Campus Improvement Plan

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STATE COMPENSATORY EDUCATION (SCE) State funding
for Students At-Risk of Dropping out of School
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SCE Funds What are they?

• State funding provided for the purpose of
  supplementing the regular education program for
  students identified as at-risk of dropping out of
  school.
• SCE funds may be used to upgrade the entire
  educational program on a Title I campus.
• These SCE funds are subject to the same audit
  requirements and rules as Title I funds.

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SCE Funds on School-Wide Campus

• SCE funds may be used to upgrade the entire
  educational program on a campus identified in the
  Application for Federal Funding as a Title I,
  Part A schoolwide campus whose actual poverty
  percentage is 40 or greater.
• This provides greater flexibility (NOT free use)
  of SCE funds.

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How do you get them?

• Identify your at-risk students
• Meet with SBDM
• Include plans in your CIP

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Identification of At-Risk Students

• The campus at-risk coordinator shall establish
  procedures to conduct periodic reviews to
  identify additional eligible students as well as
  review the status of previously identified
  students, ensuring that all students receive
  services as needed.

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Identification of At-Risk Students

• Since some criteria may only temporarily qualify
  students for SCE services, the campus coordinator
  will determine through periodic reviews of the
  student data the students continued eligibility
  and need for continued services.

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AT-RISK CRITERIA

• Considerations for Identification and for
• Exit

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Criteria 1

• The student is in pre-kindergarten, kindergarten
  or grade 1, 2, or 3 and did not perform
  satisfactorily on a readiness test or assessment
  instrument administered during the current school
  year.

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Criteria 2

• The student is in grade 7 12 and did not
  maintain an average equivalent to 70 (on a scale
  of 100) in two or more subjects in the foundation
  curriculum during a semester in the preceding or
  current school year or is not maintaining such an
  average in two or more subjects in the foundation
  curriculum in the current semester

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Criteria 3

• The student was not advanced from one grade level
  to the next for one or more school years.

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Criteria 4

• The student did not perform satisfactorily on
  TAKS and has not in the previous or current
  school year subsequently performed at a level
  equal to at least 110 of the level of
  satisfactory performance.

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Calculating the 110

• STEP 1
• Divide the total TAKS raw score cut (the number
  of correct responses needed to pass the test) by
  the total TAKS test items (total number of
  questions in the particular test).
• Example There are 42 questions on a test and
  the student is required to answer 24 items in
  order to pass the exam. Therefore, 57.14 of the
  items must be answered correctly to pass the exam.

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Calculating the 110

• STEP 2
• Multiply the percentage of the total TAKS items
  needed to be answered correctly by 110.
• Example 57.14 X 110 62.86.
• Therefore, 62.86 of the items need to be
  answered correctly in order to meet the 110
  requirement.

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WEBSITES

• Raw Score Conversion Tables
• http//www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/scor
  ing/convtables/index.html
• Join the Division of Student Assessment Mailing
  List
• http//www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/inde
  x.html

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Criteria 5

• The student is pregnant or is a parent.

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Criteria 6

• The student has been placed in an alternative
  education program during the preceding or current
  school year.

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Criteria 7

• The student has been expelled during the
  preceding or current school year.

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Criteria 8

• The student is currently on parole, probation,
  deferred prosecution, or other conditional
  release.

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Criteria 9

• The student was previously reported as a dropout
  in PEIMS

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Criteria 10

• The student is currently LEP

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Criteria 11

• The student is in CPS custody or has, during the
  current school year, been referred to CPS by the
  school, courts or police.

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Criteria 12

• The student is currently homeless.

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Definition of Homeless

• McKinney-Vento imposes a broad new definition of
  homeless that triggers a districts duties
  under the Act. The term homeless children and
  youth means individuals who lack a fixed,
  regular, and adequate nighttime residence.

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Definition of Homeless

• This category includes children or youth who
• Are sharing the housing of other persons due to
  loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar
  reason
• Are living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or
  camping grounds due to the lack of alternative
  adequate accommodations
• Are living in emergency or transitional shelters
• Are abandoned in hospitals
• Are awaiting foster care placement
• Have a primary nighttime residence that is a
  public or private place not designed for or
  ordinarily used as a regular sleeping
  accommodation for human beings
• Are living in cars, parks, public spaces,
  abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or
  train stations, or similar settings or
• Are migratory children living in circumstances
  described above

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Criteria 13

• The student resided in the preceding school year
  or resides in the current school year in a
  residential placement facility in the district,
  including a detention facility, substance abuse
  treatment facility, emergency shelter,
  psychiatric hospital, halfway house, or foster
  group home.

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SCE ALLOCATION

• The initial allocation must be brought before
  your SBDM Committee.
• The decision on how it will be spent must be
  approved by your SBDM Committee.
• This information must be included in your CIP.

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How can I use the money?

• Upon identification of students, the campus
  coordinator, in collaboration with appropriate
  campus staff, shall ensure that identified
  students are provided appropriate services that
  address the students qualifying criteria.

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Suggested Programs

• Intensive remediation services for State
  assessments
• Extended learning opportunities (e.g. before-,
  during-, and/or after-school tutoring sessions)
• Basic course extensions (e.g. algebra labs,
  extended writing labs, content mastery-like
  services)
• Counseling sessions

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Suggested Programs

• Peer, teacher, community-member mentoring
  sessions
• ACT/SAT preparation sessions for identified
  students
• Teen parenting sessions
• Training sessions for parents of identified
  students

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Suggested Programs

• Intensive, supplemental reading programs
• Study skills sessions
• Self-esteem enhancement programs
• Individualized instruction

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Suggested Programs

• Summer enhancement programs
• Extended early childhood programs
• Goal-setting sessions
• Class-size reduction measures

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Some ways you cant use the money!

• Gasoline
• Food
• Basic supplies for identified students
• A new marquee
• Furniture for the teachers lounge
• New student desks
• Pay a teacher to referee a volleyball game

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JUST REMEMBER

• SCE funds are provided to supplement, not
  supplant, district funding of the regular
  education program.
• SCE funds are intended to address the needs of
  student who are at-risk of dropping out for the
  purpose of preventing them from dropping out of
  school

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