NCJ Number
192126
Date Published
August 1996
Length
25 pages
Annotation
This report presents the content of Iowa's standard for developing a plan to accommodate students who need additional help to succeed in their educational endeavors, as well as steps for implementing the standard at the local level.
Abstract
Iowa Administrative Code, Chapter 281-12.5(13), Provision for At-Risk Students, requires that a school board have a plan to identify and provide special assistance to students who have difficulty mastering the language, academic, cultural, and social skills necessary to reach the educational levels of which they are capable. The plan shall accommodate students whose aspirations and achievement may be negatively affected by stereotypes linked to race, national origin, language background, gender, income, family status, parental status, and disability. The plan shall include strategies for identifying at-risk students and objectives for providing support services to at-risk students. These objectives shall be translated into performance objectives for all school personnel. The plan shall also include provisions for in-service training for school personnel; strategies and activities for involving and working with parents; provisions for monitoring the behavioral, social, and academic improvements of at-risk students; provisions for appropriate counseling services; strategies for coordinating school programs and community-based support services; and maintenance of integrated educational environments in compliance with Federal and State nondiscrimination legislation. This report outlines the steps for local action in implementing this standard. Appended questions and answers and descriptions of major educational equity legislation that affects Iowa schools