Pregnancy Program April 26, 2006

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Pregnancy ProgramApril 26, 2006
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Copy of Power Point located on PEP website.
Click on workshops, meetings and events.

• www.tea.state.tx.us/PEP

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ROLL CALL

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

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Lauralea Bauer lauralea.bauer_at_tea.state.tx.us (512
) 463-9073 Fax [phone] www.tea.state.tx.us/
pep
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THE BURNING QUESTION
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When will TEA release the 2007-2008Life Skills
Grant?
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ANSWER

• As soon as we can!
• However

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Legislative Update
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2007-2008 Life Skills Grant

• DELAYED The Grant Continuance Applications
  cannot be released until the State Budget is
  finalized by the Texas Legislature and signed by
  Governor Perry. This could be as late May or
  early June.
• Districts should prepare for the delay and
  arrange to have staff available to complete the
  Grant in June/July.
• The submission due date will be at least six
  weeks from the date of release.

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Karyn GukeisenTEA Formula
Fundingkaryn.gukeisen_at_tea.state.tx.us(512)
463-9396
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REPORTS

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

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NO ROLL FORWARD 2006-2007 Grant Funds not
expended will be lost.
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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

• FINAL EXPENDITURE REPORT
• The Final Expenditure Report for the 2006-07 Life
  Skills Grant is due October 15, 2007.

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REPORTS

• REVISED FINAL EXPENDITURE REPORT
• November 14, 2007 is the last day the Revised
  Final Expenditure Report can be submitted for the
  20062007 Life Skills Grant.

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Karyn Gukeisen
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Fiscal Year 2006-2007 Budget Amendments

• Budget Amendments
• must be submitted to TEA
• on or beforeJune 1, 2007

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Fiscal Year 2006-2007 Budget Amendments

• Support Schedule 3APurpose of Amendment Form,
  must be submitted and approved by TEA in each
  case when a budget transfer
• substantially changes or alters the contract
  Goals I VII
• exceeds the cumulative total of twenty-five
  percent (25) of the total Grant allocation
• exceeds a cumulative total of twenty-five percent
  (25) of the total Match allocation or
• opens a new budget code.
• Review provisions and assurances for guidelines.

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Fiscal Year 2006-2007 Budget Amendments

• Amendment Forms online at
• http//www.tea.state.tx.us/pep/fiscal2007.html

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Special Guest

• Carla Geters
• Galveston ISD

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Carla GetersGalveston ISD

• GALVESTON COUNTY TEEN
• PARENTING COALITION
• 17th ANNUAL
• TEEN PARENT ROUNDUP
• Friday, April 27, 2007

It's All About You!
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GALVESTON COUNTY TEEN PARENTING COALITION
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Special Guest

• Carla Geters
• Galveston ISD

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Waiver CEHI on Campus

• Districts may request a waiver to offer Pregnancy
  Related Services Compensatory Education Home
  Instruction (CEHI) on a districts campus.
• Transportation must be provided as needed.
• Students must be served at home if medically
  indicated.
• Student teacher ratio must not exceed 4 students
  to one teacher.
• Self-paced computer based instruction may not be
  used to fulfill the four hours of CEHI.

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Waiver CEHI on Campus

• Request a Waiver of the Texas Administrative Code
  (TAC) 129.1025, Student Attendance Accounting
  Handbook, Section IX.
• The waiver allows Pregnancy Related Service (PRS)
  Compensatory Education Home Instruction (CEHI) to
  be offered on campus for eligible students during
  their prenatal, postpartum, and extended
  postpartum recovery periods of pregnancy.

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Waiver CEHI on Campus

• Application Form
• http//www.tea.state.tx.us/pep/waiver.html

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New TEA Webpage GRANT ANOUNCEMENTS

• http//burleson.tea.state.tx.us/GrantOpportunities
  /forms

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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

• Lets TALK!
• What would you like to see changed/amended/ etc.?

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Request for changes to Student Attendance
Handbook

• Change the handbook so the administration of
  TAKS on campus or in the home/hospital bedside
  can be counted for CEHI.

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Change Proposed (On Campus)

• 4.10 Returning to Campus A student in the
  prenatal or postpartum periods of pregnancy that
  is confined to the home or hospital bedside and
  receiving PRS CEHI with a medical release from a
  medical or nurse practitioner indicating that no
  medical condition exists that would prevent her
  from being on campus, may be allowed to return to
  campus under the following conditions
• The prenatal or postpartum student confined to
  the home may be allowed to return to campus and
  remain coded PRS to receive temporary, limited
  services at a school campus to supplement CEHI or
  other PRS components and to help with the
  transition from home back to school. Examples
  include testing (six-weeks, final, TAKS, etc.),
  tutoring (during a teachers conference period) or
  to receive supplemental instruction, parenting
  classes, counseling, attend special one time
  events, functions, etc. See Doctor Notes and
  Medical Releases (4-9)
• The prenatal student may be allowed to return
  full time, ending confinement, and attend a class
  or classes on a regular, routine basis when the
  doctor or nurse practitioner verifies in a
  medical release that there is no longer a need
  for confinement.
• The postpartum student cannot return full time
  and/or attend a class or classes on a regular,
  routine basis until she is withdrawn from PRS.

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• The time spent receiving temporary, limited
  services on campus cannot count as any part of
  the number of hours served as PRS CEHI for
  eligible days present with the exception of time
  spent in TAKS testing.
• Students who return to campus on a temporary,
  limited basis to take the TAKS test can be
  credited with receiving a maximum of 1 hour of
  PRS CEHI for each day they are on campus and
  involved in actual TAKS testing. If the time
  spent on campus is less than one hour, only the
  actual time spent in TAKS testing can be
  credited.
• Students who are provided a TAKS test in the home
  can be credited with receiving a maximum of 1
  hour of CEHI for each day they are tested at
  home.
• TAKS tutoring, practice tests, etc cannot be
  credited for CEHI. Medical Releases (4-9) must
  be secured to ensure the students doctor
  approves of her being on campus and involved in
  TAKS testing.

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CEHI Credit for home/hospital bedside TAKS
testingCurrently allowable, no change necessary.

• 4.12 TEST ADMINISTRATION DURING CEHI Students
  confined to the home or hospital bedside may earn
  eligible days present as stated in the chart
  above when PRS CEHI instructors administer
  routine quizzes, daily or weekly classroom exams,
  etc. that are required as part of the
  instructional requirements of a class.
• Test administration of standardized, six-weeks,
  semester, final exams, and TAKS is limited to the
  student earning one day present for a minimum of
  one hour or more of testing in one calendar day.
  When it takes the student more than one hour to
  complete the exam, the additional contact hours
  cannot be credited as attendance. (See example
  9-15)
• If the routine, standardized, six-weeks,
  semester, final exams, and TAKS testing requires
  less than one hour, then the CEHI instructor must
  complete the hour with CEHI instruction to earn
  the one day present. For example. The student
  is administered a final exam and it takes 30
  minutes to complete. The student must receive 30
  minutes of CEHI instruction to earn one day
  present. (See 9-16)

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Life Skills Funds can be used for staff to obtain
training at this conference.
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Life Skill Final Program ReportDue to
TEAOctober 1, 2007
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• Purpose and Goals
• Each LEA with a Life Skills program must organize
  a program designed to improve school attendance,
  increase graduation rates, and enhance parenting
  skills for students who are pregnant or who are
  parents and at risk of dropping out of school
  utilizing program objectives that include as a
  minimum
• individual counseling, peer counseling, and
  self-help programs
• career counseling and job-readiness training
• child care for the students children on the
  campus or at a child care facility in close
  proximity to the campus
• transportation for children of students to and
  from the campus or child care facility
• transportation for students, as appropriate, to
  and from the campus or child care facility
• instruction related to knowledge and skills in
  child development, parenting, and home and family
  living and
• assistance to students in the program in
  obtaining available services from government
  agencies or community service organizations,
  including prenatal and postnatal health and
  nutrition programs.

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