FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
S
TATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
F. PHILIP HANDY,
Chairman
T. WILLARD FAIR,
Vice Chairman
Members
DONNA G. CALLAWAY
ROBERTO MARTÍNEZ
PHOEBE RAULERSON
KATHLEEN SHANAHAN
LINDA K. TAYLOR
John L. Winn
Commissioner of Education
CONTACT PERSON
Name:
Mary Jo Butler
Hanna
Skandera
Phone:
(850) 245-0479
(850)
245-0437
Suncom:
205-0479
205-0437
Email:
maryjo.butler@fldoe.org
hanna.skandera@fldoe.org
K12:
2006-19
MEMORANDUM
TO:
District School Superintendents
FROM:
Cheri Pierson Yecke, Ph.D.
Hanna
Skandera
DATE:
February 20, 2006
SUBJECT:
Data Reporting for No Child Left Behind School Choice on the Automated
Student Information System for 2005-2006
As a result of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, there are reporting requirements for
school districts involving the identification of school choices for all PK-12 public school
students in Florida. District school superintendents were notified via a memo from
Commissioner Winn dated October 14, 2005, that school districts must be able to document
that they have notified all eligible parents of the two choice options under NCLB, publicized
the NCLB choice options in understandable formats, and provided parents with reasonable
time to make their decisions. This memorandum reviews the reporting requirements related
to the two school choice options required by NCLB to ensure accurate reporting of student
performance data and successful implementation of these programs.
CHERI PIERSON YECKE, PH.D.
CHANCELLOR, K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOLS
325 W. GAINES STREET • TALLAHASSEE, FL 32399-0400 • (850) 245-0509 • www.fldoe.org
District School Superintendents
February 20, 2006
Page Two
Please find below the links to the Automated Student Database reporting formats that
districts are required to submit related to NCLB School Choice. The data element,
Educational Choice, is reported to the Department using the Prior School Status/Student
Attendance format in Surveys 2, 3, and 5. The format, Title I Supplemental Educational
Services (SES), is submitted in Surveys 3 and 5.
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Educational
Choice
http://www.firn.edu/doe/eias/dataweb/database_0506/student_0506/st65_396.pdf
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Title I Supplemental Educational Services
http://www.firn.edu/doe/eias/dataweb/database_0506/0506tise.htm
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Appendix T: State-approved SES Providers
http://www.firn.edu/doe/eias/dataweb/database_0506/student_0506/appendt.pdf
During the 2005-2006 school year, 675 schools in 61 school districts were identified as in
the second year of in need of improvement status and 33 schools were identified in the third
year of such status. These 708 schools are required to offer Choice with Transportation
and/or SES to eligible students. You may confirm the Title I schools in your district that
were identified as in need of improvement status and, therefore, required to offer Choice
with Transportation and/or SES in the 2005-2006 school year at
http://www.firn.edu/doe/title1/pdf/2004_05_titleI_7_22_05.pdf. Schools identified as in year
one on the list as in need of improvement must offer parents Choice with Transportation.
Schools identified as in need of improvement for the second and third year must offer
parents Choice with Transportation and SES.
Accurate record keeping is essential to document district compliance with NCLB and to
monitor students’ progress as impacted by parental choice. The data will also be used to
monitor compliance by the state-approved SES providers and to evaluate the quality of their
services for students. The following tasks should be completed by all school districts as
part of a quality system of collecting and reporting district and school data related to NCLB
choice, including choice with transportation and state-approved SES.
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Identify the schools that are required to provide NCLB choice options to parents.
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Identify the choice options that must be provided to parents at each school (Choice
with Transportation, SES, or both).
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Identify the students who are eligible to participate in NCLB choice options.
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Document parents’ choices for Choice with Transportation or SES.
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Identify and report the SES providers chosen by each SES-participating student’s
parents.
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Report the subject area (reading, writing, and/or mathematics) for which the student
is receiving SES.
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Report the hours of contact for each SES subject area.
District School Superintendents
February 20, 2006
Page Three
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Code the Educational Choice element with code C for students who are receiving
Choice with Transportation and with code I for students who are receiving SES
services.
Thank you for your continued leadership and alignment of resources to ensure that all
students are provided high quality academic programs and parents are provided choices for
their children.
If you have questions or need additional information about reporting the Title I Supplemental
Educational Services format or the Educational Choice data element, please contact Linda
H. Fleming at linda.fleming@fldoe.org or 850.245.9919 (Suncom 205.9919). For additional
information related to NCLB school choice options, please contact Mary Jo Butler at
maryjo.butler@fldoe.org or 850.245.0479 (Suncom 205.0479).
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cc: Assistant Superintendents for Curriculum and Instruction
Title I Contacts
SES Contacts
MIS Directors
Student Data Base Contacts
