluation
of teacher performance, review of policies, programs, and reports.
004.02C2
Head-Teacher/Principal. An Interim-program school
having less than twenty teachers shall have a principal or designate one
teacher as head teacher. The head teacher shall hold at least an Initial,
Prestandard, Standard, or Professional Nebraska Teaching Certificate issued
pursuant to 92 NAC 21. When the number of teachers reaches twenty or more, an
administrator holding a Nebraska Administrative and Supervisory Certificate is
assigned as principal at least one-half time for administration and
supervision.
004.02C3
Certificates. A copy of the certificate or permit of
each school staff member who is required to have a certificate is on file in
the Interim-program school administrative office.
004.02C4
School
Liaison. Each Interim-program school has a person designated as a
school liaison who meets the requirements of 002.20.
004.02C5
Teacher
Aides. An Interim-program school may employ persons who do not
hold a valid Nebraska teaching certificate or permit issued by the Commissioner
of Education to serve as aides to a teacher or teachers. Such teacher aides may
not assume any teaching responsibilities. A teacher aide may be assigned duties
which are non-teaching in nature if the employing school has assured itself
that the aide has been specifically prepared for such duties, including the
handling of emergency situations which might arise in the course of his or her
work.
004.02C6
Professional Development. Each teacher participates in
at least 10 hours of professional development activities each
year.
004.02D
Materials and Facilities
004.02D1
Library
Resources. Staff and students in an Interim-program school have
access to library media resources at least once every other week.
004.02D2
Healthful
Conditions. Each Interim-program school maintains safe, healthful
and sanitary conditions within the school building and on the school grounds
and meets fire, safety, and health codes. Each such school complies with the
requirements of Rule 59 (92 NAC 59: Methods for Competency Assessment of School
Staff Who Provide Medications).
004.02E
School System
Performance: Evaluation and Improvement
004.02E1
Written
Report. Each Interim-program school annually prepares a written
report to the governing body that includes, but need not be limited to,
aggregate student demographics, school days of attendance, the school progress
in implementing student academic advancement plans, and actual academic
advancement or academic credits earned. The report shall not contain any
personally identifiable student information.
004.02E2
Admissions
Process. Each Interim-program school uses a uniform admissions
process that examines what each student has been studying and what yet needs to
be taught in that subject area for the student to receive credit for academic
advancement and develops an academic advancement plan for each student. The
Interim-program school consults student records regarding previous assessments
and works with the school the student last attended or the school to which the
student shall transfer in meeting these requirements.
004.02F
Relationship with School
Districts
004.02F1
Academic Advancement and Graduation. The school
liaison of the Interim- program school initiates contact with the appropriate
accredited or approved school to develop an academic advancement plan intended
to achieve academic progress leading to grade promotion or to graduation of
students. The school liaison seeks to secure grade promotion or diplomas from
schools for those students who have met their school requirements.
004.02F2
Special
Education. The school liaison of the Interim-program school
initiates contact with the school district responsible for providing special
education services to each student with a disability to insure that each
student with a disability is provided by the responsible school district with
special education and related services pursuant to 92 NAC 51. The school
liaison works with the responsible school district to insure continuation of
special education services and information.
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