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School & Family Support Bureau Georgia Glasgow, Health Services and School-Based Medicaid Program Coordinator Ron Lucero, Truancy Education Program Coordinator Daniel DePaula, Title IV: Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities
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School & Family Support Bureau Georgia Glasgow, Health Services and School-Based Medicaid Program Coordinator Ron Lucero, Truancy Education Program Coordinator Daniel DePaula, Title IV: Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities Joseph Sanchez, Homeless Education and Family & Youth Resource Program Coordinator
School & Family Support Bureau: • Health Services Report • Truancy Report • Safe School Report
Health Services Report: Currently • Report is due June of every year • Currently on the PED Webpage
Health Services Report and STARS • Health Services report is not part of STARS reporting, why? • HIPPA violations/logistics
Health Services: HIPPA vs. FERPA • HIPPA: The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. VIOLATION • FERPA: The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. NO VIOLATION
Health Services Report: STARS Reporting • What would it look like? • Pro’s • Con’s • Next Steps…
Truancy Report: School District Responsibility • Policy Statement • Report Habitual Truants to PED • Currently determine calculation of absenteeism
Truancy Report: PED Responsibility • Generates reports from school district data submission • Only reports full-day counts • Two ½ days count as a full day • Habitual truant numbers • Technical assistance approach
Truancy Report: CYFD Task Force • What is it? • No change in the juvenile code as it pertains to truancy • Have adopted recommendations of the LESC (Legislative Education Studies Committee) work group
Truancy Report: LESC Work Group • What is it? • Collaboration between: PED, CYFD & PSD • Case management model • Certified mail
Truancy Report: Summary • Recommendations to the Secretary of Education • Present or Not = 51% • Periods equal to full-day absence • Excused and unexcused absence
Safe Schools Report: STARS • STARS is the only way to submit • PED is updating guidance manual definitions to match STARS
Safe Schools Report: Issues • Consistency/reliability • Over/under reporting
Safe Schools Report: What can we do • PED: clarify and provide guidance on the identification of perpetrator/ victim • Incident Based (move into groups)
Safe Schools Report: Exercise Discussion • Scenario #1 • Assault/Battery with knife or cutting object • Perpetrator: student • Victim: teacher
Safe Schools Report: Exercise Discussion • Scenario #2 • Larceny/Theft (a police report should be filed) • Perpetrator: unknown • Victim: teacher
Safe Schools Report: Exercise Discussion • Scenario #3 • Fight (mutual altercation) • Perpetrator: student • Victim: student
Safe Schools Report: Exercise Discussion • Scenario #4 • Graffiti • Perpetrator: unknown • Victim: n/a
TITLE IV Year-End Report • The report will be electronically/web-based • Letter to Superintendents notifying them of the change in reporting (from Secretary Garcia) • Timeline for report: Tentatively - December 1, 2008
Questions? • Contact Information: • Georgia Glasgow, Phone: 505-827-1807 Email: georgia.glasgow@state.nm.us • Ron Lucero, Phone: 505-222-4751 Email: RonM.Lucero@state.nm.us • Daniel DePaula, Phone: 505-222-4745 Email: Daniel.DePaula@state.nm.us • Joseph Sanchez, Phone: 505-222-4743 Email: Joseph.sanchez1@state.nm.us