1 ND Community Call Salmon Community March 10, 2016

2 Agenda Welcome Community Updates: Sharing the Good News! Video Discussion: Solitary Confinement Reauthorization Recent TA Requests NDTAC Updates

3 Roll Call Welcome

4 New(er) to the Salmon Community FirstLast State of Columbia Puerto Rico

5 Sharing the Good News Community Updates

6 Solitary Confinement Ban Video Discussion

7 Video Discussion: Solitary Confinement In January, President Obama issued executive orders to ban the use of solitary confinement for juveniles in federal prisonsissued executive orders to ban Alone: Teens in Solitary Confinement Alone: Teens in Solitary Confinement Reveal For Discussion: –How have your subgrantees reacted to the ban? –Prior to the ban, were students in solitary provided adequate educational opportunity? –How might you revise your subgrantee monitoring practices in response to the ban?

8 Updates from ED Reauthorization

9 No Part D-specific guidance yet available Resources –New: Committee MaterialsNew: Committee Materials –New FAQs: Transitioning to the ESSANew FAQs: Transitioning to the ESSA –White House Fact Sheet on House Passage of ESSAWhite House Fact Sheet on House Passage of ESSA –Read excerpts from U.S. Secretary Arne Duncan’s remarks on ESSARead excerpts from U.S. Secretary Arne Duncan’s remarks on ESSA –Read the Every Student Succeeds ActRead the Every Student Succeeds Act Have questions? –Direct comments and questions to with subject line: “ESSA Transition –This webpage includes key ESSA resources such as guidance and regulatory informationThis webpage –Sign up for updates about ESSASign up for updates about ESSA

10 Recent TA Requests

11 Recent TA Requests Request: Should pre- posttest data include only students who were served by Part D funds? Response: –Any student data that is entered in the Part D section of the CSPR should only reflect students who were served by Title I D funding –This applies to the pre-posttesting data

12 Recent TA Requests Request: Do districts that no longer have TIPD funding need to report on previous years' data? Response: –If they received TIPD funding, then they need to report on data for the SY(s) for which they received a subaward –Title I, Part D Data Reporting and Evaluation: What You Need To Know (PPTX) summarizes:Title I, Part D Data Reporting and Evaluation: What You Need To Know (PPTX) statutory requirements for data collection what data to collect for Part D and how to collect it how and when to report data

13 Recent TA Requests Request: Can Part D funds be used to hire a paraprofessional through a temp agency? Response: –Statute is silent on the issue of utilizing a temp agency; it is at your discretion as the Title I, Part D Coordinator –Consider the quality of the paraprofessionals that can be hired through a temp agency Paraprofessionals must be highly qualified if they are employees of the LEA providing the services If they are N or D facility employees, ED encourages highly qualified status but it is not required

14 Recent TA Requests Paraprofessionals Cont’d P-2. Do the requirements for highly qualified teachers apply to teachers who work in such entities as juvenile institutions, correctional institutions, and other alternative educational settings?P-2. Do the requirements for highly qualified teachers apply to teachers who work in such entities as juvenile institutions, correctional institutions, and other alternative educational settings? –“Section 1119 of Title I of ESEA requires each SEA that receives Title I, Part A funds to develop (and implement) a plan to ensure that all teachers teaching in core academic subjects within the State are highly qualified. This requirement extends to all teachers of core academic subjects who are employed by agencies or entities under the authority of the SEA.” –“If, however, the entities that employ these teachers are neither LEA s as defined under State law nor under the SEA’s authority, the section 1119 requirements regarding highly qualified teachers do not apply.” –“…it is critical that all students, regardless of school setting, are able to achieve to the State’s academic content and academic achievement standards. Therefore, all educational entities—whether covered by the highly qualified teacher requirements or not—are. urged to ensure that students have teachers with the content knowledge and skills needed to help them succeed.”

15 NDTAC Updates Recent and Upcoming Events and Publications

16 Recent and Upcoming Events and Publications NDTAC Special Education brief NDTAC School Discipline Summit Planning Guide Rethink Discipline Regional Convening: Atlanta State Planning Committee Conference Presentations Topical Calls NDTAC National Conference

17 NDTAC Special Education Brief The brief discusses three key components within IDEA necessary for the provision of free appropriate public education to youth with disabilities in juvenile justice secure care facilities:brief 1.Child Find 2.Least restrictive environment 3.Individualized education programs and related protections

18 NDTAC School Discipline Summit Planning Guide The guide shares:guide 1.Initial steps for planning a summit on supportive school discipline, improving justice- school partnerships, and fostering positive outcomes for youth in a state/community 2.Suggested practices for holding a successful summit 3.Resources that can be used during the planning, delivery, and follow-up phase

19 Rethink Discipline Regional Convening: Atlanta Convening hosted by NDTAC’s Supportive School Discipline Communities of Practice, February 17-18Convening 12 districts participated along with 10 experts/presenters Focused on three levers for change –building political will –leveraging policies and funding –establishing and maintaining cross-systems collaboration

20 State Planning Committee Is your State willing to serve? –Form a planning committee of nine coordinators to design and pilot test a new extranet site to support state plan development and review –Convene a state planning webinar for planning committee members in 2016 and for all coordinators in later years: explain the state plan template and peer review process share sample state plans suggest elements states might modify respond to frequently asked questions. –Create annotated examples of good state plans –Provide a mechanism for states to submit drafts to other states for critical peer review

21 Conference Presentations Would you like NDTAC to speak at your State, regional or local conference on a TIPD related topic? –States are responsible for covering all travel costs associated with the presentation (e.g., flight, lodging, meals, ground transportation and incidentals) –NDTAC will cover staff time –Complete request form by March 21, 2016: –Completing form does not guarantee NDTAC’s availability to present –Sample presentations are available on NDCommunities.orgSample presentations

22 Upcoming Events Topical Call April/May 2016 NDTAC National Conference June

23 POLL: What topics would you like covered at this year’s annual conference? (Choose 3) Federal Q&A (e.g., meet the new ED team, federal initiatives on the horizon, reauthorization) Moving the Needle Panel: Coordinators who are pushing the envelope Trauma-informed care: Mental health Trauma-informed care: Substance abuse Trauma-informed care: Gender issues (e.g., gender-based violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, runaways, LGBTQ) Trauma-informed care: Co-occurring disorders Native American/American Indian youth State plans Federal Monitoring Subgrantee Monitoring Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in Juvenile Justice Settings Other