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It is important to provide training on disciplinary options to persons at all levels of
administration. Placement decisions are made at various levels because the local
school board or its designee may make expulsions. For example, the school board,
district officials, and campus principals made these decisions in districts we visited.
The Commission also conducts training on the Safe Schools Act and JJAEPs for
various audiences. During fiscal years 1997 and 1998, the Commission's Director of
Education and Related Services participated in 19 training sessions for school,
juvenile justice, social work, and health care personnel. In addition, the Commission's
legal staff participated in other training sessions.
Since 1996, the Office of the Governor has funded the Alternative Education
Support Project (Project) to provide statewide training and technical
assistance on implementing the Safe Schools
Act. The Project relies on Centers to invite them
Education Support Project to host workshops in their areas. At the end of the
1999 fiscal year, the Project will have conducted
training and technical workshops in 14 of the 20 Centers. Participants
hout Texas in support of represent 355 school districts, or about 34 percent
native education programs of all Texas school districts. (See textbox at left
school districts and county for information on the Project.)
One- or two-day workshops are
ership with regional Education We noted that the six Centers that had not
nd local school districts.
participated in workshops had anomalies in their
Safe Schools data that indicated that they may
e of the Governor, Criminal benefit from training. These anomalies included:
warded a five-year grant
I year 1997. The funding High proportion of students eligible for
allows: special education services
997 $135,817 High number of students expelled without
998 $105,485 placement
999 $105,485
Recommendation:
TEA should monitor compliance with new disciplinary training requirements as a part
of its district effectiveness and compliance monitoring system. TEA should also
include a review of a district's disciplinary training program in the risk-based DAEP
monitoring system TEA is initiating.
TEA Management's Response:
The Agency concurs with the recommendation to monitor compliance with new
training requirements. Indicators relating to compliance with disciplinary training
requirements will be included in the accountability evaluation system.
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