Policy No. 2108
The district, within its financial capacity, will offer programs
that are designed to meet the needs of educationally disadvantaged students.
Eligible students may receive services from one of three special needs
programs — special education, learning assistance (LAP) and Title I of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
The district or individual school shall conduct a needs
assessment and shall develop a plan for the use of LAP funds. Such a plan
shall be determined in consultation with an advisory committee, including,
but not limited to, parents of participants; teachers; principals; administrators;
and school directors. The plan shall include:
A. District and
school-level data on reading, writing and mathematics achievement;
B. Processes to identify
under-achieving students to be served at each site for program services;
C. How accelerated
learning plans are developed and implemented for participating schools;
D. How state and
classroom assessments are used to inform instruction;
E. How focused and
intentional instruction strategies are identified and implemented;
F. How highly
qualified staff are developed and support the program at each site;
G. How resources from
other federal, state, district and school programs are coordinated with School
Improvement plans and district strategic plans to support underachieving
students;
H. How a program
evaluation will be conducted to determine the direction and elements of the
program for the following school year; and
I. Identification of
the program activities the district will implement.
The plan shall be approved by the board of directors
prior to submission to the state.
In compliance with the federal law, the board of
directors adopts a parent involvement policy, developed jointly with, agreed
upon by and distributed to the parents of children participating in the
federal remediation program. The parent involvement policy is 2180.
The superintendent is directed to identify eligible
students and their special needs; design a program(s) that will satisfy those
needs by interfacing, when advantageous, federal remediation assistance,
learning assistance (LAP), and special education services; monitor the progress
of such programs; and provide assurances to state and federal agencies that
such programs are in compliance with program requirements of each program
with regard to conditions such as staff qualifications, staff-student ratios,
student records, facilities and materials, financial accounting, reporting
and program and student evaluation.
Cross References: Board
Policy 2161 Education of Students with Disabilities
2180 Parent, Family and Community
Partnerships
4130 Title 1, Parent Involvement
6100 Revenues from Local, State and
Federal Sources
Legal References: WAC 392-162 Special
Program—Remediation Assistance
RCW
28A.165.010-090 Learning Assistance
Program
Management
Resources: Policy News, June 2005 Learning Assistance Policy
Updated
Adopted:
November 24, 2008
Blaine
School District
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