2014 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
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commissioner of education, and the Center for Mathematics established
in KRS 164.525. The administrative 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
research-based 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:
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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;
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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
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children to improve their mathematics concepts, skills, and
understanding.
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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