FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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    STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
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    John L. Winn
    Commissioner of Education
    F. PHILIP HANDY,
    Chairman
    T. WILLARD FAIR,
    Members
    DONNA G. CALLAWAY
    JULIA L. JOHNSON
    ROBERTO MARTÍNEZ
    PHOEBE RAULERSON
    LINDA K. TAYLOR
    CONTACT PERSON
    Name:
    Chad Aldis
    Email:
    chad.aldis@fldoe.org
    Phone:
    850-245-0848
    DATE:
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    October 12, 2005
    TO:
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    District School Superintendents
    FROM:
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    Cheri Pierson Yecke, Ph.D.
    Chancellor, K12 Public Schools
    Virginia Gentles
    Executive Director
    Office of Independent Education and Parental Choice
    SUBJECT:
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    Criteria for State-Approved Supplemental Educational Services (SES) Providers
    The purpose of this email is to clarify when districts, schools, and organizations affiliated with a
    district may serve as a state-approved SES provider.
    The law provides that “An SEA may not keep an LEA on its approved provider list if that LEA is
    identified as in need of improvement under Section 1116”
    [34 CFR 200.47(b)(1)(iv)(B)].
    However, the Federal Non-Regulatory Guidance clarifies that individual schools within an LEA
    that are not identified for improvement, corrective action, or restructuring are eligible to provide
    SES, even if the LEA is not. The USDOE has further clarified that any organization affiliated
    with a school district that is “in need of improvement” may not serve as a provider.
    Consequently, we would ask each district to provide us information about state-approved SES
    providers in three categories (If there are none, please state so):
    CHERI PIERSON YECKE, PH.D.
    CHANCELLOR, K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOLS
    325 W. GAINES STREET • SUITE 514 • TALLAHASSEE, FL 32399-0400 • (850) 245-0509 • www.fldoe.org
    October 12, 2005
    Superintendents
    Page Two
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    State-approved SES providers in your district that are schools not identified for
    improvement, corrective action, or restructuring, and which therefore remain eligible to
    provide SES services under NCLB.
    2.
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    State-approved SES providers that are district providers or organizations affiliated with
    the district, but no longer eligible to be state-approved providers due to the district being
    identified as in need of improvement.
    3.
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    State-approved SES providers that are schools which are identified for improvement,
    corrective action, or restructuring, and which therefore are ineligible to provide SES
    services under NCLB.
    To the extent your district has any providers in categories 2 or 3 who have mistakenly enrolled
    students, please provide us information about how you will make sure parents have information
    about and an opportunity to enroll their students in other eligible providers.
    Please fax your response:
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    Attn: Chad Aldis
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    850.245.087or
    Suncom 205.0875
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    Please respond no later than Friday, October 14.
    CPY/VG/cy

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