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Overview of MEP Program Requirements

Overview of MEP Program Requirements. New Directors Meeting February 28, 2012 Patricia Meyertholen and Michelle Moreno. Legal/Authoritative Reference for MEP. 2. Program Goal.

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Overview of MEP Program Requirements

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  1. Overview of MEP Program Requirements New Directors Meeting February 28, 2012 Patricia Meyertholen and Michelle Moreno

  2. Legal/Authoritative Reference for MEP 2

  3. Program Goal To assist all migrant students in meeting challenging academic standards and achieving graduation from high school (or a GED program) with an education that prepares them for responsible citizenship, further learning, and productive employment.

  4. Program Objectives States – MEP contributes to improved school performance of migrant children, so that migrant children perform as well as non-migrant students. OME – To strengthen and support the efforts of states to continuously improve the quality of education provided to migrant students.

  5. Mission of OESE • The mission of the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) is to promote academic excellence, enhance educational opportunities and equity for all of America's children and families, and to improve the quality of teaching and learning by providing leadership, technical assistance and financial support. • OESE’s ultimate vision for success is that all students graduate from high school ready for college and career.

  6. Mission of OME To provide excellent leadership, technical assistance and financial support to improve the educational opportunities and academic success of migrant children, youth, agricultural workers, fishers and their families.

  7. OME Special Initiatives • Targeting – Identification and Recruitment, Comprehensive Needs Assessment, Subgrantee Monitoring, Re-interview Initiative. • Service Delivery – Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation of Evidence-Based Programming. • Coordination – Migrant Student Records Exchange, Binational Migrant Education Program

  8. Parent Advisory Council (PAC) 8

  9. PAC Consultation For programs of one school year in duration, SEAs and LOAs must – • Establish and consult with State and local parental advisory councils (PACS) • Consult with PACs in the planning and operation of migrant education programs and projects. • Provide for the same parental involvement as required under ESEA § 1118 (Title I, Part A), unless extraordinary circumstances make this impractical • Carry out activities in a format and language understandable to parents

  10. State Administration 10

  11. MEP Funds • Allocated to SEAs by formula to establish or improve education programs for migrant children. • Reserved at SEA for general administrative and unique program functions. • Used for service delivery by SEA, or through subgrants or contracts. • Have a 27 month period of availability.

  12. MEP Subgrant Formula • The SEA must take into account: • The numbers of migrant children; • The needs of migrant children; • Priority for Services (PFS) migrant students; • The availability of funds from other Federal, State and local programs.

  13. Allowable Activities • Allowable activities include: • Supplemental instructional and educationally-related support services; • PD for staff serving migrant children; • PAC and other parental involvement activities; • ID&R; • Coordination activities with other agencies, within and across States including records transfer; • CNA, SDP and evaluation activities.

  14. Child Eligibility 14

  15. Identification and Recruitment 16

  16. State Responsibility for ID&R • Proper and timely ID&R of ALL eligible migratory children in the State. • If not enrolled in the MEP, many migrant children would not fully benefit from school or, would not attend school. • Most mobile are the most difficult to find. • To receive services, a Certificate of Eligibility (COE) must be completed. • A system for quality control.

  17. Program Performance and Child Count Reporting 18

  18. Category 1 and Category 2 Child Counts • Each State is required to annually submit two separate child counts: • Category 1 includes only eligible migrant children ages 3 – 21, who, within 3 years of a qualifying move, resided in the State for one or more days during the performance period 9/1 – 8/31. • Category 2 includes only the subset of Category 1 children who were served for 1 or more days in an MEP-funded summer or intersession program.

  19. Program Design – Comprehensive Needs Assessment and Service Delivery Plan 20

  20. . CNA and SDP • The CNA and SDP identify the special educational needs of migrant children. • Is the basis for the use of all MEP funds in the State. • Must be kept current. • Articulates: • The State’s goals for migrant children; • The unique needs of migrant children on a statewide basis; • The MEP’s measurable program outcomes; • The services that will be provided on a statewide basis; and • How to evaluate the program.

  21. Provision of Services 22

  22. Unique Needs of Migrant Students • In providing services to migrant students, the SEA must: • Ensure that the special educational needs of migratory children, including preschool migratory children, are identified and addressed. • Take into account the statutory priority to first serve children who are failing, or most at risk of failing, to meet the State’s challenging State academic content standards, and whose education has been interrupted during the regular school year.

  23. Program Evaluation 24

  24. Program Evaluation • Evaluates effectiveness of the MEP. • Ensures that its local operating agencies comply with the comprehensive state plan for service delivery. • Measures the implementation and results achieved by the program against the State’s performance targets, particularly for students who have priority for service • Uses the results of the evaluation to improve services

  25. Program Coordination 26

  26. Types of Coordination • Planning and carrying out programs/projects in coordination with other local, State, and Federal programs; • Interstate and intrastate coordination between States and operating agencies to ensure continuity of services for mobile migrant children, including records transfer; and • Grants or contracts provided under section 1308 to improve inter/intrastate coordination activities.

  27. Fiscal Requirements 28

  28. Allowable Use of Funds • Funds must comport with CNA and SDP; • Meet the needs of migrant children not addressed by services available from other federal or non-federal programs; • Comport with OMB Circular A-87: • Necessary and reasonable for the MEP; • Allocable to the MEP; • Be consistent with policies that apply to both Federal and non-Federal funds

  29. For More Information Contact Your OME Program Officer

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