Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) Administrative
procedures.
(1) The State Education
Department will consult with the State advisory council on part C policies and
questions including: criteria for distribution of funds, participation of
eligible private school pupils, priority program setting, monitoring,
evaluation, dissemination and other matters pertaining to revisions of requests
for proposals, planning guides and regulations.
Timeline--Ongoing
(2) The Division of ESC General Program
Planning will coordinate with the Department's Information Center on Education,
the Office of Optional Educational Programs, and the Office of General
Instructional Services, and the executive council to determine the State
priorities and the allocation of funds among these priorities according to the
four grant type offerings of developer, validation, and
demonstration/replication.
Timeline--January-June, 1978
(3) The criteria for the development of State
educational priorities and objectives for part C and the plans for apportioning
the funds among State administration, strengthening the State and local
educational agencies and other part C purposes will be developed by the
Division of ESC General Program Planning in conjunction with the State advisory
council, the Division of ESC Planning Field Services, the executive council,
the Division of Research, Bureau of School and Categorical Programs Evaluation,
the Office of Optional Education Programs grams and the Office for Program
Analysis and Evaluation.
Timeline--November-May, 1977-1978
(4) The part C component of the single
application will be revised based on the requirements of the legislation and
the regulations, USOE reporting requirements, and the needs of school personnel
as identified while providing technical assistance in completing the fiscal
year 1977 part C components of the single application.
Timeline--July 1977
(5) Review and approval procedures for the
competitive round will be established.
Timeline--May-December 1977
(6) Local educational agencies and nonpublic
school representatives will be provided information regarding the funds
available under part C, the priority areas of State concern and methods of
program funding including special assistance available, the calendar dates for
submission of the single application and the criteria for selection and
approval of projects in the processing of grants.
Timeline--April 1977-September 1977
(7) Following the announcement of the
notification above, public and private school districts seeking more detailed
information will receive instructions and information.
Timeline--April-December 1977
(b) Program procedures.
(1) The State Education Department will
evaluate and update the established procedures for monitoring and evaluating
projects including the participation of nonpublic school children.
Timeline--September 1977-June 1978
(2) The State Education Department will
provide technical assistance to local educational agencies in project and
continuation grant development, administration, evaluation, and reporting by
employing the following: dissemination of program materials including all IV-C
guidelines, requests for proposals, administrative memoranda; conferences and
workshops; on-site consultation; consultations at the State agency;
consultation by correspondence and telephone.
Timeline--Ongoing
(3) Inservice education for State personnel
and regional OEP (Optional Educational Programs) managers will be conducted as
needed.
Timeline--October 1977-February 1978
(4) The evaluation and reporting procedures
for part C and provisions of assistance to the State advisory council in its
evaluation functions will be performed as described under section
2302.5
of this Part.
Timeline--September 1977-June 1978
(c) Program procedures--part C.
The goal of the State Education Agency in this program is to provide vitally
needed educational services not available in sufficient quantity or quality,
and to stimulate and assist in the development and establishment of exemplary
elementary and secondary school programs to serve as models for regular school
programs. The effectiveness of the programs will be the degree to which these
projects have installed an improved educational program in their own districts
and in other school districts.
(1) Measurable
objective. By June 30, 1978, school districts selected by the competitive
process will be providing vitally needed educational services in the priority
areas. Developer and demonstration/replication grants will be given for these
purposes.
(2) Activity.
(i) Develop guidelines for a
request-for-proposal for the above grants;
(ii) Distribute the summary
request-for-proposal and solicit participation of all eligible
applicants;
(iii) Provide
assistance on a regional basis, particularly to districts less able to
compete;
(iv) Review and process
grants and provide further technical assistance to successful
applicants;
(v) Monitor and
evaluate program activities.
(3) Target groups.
(i) Urban, suburban and rural
schools;
(ii) Handicapped
children.
(4) Funds
allocated by percentage and by type of grant.
(5) Measurable objective. By June 30, 1978,
school districts selected by the competitive process will have developed and
established plans for exemplary elementary and secondary school programs which
will serve as models for regular school programs and in the priority program
areas cited on page 171 (Validation and Demonstration Grants will be given to
meet this objective.)
(6)
Sub-objective.
(i) By June 30, 1982, 50
percent of the projects serving as models during 1978- 79 will have the model
installed as a permanent practice within their school districts and funded by
means other than Title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act--part
C;
(ii) by June 30, 1981, 50
percent of the projects serving as models during 1977-78 will have the model
installed as a permanent practice within their school districts and funded by
means other than title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act--part
C;
(iii) by June 30, 1980, for
every successful demonstration project funded during 1977-78, at least five
districts will adopt the demonstration project in whole or in part;
and,
(iv) by June 30, 1979, for
every successful demonstration project funded during 1976-77, at least five
districts will adopt the demonstration project in whole or in part.
(7) Activity.
(i) Develop guidelines for a
request-for-proposal for validation and demonstration grants;
(ii) distribute the request-for-application
and solicit participation of invited applicants;
(iii) provide assistance to invited
applicants;
(iv) review and process
grants and provide further technical assistance to successful applicants;
and
(v) monitor and evaluate
program activities.
(8)
Target groups.
(i) Urban, suburban and rural
schools, and
(ii) handicapped
children.
(9) Funds
allocated by percentage and by type of grant.