Special Education Program Improvement Grants 2005 - 2009 MASSDE staff time (Fund Code 249) 2011 - 2012 (Indicators 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13) See Appendix A. 2005 - 2012 Collaboration with Stakeholders MASSDE staff time (All Indicators) See Appendix A. 2005 - 2010 Secondary School Reading Grant MASSDE staff time (Indicators 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 14) See Appendix A. 2005 - 2012 Special Education Professional Development MASSDE staff time, district Summer Institutes staff time (Indicators 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14) See Appendix A. 2005 - 2012 Special Education Website MASSDE staff time (All Indicators) See Appendix A. 2006 - 2010 Suspension/Expulsion Forum MASSDE staff time, district staff time MASSDE will host a forum for districts identified with suspension rates above the state average as well as districts identified with rates below state average. The group will work to a) identify current definitions of suspension among the districts in attendance and the differences among them; b) review and analyze data from the most recent data collections; c) identify practices among districts regarding services provided to students with disabilities during suspension; d) identify current reporting practices through SIMS and the SSDR; and e) review resources for district-wide improvement activities. 2007 - 2012 Massachusetts FOCUS Academy MASSDE staff time, grant partners (Federation for (Indicators 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 13, 14) Children with Special Needs, Center for Applied Special See Appendix A. Technologies, Institute for Community Inclusion at UMass-Boston), district staff time
2005 - 2009 2011 - 2012 Special Education Program Improvement Grants (Fund Code 249) (Indicators 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13) See Appendix A. MASSDE staff time 2005 - 2012 Collaboration with Stakeholders (All Indicators) See Appendix A. MASSDE staff time 2005 - 2010 Secondary School Reading Grant (Indicators 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 14) See Appendix A. MASSDE staff time 2005 - 2012 Special Education Professional Development Summer Institutes (Indicators 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14) See Appendix A. MASSDE staff time, district staff time 2005 - 2012 Special Education Website (All Indicators) See Appendix A. MASSDE staff time 2006 - 2010 Suspension/Expulsion Forum MASSDE will host a forum for districts identified with suspension rates above the state average as well as districts identified with rates below state average. The group will work to a) identify current definitions of suspension among the districts in attendance and the differences among them; b) review and analyze data from the most recent data collections; c) identify practices among districts regarding services provided to students with disabilities during suspension; d) identify current reporting practices through SIMS and the SSDR; and e) review resources for district-wide improvement activities. MASSDE staff time, district staff time 2007 - 2012 Massachusetts FOCUS Academy (Indicators 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 13, 14) See Appendix A. MASSDE staff time, grant partners (Federation for Children with Special Needs, Center for Applied Special Technologies, Institute for Community Inclusion at UMass-Boston), district staff time