Pregnancy, Education, and Parenting PEP April 27, 2006

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Pregnancy, Education, and Parenting
(PEP)April 27, 2006
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ROLL CALL

• Questions?
• Is ESC taping the presentation?
• Number attending the presentation at ESC?
• How many remote sites are connected?

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Copy of Power Point located on Life Skills
website. Click on workshops, meetings and
events.

• www.tea.state.tx.us/PEP

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Auditors review documentation, records, doctors
notes, campus / district improvement plans, home
instruction logs, etc.
Audits of PRS Records
RECORD KEEPING IMPORTANT ( REQUIRED) !
REFUNDS HURT!
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Texas Government CodeTexas State Library
Archives Commission
SPED records must be maintained from creation to
Cessation of Services plus 7 years.
THE RULES Record Retention
Texas Government Code
http//www.tsl.state.tx.us/slrm
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David LosekeTexas Education Agency(512)
463-9095
Audits of PRS Records
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REPORTS

• EXPENDITURE REPORTS
• Remember to spend Grant Funds before spending
  local funds.

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REPORTS

• EXPENDITURE REPORTS
• File Expenditure Reports on a Periodic Basis to
  draw down funds as expenditures occur.

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REPORTS

• EXPENDITURE REPORTS
• Unexpended Life Skills Grant funds from 2005
  2006 will roll to 2006 2007 for expenditure.
• Life Skills Grant funds not expended in 2006
  2007 will be lost.

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REPORTS

• FINAL REPORT
• September 30, 2006, is the last day the Final
  Report can be submitted for the 2005 2006 Life
  Skills Grant.

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REPORTS

• REVISED - FINAL REPORT
• October 30, 2006 is the last day the Revised -
  Final Report can be submitted for the 2005 2006
  Life Skills Grant is

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Amendments

• Life Skills Grant Amendments
• June 2, 2006, is the last day to file Grant
  Amendments on the 2005 2006 Life Skills Grant.
• Please dont wait till the last minute.

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Amendments

• Life Skills Grant Amendments
• A Grant Amendment is not required until 25
  percent or more of the Total Grant amount has
  been moved.

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CEHI

• Conducting CEHI in UNSAFE home settings
• If home is unsafe for teacher to enter then
  perhaps District should report situation to CPS.
• Students parent/guardian refusing admission to
  home their a different situation.

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Student Attendance Handbook
http//www.tea.state.tx.us/peims/handbook/index.ht
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Texas Administrative Code
THE RULES
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Student Attendance Handbook
http//www.tea.state.tx.us/peims/handbook/index.ht
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Texas Administrative Code
Submit recommendations for changes
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Student Attendance Handbook

• Chapter 9 lauralea.bauer_at_tea.state.tx.us
• Chapter 4
• cindy.savage_at_tea.state.tx.us
• All other Chapters
• bryce.templeton_at_tea.state.tx.us

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Hurricane Rita

• Many districts were forced to close because of
  Hurricane Rita. Some of the districts were
  granted a special waiver from the Commissioner of
  Education and were not required to make up the
  days they missed.

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Hurricane Rita

• If your district was granted the special
  Hurricane Rita waiverand the days out of school
  prevented the district from serving a student
  with PRS CEHI you should

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Hurricane Rita

• Obtain a copy of the waiver letter to the
  Superintendent from the Commissioner of Education
  stating the dates the school could close and not
  make up the time.
• The letter should be copied and placed in each
  students individual file that was impacted.

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Hurricane Rita

• In PEIMS, code each PRS CEHI student present for
  the days stated in the letter. You are counting
  them present because they could not be served
  because the school was closed and the district
  was granted permission not to make up those days.
  PRS CEHI students get the same rights as the
  other students.

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Hurricane Rita

• Write a memo to the file. The memo must state
  that the student could not be served with PRS
  CEHI on ltinsert datesgt because the district was
  closed for Hurricane Rita. The district received
  a waiver and was not required to make up the
  missed days (See attached letter dated ltinsert
  dategt from the Commissioner of Education).

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Hurricane Rita

• Place the memo and the waiver letter in the
  students file so when your district is audited
  the auditors have record of why the student was
  coded as served and was not served.

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COLLABORATION

• Student Attendance Handbook
• Reference Section IV (Part 4 5), Page 135
• Students who are eligible for special education
  and related services who also receive PRS must
  be served collaboratively by the District
  through both
• programsSpecial Education and Pregnancy Related
  Services.

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Collaborate

• To work jointly with others in an intellectual
  endeavor.

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It is not TEA vs. SPED vs. PRS vs. Student!IT IS
A PARTNERSHIP Collaboration to serve the
Pregnant and Parenting Student and her child.
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SPED is the primary program of service and holds
the primary responsibility.

• SPED related services
• IEP
• ARD
• Attendance
• Collaboration, etc.

• It does not matter to TEA who takes the
  districts lead role in collaboration as long as
  SPED is primary service and student is legally
  served.

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• PRS is secondary with emphasis on pregnancy
  issues.

• Health Services
• Transportation
• Parenting/Child Development/Home Family Living
  Instruction
• Job Readiness Training
• Child Care
• Case Management and Services Coordination
• CEHI

PRS cannot independently serve a pregnant SPED
student.
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ON CAMPUS PRENATAL SERVICES

• Immediately, upon learning of Pregnancy SPED
  conducts Contingency ARD to address students
  Change in Status and potential placement
  changes.
• PRS staff included in ARD

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• Contingency ARD

• Changes in On Campus Services.
• Change(s) of Placement from on campus to
  confinement services during the prenatal period
  of pregnancy.
• Change(s) of Placement from confinement to on
  campus services during the prenatal period of
  pregnancy.
• Delivery.
• Postpartum Recovery Period of the mother and the
  baby. (Weeks 1 6)
• Extended Postpartum Recovery Period of the mother
  and the baby. (Weeks 7 10)
• Mothers return to On Campus Services.
• Parenting Issues.

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Student Attendance Handbook
Section IV, Special Education Any student who
is placed in the special education homebound
instructional arrangement/setting

• must meet the following four criteria
• be eligible for special education and related
  services as determined by an ARD committee
• is expected to be confined at home or hospital
  bedside for a minimum of four consecutive weeks
• for medical reasons only (unless the child is 0
  5 years of age)
• medical condition is documented by a physician
  licensed to practice in the United States. 19
  TAC 89.63(c)(2)(A)

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Serving Pregnant SPED Students

• Districts believe that SPED cannot serve pregnant
  student because prenatal or postpartum
  confinement period is not a minimum of four
  consecutive weeks.
• THIS IS NOT TRUE

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Serving Pregnant SPED Students
TAC 89.63(2)(A), states that SPED homebound
services can be provided to

chronically ill students who are expected to be
confined to the home or hospital for any period
of time totaling at least four weeks throughout
the school year.
Texas Administrative Code
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Chronic

• Marked for a long duration.

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Serving Pregnant SPED Students
Pregnancy is marked for a long duration. Thus,
pregnant SPED students can be placed on Homebound
for less than 4 weeks at a time because
placement is expected to exceed 4 weeks total
over the prenatal and postpartum periods of
pregnancy.

Texas Administrative Code
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G E N E R A T E F U N D I N G

• Special Education Funding
• Pregnancy Related Services Funding (2.41)

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SPED PRS COLOBRATIVE CONFINEMENT SERVICE
REQUIREMENTS
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PREGNANCY WEBSITE

• www.tea.state.tx.us/pep

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PRS CEHI WAIVER

• Has your district applied? Why not!!!
• www.tea.state.tx.us/pep

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CONFERENCE

• Texas Association Concerned with School Aged
  Parenting Conference
• South Shore Harbour Resort and Conference Center
• 2500 South Shore Blvd.
• League City, Texas
• November 12 - 14, 2006
• www.tacsap.org Pam.kinnan_at_amaisd.or
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Questions Updates NewsAnnouncements
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Lauralea Bauer lauralea.bauer_at_tea.state.tx.us (512
) 463-9574 Fax [phone] www.tea.state.tx.us/
pep