Transcript Supplemental Educational Services

Supplemental Educational
Services
WASHINGTON STATE
PROVIDER APPLICATION
2014-2015
General Information
 A Title I, Part A school that fails to make Adequate Yearly
Progress (AYP) for three consecutive years or more is
required to offer Supplemental Educational Services (SES)
to Title I eligible students. Parents select a state-approved
SES provider that has met all state and federal eligibility
requirements. The district contracts with the parentselected provider. [No Child left Behind P.L. 107-110,
Section 1116(e)]
Who Can Apply
 Educational Services
Districts*
 Charter Schools*
 Public School Districts*
 Community Agencies
 Public Schools*
 Institutions for Higher
Education
 Non-profit Entities
 Faith-Based Organizations
 Individual/Sole
Proprietorships
 Private Schools
 21st Century CLCs
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*OSPI has requested a waiver to the United States Department of Education to allow
districts and schools that have been identified for improvement, corrective action, or
restructuring to become an SES provider. If your district or school is interested,
complete the application. No districts or schools in improvement, corrective action
or restructuring will be approved until OSPI is notified by ED of their approval of
OSPI’s waiver request.
Application Deadline
 The deadline for submitting an application to the
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
(OSPI) to be an SES provider for the 2014-2015
school year is:
July 7, 2014
 All application materials must be submitted
electronically by 5:00 PM, PST on the OSPI iGrants
system. No applications will be accepted in hard copy
form and none will be accepted after this date.
Definitions
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State Education Agency (SEA): the state
education office
Eligible Student: a child in a Title I, Part A
school that qualifies for free and reduced
price lunch; if funds are limited, the second
criteria is put into place – lowest achieving
students
Applicant: one that applies to be an SES
provider
Provider: A provider of SES may be any
public or private (non-profit or for-profit)
entity that meets the state’s criteria for
approval. Public schools (including charter
schools), private schools, districts,
educational service agencies, institutions of
higher education, faith-based organizations,
community-based organizations, business
groups, and individuals are among the types
of entities that may apply to become an SES
provider.
 Provider:
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Has a demonstrated method of
effectiveness in increasing student
achievement
Is capable of providing SES consistent
with Washington content standards and
the school district curriculum
Is financially sound
Is willing to abide by all applicable
assurances
 Supplemental Educational
Services: tutoring and other
supplemental academic
enrichment services
State Responsibilities
 The state must:
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Consult with parents, teachers, districts, and interested
members of the public to promote maximum
participation by providers to ensure, to the extent
practicable, that parents have as many choices as
possible.
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Provide and disseminate broadly, through an annual
notice to potential providers, the process for obtaining
approval to be a provider of SES.
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Develop and apply objective criteria for approving
potential providers.
State Responsibilities
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Maintain an updated list of approved providers, across
the state, by school district, from which parents may
select.
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Develop, implement, and publicly report on standards
and techniques for monitoring the quality and
effectiveness of services offered by approved SES
providers, and for withdrawing approval from providers
that fail, for two consecutive years, to contribute to
increasing the academic proficiency of students served by
the providers.
District Responsibilities
 A district must:
Notify parents about the availability of services, at
least annually. [Section 1116(e)(2)(A)]
 Help parents choose a provider, if requested.
[Section 1116(e)(2)(B)]
 Determine which students should receive services
if not all students can be served. [Section
1116(e)(2)(C)]
 Assist the SEA in identifying potential providers
within the district. [Section 1116(e)(4)(A)])
 Protect the privacy of students who receive SES.
[Section 1116(e)(2)(D)]
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District/Provider Agreement
 Once parents select a provider for their child, the district
must enter into an agreement with the provider that
includes the following:
Specific achievement goals for the student, which must be
developed in consultation with the student’s parents.
[Section 1116(e)(3)(A)]
 A description of how the student’s progress will be
measured and how the student’s parents and teachers
will be regularly informed of that progress. [Section
1116(e)(3)(A) and (B)]
 A timetable for improving the student’s achievement.
[Section 1116(e)(3)(A)
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District/Provider Agreement
A provision for termination of the agreement if the
provider fails to meet student progress goals and
timetables. [Section 1116(e)(3)(C)]
 Provisions governing payment for the services, which
may include provisions addressing missed sessions.
[Section 1116(e)(3)(D)]
 A provision prohibiting the provider from disclosing to
the public the identity of any student eligible for or
receiving SES without the written permission of the
student’s parents. [Section 1116(e)(3)(E)]
 An assurance that SES will be provided consistent with
applicable health, safety, and civil rights laws. [Section
1116(e)(5(C)]
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Provider Responsibilities
 A provider is responsible for meeting the terms of its
agreement with the district (See G-2 of the SES Guidance),
including:
Enabling the student to attain his or her specific
achievement goals (as established by the district, in
consultation with the student’s parents and the provider).
[Section 1116(e)(3)(A)]
 Measuring the student’s progress, and regularly
informing the student’s parents and teachers of that
progress. [Section 1116(e)(3)(A) and (B)]
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Provider Responsibilities
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Adhering to the timetable for improving the student’s
achievement that is developed by the district in
consultation with the student’s parents and the
provider. [Section 1116(e)(3)(A)]
Ensuring that it does not disclose to the public the
identity of any student eligible for or receiving SES
without the written permission of the student’s
parents. [Section 1116(e)(3)(E)]
Providing SES consistent with applicable health,
safety, and civil rights laws. [Section 1116(e)(5)(C)]
Providing SES that are secular, neutral, and nonideological. [Section 1116(e)(5)(D)]
Fingerprinting
 All tutors that will have any contact with students in any
capacity of the SES program must have their fingerprints
taken and be cleared by the Washington State Patrol (WSP)
and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) prior to any
work with students.
 Please pay close attention to the fingerprint section of the
application (final two pages) as the process could vary
depending on where you have your fingerprints taken.
 If you believe that an employees prints are already on file,
please contact the Title I, Part A office at OSPI for
verification.
Video Conferences
 Approved providers will also be expected to be represented
at four video conferences during the 2014-2015 school year.
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August 18, 2014
October 22, 2014
January 12, 2015
April 20, 2015
 These video or web conferences are scheduled to run from
9:30 a.m.-noon, PST. Dial-in information or a link will be
provided for companies that are too far to join one of the
live sites. One missed conference will result in probation,
the second will result in revocation of your approval status
pending review.
Application Process
 Applications are due online to OSPI by July 7, 2014
 Applications are reviewed and scored by an OSPI-selected
panel between July 8 and July 29
 Official notice is mailed to providers on or by July 30, 2014
 Approval is concluded by August 6, 2014
 List of approved providers is sent to the webmaster to be
posted on August 8, 2014