PROGRAM: Education of Native Americans
DESCRIPTION:
New York State, in accordance with Article 83 of the Education Law, provides for educational services through tuition contracts with 13 public school districts for approximately 3,000 Native American students in Grades K-12 that live on nine Indian reservations. The Department also contracts with three of the contracting school districts for the operation of three, State-owned reservation schools on the St. Regis Mohawk, Onondaga and Tuscarora Indian Reservations. The Education Department also contracts with nine public school districts and four commercial bus companies, including the Seneca Nation of Indians, for the transportation of these students. School buses are also purchased by the State for use by the Salmon River and Massena School Districts to transport students living on the St. Regis Mohawk Indian Reservation. School districts receive supplemental services money to provide additional educational support services solely for Native American students.
Department staff provide technical assistance to the contracting schools and reservation communities to improve the educational programs/services provided to Native American students, including better parent/school relationships, consultation with the nations/tribes, inclusion of Native American language/culture in the schools curriculum, and collaborative efforts in the school districts comprehensive plans to have all children achieve high standards.
REGENTS GOALS: 1; 3; 4
AUTHORITY:
Federal Statute:
Federal Regulation:
State Statute: Education Law Article 83, §§111, 3602, 3635
and 4101-4119
State Regulation: 8NYCRR Part 174
FUNDING SOURCE(S):
State- 100%
Federal-
Special Revenue-
Total- $36.7m
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: approximately 3,000
CONTACT OFFICE: School Improvement and Community Services (Regional)
- Native American Education Office
TELEPHONE: (518) 474-0537 FAX: (518) 474-3666
PROGRAM: Employment Preparation Education (EPE) State Aid
DESCRIPTION:
EPE provides funding to public school districts and boards of cooperative educational services that offer educational programs for adults leading to a high school diploma or a high school equivalency diploma. To be eligible to generate EPE aid, a student must be 21 or over without a diploma issued by any state or territory of the United States.
EPE provides reimbursement for educational services already provided based on the number of contact hours that are generated.
REGENTS GOALS: 1; 4
AUTHORITY:
Federal Statute:
Federal Regulation:
State Statute: Education Law §§3602 and 207
State Regulation: 8NYCRR Part 168.1-5
FUNDING SOURCE(S):
State- 100%
Federal-
Special Revenue-
Total- $96m
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: 133,852
CONTACT OFFICE: Curriculum and Instructional Support - Adult Education
and Workforce Development Team-Not received
TELEPHONE: (518) 474-8940 FAX: (518) 486-1751
PROGRAM: Extended School Day/School Violence Prevention Program (ESD/SVP)
DESCRIPTION:
ESD/SVP Program grants are awarded for continuation of collaborative projects among not-for-profit educational organizations, community-based organizations, other agencies approved by the Commissioner, and public elementary or secondary schools, and, where applicable, school districts that have submitted a joint application for a comprehensive, school-based intervention model. Preference was given to those applications from collaborative projects for schools that have a high rate of referrals of youth to family court; youth under the supervision of the courts; suspension of students from schools; and impoverished school districts to be measured by the concentration of extraordinary needs students.
REGENTS GOALS: 1
AUTHORITY:
Federal Statute:
Federal Regulation:
State Statute: Chapter 53 of the Laws of 2002
State Regulation:
FUNDING SOURCE(S):
State- 100%
Federal-
Special Revenue-
Total- $27.82m
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: n/a
CONTACT OFFICE 1: School Improvement and Community Services (Regional)
- Student Support Services
TELEPHONE: (518) 486-6090 FAX: (518) 474-8299
CONTACT OFFICE 2: School Improvement and Community Services (NYC)
- New York City School Improvement
TELEPHONE: (718) 722-2745 FAX: (718) 722-2724
PROGRAM: Health Education Program
DESCRIPTION:
Funds will support the Statewide School Health Services Center and the Statewide Center for Student Support Services. These funds are available for health-related programs including, but not limited to, those providing instruction and supportive services in comprehensive health education and/or acquired immune deficiency syndrome education and a school-based health clinic.
REGENTS GOALS: 1; 4
AUTHORITY:
Federal Statute:
Federal Regulation:
State Statute: Chapter 53 of the Laws of 2005
State Regulation:
FUNDING SOURCE(S):
State- 100%
Federal-
Special Revenue-
Total- $0.69m
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: n/a
CONTACT OFFICE: School Improvement and Community Services (Regional)
- Student Support Services
TELEPHONE: (518) 486-6090 FAX: (518) 474-8299
PROGRAM: Learning Technology Grant (LTG) Program
DESCRIPTION:
The LTG Program provides funds to improve student academic performance in relation to the New York State learning standards..
The Program is designed to enable collaborative partnerships of public and nonpublic schools to address the implementation of New York State learning standards through the use of technology. LTGs provide funds for acquisition of both technology and staff development that will facilitate student learning. As the effectiveness of educational technology depends upon adequate training in its use, expenditures for staff development must amount to at least 45 percent of the program budget and no more than 45 percent of the budget may be spent on hardware.
REGENTS GOALS: 1; 3; 4
AUTHORITY:
Federal Statute:
Federal Regulation:
State Statute: Chapter 153 of the Laws of 1997
State Regulation:
FUNDING SOURCE(S):
State- 100%
Federal-
Special Revenue-
Total- $3.3m
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: 61,747
CONTACT OFFICE: Curriculum and Instructional Support - Curriculum,
Instruction and Instructional Technology
TELEPHONE: (518) 474-5922 FAX: (518) 486-1385
DESCRIPTION:
State Migrant Education funds are used to support the education of children of migrant workers. The monies are used in conjunction with federal migrant funds to support programs that expand and improve services to address the special needs of migrant children. Such services include educational and support services for migrant youths, including instruction in reading, writing, mathematics content areas, and English as a second language. These services are offered during the summer and regular school year.
REGENTS GOALS: 1; 2; 5
AUTHORITY:
Federal Statute:
Federal Regulation:
State Statute: Chapter 53 of the Laws of 2001
State Regulation:
FUNDING SOURCE(S):
State- 100%
Federal-
Special Revenue-
Total- $0.089m
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: 8,124
CONTACT OFFICE: School Improvement and Community Services (NYC) -
Title I School and Community Services
TELEPHONE: (518) 473-0295 FAX: (518) 486-1762
PROGRAM: National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs
DESCRIPTION:
Public school districts, nonprofit, nonpublic schools and residential childcare institutions are eligible to participate in these Programs. Federal and State reimbursement is provided monthly for meals served to children that meet federal meal pattern requirements. The amount of reimbursement for each meal is based on the family's eligibility for free, reduced price or full paid meals, which is determined by an annually approved application, direct certification letter or computer match with the local Department of Social Services. In addition, $.1875 in donated foods is available per day per lunch to each school food authority.
School Breakfast Programs
Chapter 537 of the Laws of 1976 mandated that school breakfast programs be instituted in all public schools in the City School Districts of Buffalo, New York City, Rochester, Syracuse and Yonkers.
Chapter 798 of the Laws of 1980 required funding levels of $.11 for each free breakfast, $.12 for each reduced price breakfast and $.0025 for each full price breakfast. Chapter 53 of the Laws of 1988 raised the State subsidy an additional $.05 for each reduced price breakfast to $.17.
Chapter 798 of the Laws of 1980 also authorized the reimbursement of all approved costs exceeding revenues associated with the federal school breakfast programs to school districts during their first year of operation, payable in the following year ("full cost reimbursement").
Section 389 of Chapter 57 of the Laws of 1993 added a new Subdivision c to §1 of Chapter 537 of the Laws of 1976 to require school districts to establish school breakfast programs no later than September 1, 1993 in public elementary schools categorized as "severe need."
Chapters 614 and 615 of the Laws of 1993 further amended the provisions for mandated school breakfast programs by extending the requirements to all public "severe need" schools beginning September 1, 1994 and to all elementary schools that were in the National School Lunch Program on or after January 1, 1993 no later than September 1, 1995. Schools may obtain an annual exemption if they can document lack of need, economic hardship or other good cause.
State reimbursement was cut 2 percent for the breakfast program for the 2008-2009 school year.
National School Lunch Program
The Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981 (PL 97-35) changed the State Revenue Matching Requirement for the National School Lunch Program. For each school year, beginning with school year 1981-1982, the State Revenue Matching Requirement is equal to 30 percent of all federal §4 funds provided for reimbursement of lunches served to children in the school year 1980-1981, unless the §4 funds in a succeeding year exceed the amounts paid in 1980-1981.
State reimbursement was cut 2 percent for the lunch program for the 2008-2009 school year.
Projections for the breakfast and lunch programs will vary from year-to-year based on when holidays fall. Both the days of the week of the holidays and the fiscal year where Easter occurs affect how schools allocate vacation time, which in turn impacts on days of service.
REGENTS GOALS: 2; 5
AUTHORITY:
Federal Statute: National School Lunch Act, Child Nutrition
Federal Regulation: 7 CFR 210, 220, 245
State Statute:
State Regulation:
FUNDING SOURCE(S):
State- 6.2%
Federal- 93.8%
Special Revenue-
Total- $598m
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: Annually - Breakfast 95 million; Lunch 301 million (Average Daily Participation - Breakfast 500,000 and Lunch 1.7 million)
CONTACT OFFICE: School Operations and Management Services - Child
Nutrition Program Administration
TELEPHONE: (518) 473-8781 FAX: (518) 473-0018
PROGRAM: New York State Center for School Safety
DESCRIPTION:
The New York State Center for School Safety is funded for the primary purpose to help make schools safe. The fundamental principles of this mission are as follows:
- Collaborate with State agencies to assist schools in creating safe
learning environments.
- Be a clearinghouse of school safety resources, with emphasis on comprehensive
safe schools planning.
- Provide training and technical assistance to schools, under the direction
of the State Education Department, on implementing the Safe Schools
Against Violence in Education (SAVE) legislation and work collaboratively
and cooperatively with the Student Support Services Regional Centers,
the Statewide School Health Services Center and the Statewide Center
for Student Support Services to review updated school safety plans
and codes of conduct.
- Assist in the collection, assessment, and dissemination of successful
school safety programs and strategies.
- Support the development process for a school violence index as a
measure of the level of school violence.
- Develop process for Violent and Disruptive Incidence Reporting (VADIR)
program reviews with selected districts.
- Conduct selected site reviews for VADIR.
- Provide technical assistance to the District Superintendents and
school districts on the revised reporting procedures for VADIR.
- Support corrective action plan development for Schools identified
as “Persistently Dangerous.”
REGENTS GOALS: 1
AUTHORITY:
Federal Statute:
Federal Regulation:
State Statute: Safe School Against Violence Education Act
Chapter 181, Laws of 2000
State Regulation: 8NYCRR 155.17; 100.2(L)(2); 100.2(dd); 100.2(gg)
FUNDING SOURCE(S):
State- 100%
Federal-
Special Revenue-
Total- $0.466m
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: n/a
CONTACT OFFICE: School Improvement and Community Services (Regional)
- Student Support Services
TELEPHONE: (518) 486-6090 FAX: (518) 474-8299
PROGRAM: Nonpublic Mandated Services Aid
DESCRIPTION:
Reimbursement of mandated services to nonpublic schools may be made
for the actual costs related to complying with certain State mandates,
if eligibility requirements are met. To be eligible for reimbursement,
the school must:
- Provide instruction in all required subjects according to §3204 of
the Education Law.
- Require pupils to attend full-time instruction according to §3205
of the Education Law.
- Not be the recipients of other State or local aid, directly or indirectly
(e.g., tuition payments for the disabled).
- Be a not-for-profit institution.
The administrator should keep track of and be able to document the
amount of time spent by faculty and staff in complying with State mandates.
Expenses incurred in fulfilling mandates are reimbursable. These include,
but are not limited to, the following activities:
- BEDS forms.
- Pupil attendance records.
- Elementary school tests.
- Regents Exams.
- Regents Competency Tests.
- Regents Scholarship applications.
- Registration of high schools.
- Graduation reports.
- Documentation of incorporation of home and career skills, technology
education and library and information skills into other courses.
- Comprehensive School Improvement Plan (for schools identified by
the Commissioner as having to develop a Plan).
REGENTS GOALS: 1; 2; 4
AUTHORITY:
Federal Statute:
Federal Regulation:
State Statute: Chapter 53 of the Laws of 2003
State Regulation: 8NYCRR Part 176
FUNDING SOURCE(S):
State- 100%
Federal-
Special Revenue-
Total- $110.6m
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: 1,385 nonpublic schools
CONTACT OFFICE: School Operations and Management Services - Grants
Management
TELEPHONE: (518) 474-3936 FAX: (518) 474-1983
PROGRAM: Postsecondary Education Aid for Native Americans
DESCRIPTION:
Education Law, §4118, provides funding for Native American students for attendance at approved, accredited institutions within New York State. Student aid is granted annually for up to four years to each Native American student who qualifies. Students enrolled in programs requiring five years to complete, for example, architecture, can be funded for five years. Student aid is granted for less than four years if the duration of the postsecondary program is less than four years. Eligible students must complete an application form and submit proof of tribal enrollment showing they are a tribal member or a child of an enrolled member, be a State resident, a high school graduate or GED recipient, and be accepted to an accredited New York State institution. As of May 2006, full-time students (12 or more credit hours) are eligible to receive $1,000 per semester. Part-time students (less than 12 credit hours) are eligible to receive aid pro-rated at $85.00 per credit hour. Students must maintain at least a 2.0 semester grade point average in order to continue receiving aid. Aid provided is a grant available for students to use for any educational related expense. Approximately 300-400 students each semester are awarded this grant. All eligible students meeting application requirements and filing deadlines will be funded.
REGENTS GOALS: 1; 3; 4
AUTHORITY:
Federal Statute:
Federal Regulation:
State Statute: Education Law §4118
State Regulation:
FUNDING SOURCE(S):
State- 100%
Federal-
Special Revenue-
Total- $0.598m
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: n/a
CONTACT OFFICE: School Improvement and Community Services (Regional)
- Native American Education Office
TELEPHONE: (518) 474-037 FAX: (518) 474-3666
PROGRAM: School Bus Driver Safety Training Program
DESCRIPTION:
The School Bus Driver Safety Training Program is a comprehensive education program for school bus drivers, monitors, attendants, and school bus driver instructors (SBDIs) in the latest techniques and information concerning safe pupil transportation. The program utilizes a statewide network of approximately 65 master instructors who assist the Department in the development of the annual Professional Development Seminar (PDS). The curriculum developed for this day long training seminar for SBDIs focuses on two to three major topics each year and provides SBDIs with the opportunity to improve their teaching skills. Each year the Department establishes a different safety campaign. SBDIs disseminate the training and information provided in the PDS to all school bus drivers, monitors and attendants when they conduct the two required refresher training sessions for these employees each year.
For the 2009-2010 school year SED intends to issue a few Request for Proposals (RFPs) to school districts, boards of cooperative educational services (BOCES), and nonprofit agencies to develop new school bus safety training curricula for students in grades kindergarten through twelve, including teenage drivers, walkers and parents. In addition we will issue RFP's to create an Internet Version of the Basic Course of Instruction for Drivers, and others to provide for annual updates of the Basic Course and District Safety Review. SED also intends to continue funding for existing contracts for the PDS Curriculum Materials, new contracts with Safety Rules for the Multi-Curricula Project, existing contracts with Safety Rules for the Multi-Curricula Project, existing contracts for the PDS Program Delivery, SBDI Newsletter contracts with Pupil Transportation safety Institute and a new contract for the Multi-Database Project.
REGENTS GOALS: 1
AUTHORITY:
Federal Statute:
Federal Regulation:
State Statute: Chapter 53 of the Laws of 2008
State Regulation:
FUNDING SOURCE(S):
State- 100%
Federal-
Special Revenue-
Total- $0.4m
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: .3 million
CONTACT OFFICE: School Operations and Management Services - Educational
Management Services
TELEPHONE: (518) 474-6541 FAX: (518) 474-1983
PROGRAM: Schools Under Registration Review (SURR)
DESCRIPTION:
State grant funds are available for school districts with Schools Under Registration Review (SURR) to enable oversight of the restructuring and redesign process in schools that are farthest from State standards and most in need of improvement. The funds appropriated will be used to provide additional services to SURR schools. This will help to increase the opportunity for students in such schools to meet New York State's content and performance standards. Schools can use the funds to support the following activities:
- Recruiting and training certified teachers and experienced principals
to work in SURR schools.
- Supporting ongoing after school professional development activities
for SURR school staff.
- Increasing the amount of instructional time available for students
in SURR schools by operating an extended day/week program.
- Supporting planning activities in schools that are in the process
of redesigning or opening as successors to SURR schools.
- Improving the academic programs in SURR schools to reduce student
failures.
- Improving the graduation and attendance rates of students in SURR
schools.
REGENTS GOALS: 1
AUTHORITY:
Federal Statute:
Federal Regulation:
State Statute: Chapter 53 of the Laws of 2001
State Regulation:
FUNDING SOURCE(S):
State- 100%
Federal-
Special Revenue-
Total- $1.751m
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: over 50,000
CONTACT OFFICE 1: School Improvement and Community Services (NYC)
- Accountability, Policy and Administration
TELEPHONE: (718) 722-2796 FAX: (718) 722-4559
CONTACT OFFICE 2: School Improvement and Community Services (Regional)
- Accountability, Policy and Administration
TELEPHONE: (518) 474-4715 FAX: (518) 474-7948
DESCRIPTION:
This Program is available to schools that do not participate in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs and for children in half-day pre-k and half-day kindergarten classes who are in schools with the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs, but who do not have access to the programs. The federal subsidy, per 8 ounces of milk, keeps milk costs lower to families and helps farmers by encouraging the consumption of milk.
REGENTS GOALS: 2; 5
AUTHORITY:
Federal Statute: U.S. Child Nutrition Act PL 89-642
Federal Regulation: 7 CFR, Chapter II, Part 215
State Statute:
State Regulation:
FUNDING SOURCE(S):
State-
Federal- 100%
Special Revenue-
Total- $0.62m
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: 3.7 million annually; 22,000 daily
CONTACT OFFICE: School Operations and Management Services - Child
Nutrition Program Administration
TELEPHONE: (518) 473-8781 FAX: (518) 473-0018