Ed 900

CHAPTER Ed 900 DROPOUT PREVENTION AND DROPOUT RECOVERY PROGRAM

PART Ed 901 PURPOSE

Ed 901.01 Purpose. The purpose of Ed 900 is to implement the provisions of RSA 189:59-63 relative to the department’s responsibility for administering the dropout prevention and dropout recovery program in order to assist pupils in successfully completing high school.

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PART Ed 902 DEFINITIONS

Ed 902.01 “Applicant” means a community-based organization, school district, or private organization that applies for funding under Ed 906 in order to provide the program services listed in Ed 903.02 as a program participant, or to receive those services.

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Ed 902.02 “Department” means the New Hampshire department of education.

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Ed 902.03 “Council” means dropout prevention and dropout recovery oversight council established in RSA 189:60.

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Ed 902.04 “Graduation rate” means “graduation rate” as defined in RSA 189:59,I(k), namely, the number of seniors who receive a diploma from a high school divided by the number of students enrolled in this program at such high school.

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Ed 902.05 “Program” means the dropout prevention and dropout recovery program in Ed 903 that is administered by the department.

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Ed 902.06 “Program participant” means a program that is certified by the department under Ed 904.02 as being eligible to receive program funds.

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Ed 902.07 “Return to school rate” means “return to school rate” as defined in RSA 189:59,I,(k), namely, the percentage of students in grades 9-11 enrolled in the program who return to the school for the next school year.

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PART Ed 903 PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICES

Ed 903.01 Program Administration. The department shall administer the dropout prevention and dropout recovery program. The program shall utilize program participants that are community-based organizations, school districts, and private organizations that can provide the program services listed in Ed 903.02.

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Ed 903.02 Program Services. Pursuant to RSA 189:59, I, program participants shall:

(a) Provide and coordinate services designed to assist pupils in the successful completion of high school;

(b) Encourage individual, corporate, and state support and involvement to promote employment opportunities for New Hampshire's students;

(d) Encourage students to pursue postsecondary education by assisting in securing appropriate part-time work to accompany that education;

(e) Encourage lifelong learning by introducing students to the importance of skills training and demonstrating how learning is relevant to skills necessary in the workplace;

(f) Provide tutoring, study skills training, and instruction leading to successful completion of secondary school, including dropout prevention strategies through a school-site mentor;

(g) Provide alterative secondary school services with high academic standards;

(h) Deliver pre-employment and work maturity skill training, paid and unpaid work, work-based learning experiences that teach all aspects of industry-specific and general workplace competencies, including internships, job shadowing, and school sponsored workplace mentoring;

(i) Provide opportunities which may include community service and peer-centered activities encouraging responsibility and other positive social behaviors during non-school hours, including linking youth and adult mentoring, as appropriate;

(j) Provide support services and transitional links that assist students in the elimination of barriers; and

(k) Establish an 85 percent graduation rate and a 90 percent return to school rate for pupils most likely to drop out as performance goals for program participants.

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PART Ed 904 PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS

Ed 904.01 Services. Program participants shall provide the services listed in Ed 903.02.

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Ed 904.02 Certifying Program Participants.

(a) Program participants shall be eligible to receive funding under Ed 906 in order to provide services after they are certified by the department under Ed 904.02(b).

(b) To be certified by the department, program participants shall:

(1) Have programs that focus on youth development strategies including experience working with youth at risk, including but not limited to youth with disabilities, poverty, parenting, adjudicated and/or foster care;

(2) Have a minimum of 3 years and preferably l0 or more years at the state and national levels in providing dropout prevention and dropout recovery programming to at-risk youth;

(3) Have experience in program delivery in both rural and city high schools in New Hampshire;

(4) Be existing operations with a board of directors;

(5) Have accountability and performance measures with supporting data that can be documented;

(6) Have received state or national recognition for dropout prevention or dropout recovery;

(7) Have the ability to provide multiple sources of funds for the purposes of expansion and efficiency of service delivery;

(8) Opportunities for students to participate in a national career development association; and

(9) Provide nationally normed outcomes in the following areas:

a. Basic academic competencies;

b. Career development;

c. Job attainment;

d. Leadership and self development;

e. Personal skills; and

f. Job survival competencies; and

(10) Have a connection with an established tracking and reporting system.

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Ed 904.03 Reporting.

(a) On or before September 15 of each year, each program participant that receives funding under Ed 906 shall provide a report to the department that tracks their compliance with program goals and that reports performance outcomes by explaining their success in providing the services listed in Ed 903.02 for the school year just completed.

(b) The department shall determine whether the program participant complied with program goals and successfully provided services, and shall report the results to the council no later than October 1 of each year.

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PART Ed 905 DROPOUT PREVENTION AND DROPOUT RECOVERY OVERSIGHT COUNCIL

Ed 905.01 Membership. The council established in RSA 189:60 shall consist of the following members:

(a) One member from the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house;

(b) One member from the senate, appointed by the president of the senate;

(d) The commissioner of the community-technical college system, or designee; and

(e) Three members of the public, qualified by education or experience, in dropout prevention and dropout reduction, appointed by the governor and council.

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Ed 905.02 Term of Office and Compensation.

(a) The term of office for council members listed in Ed 905.01(a)-(d) shall be coterminous with the term of office which qualifies that member to serve on the council. Two members of the public shall serve a 2-year term of office and the third public member shall serve a 3-year term of office. Members shall serve until a successor is appointed and confirmed. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment and shall only be for the unexpired term.

(b) The council shall elect a member to serve as chairperson of the council. The chairperson shall serve a 2-year term.

(c) Members of the council shall serve without compensation, except that legislative members shall receive mileage at the legislative rate while attending to the duties of the council.

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Ed 905.03 Meetings. The council shall meet at least quarterly and may meet more frequently at the call of the chairperson.

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Ed 905.04 Responsibilities of the Council.

(a) The council shall receive staff support from the department in order to carry out its responsibilities.

(b) The council shall:

(1) Maintain programmatic and fiscal oversight of the program requirements as set forth in

Ed 900;

(2) Develop and establish funding opportunities at the federal, state, and local levels for each program participant;

(3) Review each program participant’s performance outcomes and suggest strategies for improvement where appropriate;

(4) Apply for, receive, and expend any funds from federal, state, or non-state sources, including grants and matching funds which may be available;

(5) Accept private donations and gifts from any source; and

(6) Annually submit a report to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the commissioner of the department, the governor, and the state board of education on the status of the program including:

a. Details regarding an overall assessment of the effectiveness of the program;

b. The utilization of available funds in the program;

c. Dropout rates of participating high schools and other program participants;

d. Graduation rates of participating high schools;

e. The percent of participating students pursuing postsecondary education; and

f. The percent of participating students securing employment in the year following graduation.

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PART Ed 906 FUNDING FOR THE PROGRAM AND APPLICATION PROCESS

Ed 906.01 Source of Funding.

(a) The department shall fund applicants based on the school year calendar. The amount of funds available for each applicant shall be based upon the sum appropriated by the legislature for the program in each biennium.

(b) The council shall recommend which applicants shall be funded for each school year. The council shall send their recommendations for funding community-based organizations and private organizations to the governor and council for final approval of the contract.

(c) School districts that the council recommends for funding shall be funded through the department’s grant contract system and final approval shall not be required by the governor and council.

(d) The council shall recommend that successful applicants be granted no more than $350,000 for a school year. The department shall release funds to applicants’ requests for proposals that meet the requirements of Ed 906.04 and that are approved by the council in Ed 907.

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Ed 906.02 Eligibility for Funding.

(a) All applicants shall be eligible to apply for funding as program participants, and to apply to receive services from a program participant.

(b) High schools with the highest dropout rates in the state shall have priority to receive services from a program participant.

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Ed 906.03 Matching Funds Required.

(a) Each applicant that applies for funding shall contribute not less than l0 percent in matching funds for the estimated program services costs.

(b) A school district shall be eligible to receive services from a program participant by a favorable vote of its legislative body authorizing the expenditure of not less than 10 percent of estimated program costs for such school district as specified in RSA 189:61.

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Ed 906.04 Requests for Proposals.

(a) The department shall develop a request for proposals (RFP) as specified in Ed 906.05, on a biennial basis. The RFP shall be used to fund applicants to provide and receive the services listed in Ed 903.02.

(b) The department shall release the RFP no later than 60 days after the program receives legislative funding. The council shall approve the RFP before it is released. Notice of the RFP shall be published in a statewide newspaper of general circulation in the legal notices section for 3 days.

(c) Proposals by applicants in response to the RFP shall be received by the department no later than 60 days after the notice is published. The department shall forward all proposals it receives by the deadline to the council.

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Ed 906.05 Proposal Requirements. The RFP proposal shall contain:

(a) An executive summary;

(b) A needs section, if applicable, that details the applicant’s dropout rate in cumulative numbers and percentages for the past 3 years;

(c) A dropout prevention and dropout recovery design section in which the applicant describes how their proposed program meets and will deliver or meets or delivers the program services listed in Ed 903.02;

(d) An operational capacity section in which the applicant describes:

(1) The applicant’s organizational experience delivering the program services listed in Ed 903.02;

(2) Staff job descriptions and resumes of proposed members;

(3) Facilities; and

(4) Operational details on the number of hours of operation and the days of services;

(e) An outcomes section in which the applicant describes prior performance outcomes for their program, and how they will use their funding from the RFP to achieve performance goals of an 85 percent graduation rate and a 90 percent return to school rate, as provided in Ed 903.02(k); and

(f) A budget section in which the applicant provides:

(1) A narrative description of line item expenditures; and

(2) The source of not less than 10 percent of estimated program services costs in matching funds and a narrative description of the related line items.

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PART Ed 907 REVIEW PROCESS FOR PROPOSALS

Ed 907.01 Council Review of Proposals.

(a) Council members or their designees shall review each applicant’s proposal to receive funding as a program participant, or to receive services from a program participant. The council shall recommend funding a proposal as a contract with the department. Contracts shall require approval by the governor and council, except as provided in Ed 906.01(c).

(b) The council shall decide whether to recommend funding a proposal as a contract no later than 30 days after the date on which the department must receive proposals in response to the RFP under Ed 906.04(c).

(c) For community-based organizations and for private organizations, the duration of a contract shall be from the date of governor and council approval through the last calendar day of the school year.

(d) For school districts, the duration of a contract shall be from the date the council recommends funding the proposal through the last calendar day of the school year.

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Ed 907.02 Criteria for Reviewing Proposals.

(a) The council shall review all written proposals that are received by the deadline in Ed 906.04.

(b) The council shall contact an applicant for further information or clarification, or both if necessary.

(c) The council shall review proposals to determine the extent to which they provide the information required in Ed 906.05 that demonstrates the following:

(1) Need based on dropout rates;

(2) A design for dropout prevention and dropout recovery;

(3) Operational capacity to deliver program services;

(4) Prior performance outcomes and plans for achieving performance goals; and

(5) A budget section with a narrative description of line item expenditures and the source of matching funds.

(d) Each of the elements in Ed 907.02(c) shall be worth a maximum of 20 points.

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Ed 907.03 Method of Award. The council shall decide whether to recommend funding a proposal as a contract by calculating the aggregate score of all the criteria listed in Ed 907.02(c) for each proposal received with funding for the highest scores.

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APPENDIX

RULE NUMBER	STATUTE IMPLEMENTED

Ed 901	RSA 189:59
Ed 902.01 - 902.03	RSA 189:59
Ed 902.04 - 902.07	RSA 189:62 and RSA 189:63
Ed 903	RSA 189:59
Ed 904	RSA 189:59
Ed 905	RSA 189:60
Ed 906	RSA 189:59
Ed 907	RSA 189:60