Gifted Education In Missouri

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Gifted Education In Missouri

• Where are we and how did we get here?

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1974

• HB 474
• established funding at 50 reimbursement
• 7 districts 1,465
  students
• 249,311

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1988

• SB 797
• increased reimbursement to 75
• 227 districts 17,472 students
• 10,663,156

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1992

• Funding was capped and any future increase was
  linked to the overall funding for education.

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1995

• Mandatory certification endorsement became
  effective September 1, 1995

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2006

• Gifted funding is folded into the foundation
  formula of school districts.

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Payment Adjustment Clause

• A district that had a state funded gifted program
  in 2005-2006 MUST continue to serve a minimum of
  80 of the number of students served in the
  gifted program in the base year.

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Two Statutes govern all school districts

• The first, Section 162.675. RSMo, defines gifted
  children as "those children who exhibit
  precocious development of mental capacity and
  learning potential as determined by competent
  professional evaluation to the extent that
  continued educational growth and stimulation
  could best be served by an academic environment
  beyond that offered through a standard grade
  level curriculum."
• The second, Section 162.720, RSMo, states that
  school districts may establish programs for
  gifted children "where a sufficient number of
  children are determined to be gifted and their
  development requires programs or services beyond
  the level of those ordinarily provided in regular
  public school programs . . ." and states that the
  State Board of Education "shall determine
  standards for such programs.

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Implications for all school districts

• ALL districts with gifted programs must follow
  the rules and regulations set forth in the
  Administrative Manual and Guidelines for gifted
  programs.
• There is no longer a state imposed limit on the
  number of students who can be served in a state
  approved gifted program.
• It is the district responsibility to use the
  foundation funding they receive to support their
  gifted program, and
• the application for state approval will be the
  October Cycle of Core Data submitted annually by
  the district.

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Placement Criteria

• IQ 95
• Achievement 95
• Creativity set at local level
• Other set at local level

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Contact Time

• A minimum of 150 minutes contact time with the
  teacher of the gifted per week is required for
  all delivery systems except the High School GRT
  position.

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Certification

• All teachers providing gifted education services
  must have gifted certification endorsement except
  Advanced Placement (AP) and International
  Baccalaureate (IB) teachers.

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Where do I find information

• The Administrative Manual and Guidelines may be
  found at www.dese.mo.gov/divimprove/gifted If
  you have additional questions about state
  approved gifted programs you may contact the
  gifted education section at [phone].

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MSIP

• Standard 7.2 - Gifted Education - The district
  identifies gifted and talented students at all
  levels and provides them differentiated
  instruction suitable for their levels of
  intellectual and social maturity.

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Why dont ALL gifted kids score Advanced on the
MAP?
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Why dont ALL kids score Advanced on the MAP?
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ALL kids are Gifted, arent they?
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Mission The mission of the ???School District is
to ensure that each student achieves his/her
maximum potential through a challenging
educational system characterized by pride through
excellence.
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•  Special Ed In 2007 in MO the state served
  182,995 kids in Special Ed (ages 3-21 and 14-21)
  the total (best guess from the special ed
  division) amount of money spent on these students
  was 942 million, 57 local funds, 20 state
  funds, and 21 federal funds.
• Gifted In 2007 in MO there were 42,937 students
  in state approved gifted programs (local district
  numbers and Academies) there was 25,488,564
  (gifted categorical money rolled in the formula
  plus Academies appropriation) spent in state
  funds on gifted.