New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner
Subchapter I - Scholarships and Grants
Part 149 - Setasides For Compensatory Education, Attendance Improvement And Dropout Prevention And Early Grade Intervention
Subpart 149-2 - Setaside For Attendance Improvement And Dropout Prevention
Section 149-2.3 - Attendance plan
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) A school district required to set aside funding pursuant to section 3602(12)(f) of the Education Law for attendance improvement and dropout prevention shall file a plan with the commissioner by July 15th of the current year detailing a program pursuant to improve attendance and student retention which shall indicate how the district will use the funds required to be set aside for such purposes; provided that for the 1993-94 school year such plan shall be submitted no later than September 1, 1993.
(b) Such plan shall:
(c) Such plan shall specify measurable performance goals and outcomes for the improvement of pupil performance, attendance and student retention and shall provide for an examination of existing district and targeted building practices to determine the effectiveness of such practices. National and State validated programs that have proven successful in increasing attendance, improving at-risk pupil performance and reducing dropout rates and recent research and evaluation studies of New York State attendance improvement dropout prevention programs shall be considered in the planning process.
(d) A city school district in a city having a population of more than one million inhabitants shall file a plan pursuant to this section containing only such programs as are selected by the Chancellor with the approval of the commissioner from replicable model attendance improvement/dropout prevention programs which have demonstrated effectiveness.