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Meeting of the Board of Regents | July 2003

Tuesday, July 1, 2003 - 11:00pm

 

THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT / THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK / ALBANY, NY 12234

TO:

The Honorable the Members of the Board of Regents

FROM:

James A. Kadamus

COMMITTEE:

Full Board

TITLE OF ITEM:

Addendum to BR (CA) 2 - Revision to Proposed Amendment to the Regulations of the Commissioner Relating to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (School/ District Accountability and Data and Reporting Requirements)

DATE OF SUBMISSION:

July 9, 2003

PROPOSED HANDLING:

Action (Consent Agenda)

RATIONALE FOR ITEM:

Compliance with Federal Legislation

STRATEGIC GOAL:

Goals 1 and 2

AUTHORIZATION(S):

SUMMARY:

Please substitute the attached revised page 10 in your copy of BR (CA) 2. The revision reflects a correction in a regulatory citation in the version you previously received.

 

Attachment

(v) A public school, charter school or school district shall be deemed to have made adequate yearly progress on a performance indicator specified in paragraph (15) of this subdivision if:

(a) The superintendent of the school district or the principal of the charter school has submitted the required student data files to the commissioner pursuant to 100.2(bb)(2) or section 119.3(b) of this Title in the timeframe and format specified by the commissioner; and,

(b) all students in the school or school district at the applicable grade level or high school cohort met or exceeded the performance indicator.

(vi) A school district or public school that does not make adequate yearly progress on the same accountability performance criterion in paragraph (14) or the same accountability indicator in paragraph (15) for two consecutive years shall be identified as a "school requiring academic progress" as specified in paragraph (6) of this subdivision.

(vii) For each school year, public schools, school districts, and charter schools in which no students or, pursuant to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph fewer than 30 students, participate in the required State assessments for English language arts or mathematics, or in which the majority of students are not continuously enrolled, shall conduct a self-assessment of their academic program and the school learning environment, in such format and using such criteria as may be prescribed by the commissioner. Such self-assessment shall not be required of those schools and school districts for which the commissioner shall conduct a review of the performance of the school or school district in accordance with subparagraph (viii) of this paragraph. The