New Mexico Register / Volume XXXI, Issue 11 / June 9, 2020
TITLE
6 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY
EDUCATION
CHAPTER
30 EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS - GENERAL
REQUIREMENTS
PART
12 K-5
PLUS PROGRAM
6.30.12.1 ISSUING AGENCY: Public Education
Department, hereinafter the department.
[6.30.12.1 NMAC – Rp, 6.30.12.1 NMAC, 6/9/2020]
6.30.12.2 SCOPE: This rule applies to
all school districts and public schools, including charter schools.
[6.30.12.2 NMAC - Rp, 6.30.12.2 NMAC, 6/9/2020]
6.30.12.3 STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Sections 9-24-8,
22-2-1, 22-2-2, and 22-13D-1 et seq. NMSA 1978.
[6.30.12.3 NMAC - Rp, 6.30.12.3 NMAC, 6/9/2020]
6.30.12.4 DURATION: Permanent.
[6.30.12.4 NMAC - Rp, 6.30.12.4 NMAC, 6/9/2020]
6.30.12.5 EFFECTIVE DATE: June 9, 2020, unless
a later date is cited at the end of a section.
[6.30.12.5 NMAC - Rp, 6.30.12.5 NMAC, 6/9/2020]
6.30.12.6 OBJECTIVE: This rule provides
criteria for the development and implementation of the K-5 plus program in
order to maximize successful outcomes for students. Development and implementation includes assisting school districts and charter schools as they build capacity to
offer K-5 plus programs. Development and implementation also includes assessing and
evaluating K-5 plus programs.
[6.30.12.6 NMAC - Rp, 6.30.12.6 NMAC, 6/9/2020]
6.30.12.7 DEFINITIONS:
A. “Capacity” means
having the appropriate numbers of teachers and students participating in the
K-5 plus program to meet program eligibility requirements.
B. “Evidence-based scientific math strategies
and program”
means instructional strategies and
mathematics programs that apply rigorous, systematic, and objective procedures
to obtain valid measures relevant to math instruction and that
are developmentally appropriate and integrate standards for mathematical
practices.
C. “Evidence-based scientific reading strategies
and program” means instructional strategies and
reading programs that apply rigorous, systematic, and objective procedures to
obtain valid knowledge relevant to reading development, reading instruction,
and reading difficulties.
D. “High-priority schools” means, for the
purpose of the K-5 plus program, a public school:
(1) in which eighty percent or more of the elementary school’s
students are eligible for free or reduced-fee lunch at the time the public
school applies for the K-5 plus program;
(2) that
is a low-performing elementary school;
(3) that participated in K-3 plus or K-5 plus programs in the
most recent school year;
(4) that
is identified as a comprehensive support and
improvement school; or
(5) that
is identified as a targeted support and improvement school.
E. “Instructional day” means at least five
and one-half instructional hours per day for qualifying schools.
F. “K-5 plus program” means a voluntary
program, for approved elementary schools, that extends the school year by 25 or
more additional instructional days for the purpose of literacy and numeracy
instruction. The additional 25 or more
instructional days will commence prior to the regular school year.
G. “K-5
plus program units” means the number of students participating in a
department-approved K-5 plus program multiplied by a factor of 0.3.
H. “Local education agency or “LEA” means a school
district, or a locally chartered, or state-chartered charter school.
I. “Multi-layered
system of support” means an umbrella framework that encompasses response to
intervention and positive behavioral intervention and supports.
J. “Progress monitoring” means a scientifically-based
practice that teachers use to evaluate the effectiveness of their instruction
for individual students and their entire class through:
(1) the identification of goals;
(2) measurement of progress toward meeting those goals,
comparing expected and actual rates of learning; and
(3) adjustments in instruction.
K. “School-wide”
means the program is offered as many of grade levels an elementary school has.
L. “Screening assessment” means the standardized
assessment administered multiple times per year for all students to assess
specific skills and to identify academically at-risk students.
[6.30.12.7 NMAC - Rp, 6.30.12.7 NMAC, 6/9/2020]
6.30.12.8 PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND
IMPLEMENTATION:
The department shall support schools in their capacity-building to
increase participation in the K-5 plus program.
Capacity-building includes professional development, curriculum
development, teacher recruitment, parent and family outreach, assessment, and program
design and evaluation.
[6.30.12.8 NMAC - N, 6/9/2020]
6.30.12.9 PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY: To
be eligible for K-5 plus program units a school shall commit to:
A. provide 25 or more additional instructional days of K-5 plus
programming prior to the start of the regular school year;
B. keep students who participate in the K-5 plus program with
the same teacher and cohort of students for the following regular school year;
C. provide
K-5 plus teachers additional professional development on how young children
learn to read; and
D. implement the program school-wide.
[6.30.12.9 NMAC - Rp, 6.30.12.8 NMAC, 6/9/2020]
6.30.12.10 PROGRAM ELEMENT INSTRUCTION:
A. K-5
plus programs shall include:
(1) a daily classroom schedule with time for all students to
practice independent reading;
(2) instruction and intervention provided to students based on screening
assessment data to guide instruction to meet student needs;
(3) a
comprehensive evidence-based early literacy core basal reading program or intervention
in alignment with the English language arts common core state standards established in
6.29.13.8 NMAC that:
(a) identify the concepts and skills necessary to establish the
foundation of success in early reading;
(b) include instructional strategies that ensure children learn
identified concepts and skills; and
(c) include key early literacy skills instruction including but
not limited to phonological awareness, phonics, reading fluency, vocabulary,
comprehension, and writing to support comprehension.
(4) a sequential comprehensive, developmentally appropriate
early mathematics program that aligns with the mathematics
common core state standards established in 6.29.14 NMAC that:
(a) identify the concepts and skills necessary to establish the
foundation of success in early mathematics; and
(b) include instructional strategies that ensure children learn
identified concepts and skills; and
(5) implementation of the department’s multi-layered system of
support.
B. Schools
shall provide intervention services in literacy and numeracy for students enrolled
in the K-5 plus program who are not meeting grade level requirements.
[6.30.12.10 NMAC - Rp, 6.30.12.9 NMAC, 6/9/2020]
6.30.12.11 PROGRAM ELEMENT - ASSESSMENT: K-5
plus schools shall administer a common screening assessment for student literacy
that diagnoses the acquisition of reading skills, including phonemic awareness,
letter knowledge, alphabetic decoding, vocabulary, spelling, comprehension and
fluency at the following times:
A. beginning
of the K-5 plus program;
B. end
of the K-5 plus program;
C. beginning
of the regular school year;
D. middle
of the regular school year; and
E. end of the regular school year.
[6.30.12.11 NMAC - Rp, 6.30.12.10 NMAC, 6/9/2020]
6.30.12.12 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
A. The
LEA shall provide professional development to K-5 plus teachers in the following
areas:
(1) early literacy research and its implications for instruction
for phonemic awareness, letter knowledge, alphabetic decoding, vocabulary,
spelling, comprehension and fluency in kindergarten and grades one through five;
(2) best practices of culturally and linguistically responsive
instruction, including instruction for English language learners; and
(3) best practices in early mathematics instruction.
B. To
support successful implementation of K-5 plus programs, the department shall develop
and disseminate information on best practices in the areas of professional
development, curriculum development, teacher recruitment, parent and family
outreach, assessment, and program design.
[6.30.12.12 NMAC - Rp, 6.30.12.11 NMAC, 6/9/2020]
6.30.12.13 APPLICATION AND REVIEW PROCESS:
A. Pursuant to
the K-5 Plus Act, the department shall review all
applications for approval. Priority will
be given to those schools identified as high-priority schools. The department shall approve applicants that
meet the application deadlines and demonstrate the capacity to meet K-5 plus
program requirements as set forth in statute, regulation and department guidance,
provided there is sufficient funding.
B. No
later than October 15 of each year, a school district or charter school that
wishes to apply for a new K-5 plus program for the next fiscal year shall
submit to the department the actual number of students who participated in its
K-5 plus programs in the current calendar year and an estimate of the number of
students the school district or charter school expects will participate in the
K-5 plus programs in the next calendar year.
C. No
later than November 15 of each year, the department shall notify the
legislature of the number of students participating in K-5 plus programs in the
current school year and of the number of students projected to participate in
K-5 plus programs in the next school year.
[6.30.12.13 NMAC - Rp, 6.30.12.12 NMAC, 6/9/2020]
6.30.12.14 FUNDING MECHANISMS:
A. Funding
for individual school K-5 plus programs shall be calculated based on the
approved number of K-5 plus program units .
B. A
school district or charter school that provides a department-approved K-5 plus
program to all elementary students shall be eligible to generate K-5 plus
program units using the total average number of elementary school students
enrolled on the second and third reporting date of the previous school year.
[6.30.12.14 NMAC - Rp, 6.30.12.13
NMAC, 6/9/2020]
6.30.12.15 EVALUATION AND REPORTING AND
AUDITING:
A. Schools
shall comply with annual and interim reports as required by the department for
student and program assessment and evaluation.
B. All
students participating in K-5 plus shall be reported to the department through
the department’s data collection and reporting system. Required fields include the following:
(1) daily attendance;
(2) demographic information;
(3) services rendered under the multi-layered system of support;
(4) assigned teacher; and
(5) number of years the student has participated in the K-5 plus
program.
C. The
department may request additional information regarding staffing, endorsements,
licensure levels, program elements, class roster reports, professional
development activities, parent and family involvement activities,
implementation successes and challenges, and suggested modifications.
D. Site
monitoring visits by the department or by evaluators designated by the
department shall be conducted. District
and school personnel shall attend site visits as needed as determined by the
department.
E. The
department shall report annually to the legislature and the governor on the development
and progress of the K-5 plus program.
F. The
department shall establish a K-5 plus advisory committee composed of
representatives of school districts and charter schools that participate in the
K-5 plus program, the legislative education study committee, the legislative
finance committee and other stakeholders.
The advisory committee shall meet twice a year to advise the department
on K-5 plus implementation.
[6.30.12.15 NMAC – Rp, 6.30.12.14 NMAC 6/9/2020]
HISTORY
OF 6.30.12 NMAC:
6.30.12 NMAC, K-3 Plus
Program, filed 10/30/2014, was repealed and replaced by 6.30.12 NMAC, K-5 Plus
Program, effective 6/9/2020.