Program Purpose

In keeping with the intent and purpose of Section 29.081 of the Texas Education Code addressing Compensatory, Intensive, and Accelerated Instruction, Millsap ISD provides compensatory education services, hereafter referred to as State Compensatory Education (SCE) services, which are supplemental to the regular education program for students identified as at risk of dropping out of school except at Millsap Elementary and Millsap Middle Schools which are Title I schoolwide campuses. The elementary and middle schools have chosen to use their supplemental SCE funds to support the schoolwide program for upgrading the entire educational program. At MHS, the district ensures that these funds remain supplemental to those used to implement the regular education program and that the intent and purpose of the SCE Program are met – to increase the academic achievement and reduce the drop out rate of students meeting the State-defined eligibility criteria.

Program Goals

The goals of all MISD SCE services provided to identified students are to reduce any disparity in performance on assessment instruments administered under Subchapter B, Chapter 39 and to reduce/eliminate any disparity in the rates of high school completion between students identified in at-risk situations and all other district students (§29.081, Texas Education Code and 77(R) SB 702 Enrolled – Bill Text).

General Use of Funds

MISD ISD uses all SCE funds to supplement services beyond those offered through the regular education program. The only exception to this ruling is where SCE funds are used to support one or more of the ten components at MES and MMS, our Title I, Part A schoolwide campuses. SCE funds do not supplant funds for the Regular Education Program, defined as those basic instructional services to which all eligible students are entitled and which consists of the required curriculum for each school district that serves grades K-12 (e.g., English language arts, mathematics, science, social studies) and enrichment curriculum (e.g., languages other than English, health, physical education, fine arts, economics, career and technology education and technology applications).

Use of Funds on Title I, Part A Campuses

As appropriate and necessary, SCE funds will be used to support one or more of the ten Title I, Part A Schoolwide Program Components at MES and MMS so long as the campuses meet Title I eligibility. The district ensures that all campuses shall continue to receive their fair share of state and local funds for conducting the regular education program and ensures that the intent and purpose of the SCE Program will be met.

State At Risk Student Eligibility Criteria

MISD has adopted the thirteen criteria delineated in Texas Educatio Code §29.081 and redefined by Senate Bill 702 as the sole criteria used in identifying students who are eligible to receive intensive, supplemental services.  These criteria include the following:

A Student at risk of dropping out of school includes each student who is under 21 years of age and who:

1. is in pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, or grade 1, 2, or 3 and did not perform satisfactorily on a readiness test or assessment instrument administered during the current school year;
2. is in grade 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12 and did not maintain an average equivalent to 70 on a scale of 100 in two or more subjects in the foundation curriculum during a semester in the preceding or current school year or is not maintaining such an average in two or more subjects in the foundation curriculum in the current semester;
3. was not advanced from one grade level to the next for one or more school years;
4. did not perform satisfactorily on an assessment instrument administered to the student under Subchapter B, Chapter 39, and who have not in the previous or current school year subsequently performed on that instrument or another appropriate instrument at a level equal to at least 110 percent of the level of satisfactory performance on that instrument;
5. is pregnant or is a parent;
6. has been placed in an alternative education program in accordance with Section 37.006 during the preceding or current school year;
7. has been expelled in accordance with Section 37.007 during the preceding or current school year;
8. is currently on parole, probation, deferred prosecution, or other conditional release;
9. was previously reported through the Public Education Information System (PEIMS) to have dropped out of school;
10. is a student of Limited English Proficiency, as defined by Section 29.052;
11. is in the custody or care of the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services or has, during the current school year, been referred to the department by a school official, officer of the juvenile court, or law enforcement official;
12. is homeless, as defined by 42 U.S.C. Section 11302, and its subsequent amendments; or
13. resided in the preceding school year or resides in the current school year in a residential placement facility in the district, including a detention facility, substance abuse treatment facility, emergency shelter, psychiatric hospital, halfway house, or foster group home.