2012 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 158 CONDUCT OF SCHOOLS -- SPECIAL PROGRAMS 158.844 Mathematics achievement fund -- Creation -- Use and disposition of moneys -- Administrative regulations -- Requirements for grant applicants -- Department to provide information to schools and to make annual report to Interim Joint Committee on Education.
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158.844 Mathematics achievement fund -- Creation -- Use and disposition of
moneys -- Administrative regulations -- Requirements for grant applicants -Department to provide information to schools and to make annual report to
Interim Joint Committee on Education.
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The mathematics achievement fund is hereby created to provide developmentally
appropriate diagnostic assessment and intervention services to students, primary
through grade 12, to help them reach proficiency in mathematics on the state
assessments under KRS 158.6453 and in compliance with the "No Child Left
Behind Act of 2001," 20 U.S.C. secs. 6301 et seq., as required under KRS 158.840.
The grant funds may be used to support the implementation of diagnostic and
intervention services in mathematics. The use of funds may include: pay for
extended time for teachers, released time for teachers to serve as coaches and
mentors or to carry out other responsibilities needed in the implementation of
intervention services, payment of substitute teachers needed for the support of
mathematics teachers, purchase of materials needed for modification of instruction,
and other costs associated with diagnostic and intervention services or to cover
other costs deemed appropriate by the Kentucky Board of Education.
The fund shall:
(a) Provide funding for the Center for Mathematics created in KRS 164.525 and
the costs of training selected teachers in the diagnostic assessment and
intervention skills that are needed to assist struggling students in the primary
program and other grade levels;
(b) Provide renewable, two (2) year local grants to school districts and for
purposes described in subsection (2) of this section; and
(c) Provide operational funding for the Committee for Mathematics Achievement
created in KRS 158.842.
Any funds appropriated to the mathematics achievement fund that are specifically
designated by the General Assembly to support the Center for Mathematics shall be
appropriated to the Council on Postsecondary Education and distributed to the
university administering the center, as determined by the council under KRS
164.525.
Any moneys in the fund at the close of a fiscal year shall not lapse but shall be
carried forward to be used for the purposes specified in this section.
Any interest earnings of the fund shall become a part of the fund and shall not lapse.
(a) Any funds appropriated to the mathematics achievement fund and specifically
designated by the General Assembly as funding for grants to local school
districts or to support the Committee for Mathematics Achievement shall be
administered by the Kentucky Department of Education.
(b) The Kentucky Board of Education shall promulgate administrative regulations
relating to the grants for local school districts based on recommendations from
the Committee for Mathematics Achievement, the secretary of the Education
and Workforce Development Cabinet, the commissioner of education, and the
Center for Mathematics established in KRS 164.525. The administrative
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regulations shall:
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Identify eligibility criteria for grant applicants;
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Specify the criteria for acceptable diagnostic assessments and
intervention programs and coaching and mentoring programs;
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Establish the minimum annual evaluation process for each grant
recipient;
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Identify the annual data that must be provided from each grant recipient;
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Define the application and approval process;
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Establish matching fund requirements if deemed necessary by the board;
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Define the obligations for professional development and continuing
education for teachers, administrators, and staff of each grant recipient;
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Establish the conditions for renewal of a two (2) year grant; and
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Specify other conditions necessary to implement the purposes of this
section.
As part of the application process, the board shall require that a grant
applicant provide assurances that the following principles will be met if the
applicant's request for funding is approved:
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Mathematics instruction will be standards-based and utilize researchbased practices;
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Intervention and support services will supplement, not replace, regular
classroom instruction; and
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Intervention services will be provided to primary program students and
other students who are at risk of mathematics failure within the school
based upon ongoing assessments of their needs.
If matching funds are required, the school council or, if none exists, the
principal or the superintendent of schools, shall allocate matching funds.
Funding for professional development allocated to the school council under
KRS 160.345 and for continuing education under KRS 158.070 may be used
to provide a portion or all of a school's required match.
The Department of Education shall make available to schools:
1.
Information from the Center for Mathematics regarding diagnostic
assessment and intervention programs and coaching and mentoring
programs of proven-practice in meeting the needs of primary students
and other students who are at risk of failure;
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Technical assistance to potential applicants and grant recipients;
3.
A list of professional development providers offering teacher training in
diagnostic assessment and intervention strategies and coaching and
mentoring; and
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Information from the Center for Mathematics on how to communicate to
parents effective ways of interacting with their children to improve their
mathematics concepts, skills, and understanding.
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The Department of Education shall submit a report to the Interim Joint
Committee on Education no later than September 1 of each year outlining the
use of grant funds. By November 1, 2007, the Department of Education with
input from the Committee for Mathematics Achievement and the Center for
Mathematics shall conduct a statewide needs assessment of the resources
needed in each school to help each child achieve proficiency in mathematics
by the year 2014 and report to the Interim Joint Committee on Education an
estimate of the cost and a specific timeline for meeting the goal established by
the Commonwealth.
Effective: June 25, 2009
History: Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 11, sec. 52, effective June 25, 2009. -- Created
2005 Ky. Acts ch. 164, sec. 3, effective March 18, 2005.
Legislative Research Commission Note (3/18/2005). 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 164, sec. 3,
contained three references to the Mathematics Achievement Committee. The correct
name for this entity is the Committee for Mathematics Achievement. The Statute
Reviser, under the authority of KRS 7.136, has changed these references to be
consistent with sec. 2 of this Act, which created the Committee for Mathematics
Achievement and was codified as KRS 158.842.
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