257.38 - PROGRAMS FOR RETURNING DROPOUTS AND DROPOUT PREVENTION.
257.38 PROGRAMS FOR RETURNING DROPOUTS AND DROPOUT
PREVENTION.
1. Boards of school districts, individually or jointly with
boards of other school districts, requesting to use modified
allowable growth for programs for returning dropouts and dropout
prevention, shall submit comprehensive program plans for the programs
and budget costs, including annual requests for modified allowable
growth for funding the programs, to the department of education as a
component of the comprehensive school improvement plan submitted to
the department pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 21. The program
plans shall include:
a. Program goals, objectives, and activities to meet the
needs of children who may drop out of school.
b. Student identification criteria and procedures.
c. Staff in-service education design.
d. Staff utilization plans.
e. Evaluation criteria and procedures and performance
measures.
f. Program budget.
g. Qualifications required of personnel delivering the
program.
h. A provision for dropout prevention and integration of
dropouts into the educational program of the district.
i. A provision for identifying dropouts.
j. A program for returning dropouts.
k. Other factors the department requires.
2. Program plans shall identify the parts of the plan that will
be implemented first upon approval of the request. If a district is
requesting to use modified allowable growth to finance the program,
the school district shall not identify more than five percent of its
budget enrollment for the budget year as returning dropouts and
potential dropouts. Section History: Recent Form
89 Acts, ch 135, § 38; 2001 Acts, ch 159, §9; 2006 Acts, ch 1152,
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