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Reading Excellence Act State Competitive Grant Program: Non-Regulatory Guidance for State Applicants – March 9, 1999

Appendix E. Tutorial Assistance Subgrant Activities

Figure E1. Tutorial Assistance Subgrant Activities
Title II, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Part C, Reading and Literacy Grants	Checklist
Section 2256. Tutorial Assistance Subgrants	Checklist
??(b) USE OF FUNDS.?
??(1) IN GENERAL.?A local educational agency that receives a subgrant under this section shall carry out, using the funds provided under the subgrant, each of the duties described in paragraph (2).
??(2) DUTIES.?The duties described in this paragraph are the provision of tutorial assistance in reading, before school, after school, on weekends, or during the summer, to children who have difficulty reading, using instructional practices based on scientifically based reading research, through the following:
??(A) The creation and implementation of objective criteria to determine in a uniform manner the eligibility of tutorial assistance providers and tutorial assistance programs desiring to provide tutorial assistance under the subgrant. Such criteria shall include the following:
??(i) A record of effectiveness with respect to reading readiness, reading instruction for children in kindergarten through 3rd grade, and early childhood literacy, as appropriate.
??(ii) Location in a geographic area convenient to the school or schools attended by the children who will be receiving tutorial assistance.
??(iii) The ability to provide tutoring in reading to children who have difficulty reading, using instructional practices based on scientifically based reading research and consistent with the reading instructional methods and content used by the school the child attends.
??(B) The provision, to parents of a child eligible to receive tutorial assistance pursuant to this section, of multiple choices among tutorial assistance providers and tutorial assistance programs determined to be eligible under the criteria described in subparagraph (A). Such choices shall include a school-based program and at least one tutorial assistance program operated by a provider pursuant to a contract with the local educational agency.
??(C) The development of procedures?
??(i) for the provision of information to parents of an eligible child regarding such parents? choices for tutorial assistance for the child;
??(ii) for considering children for tutorial assistance who are identified under subparagraph (D) and for whom no parent has selected a tutorial assistance provider or tutorial assistance program that give such parents additional opportunities to select a tutorial assistance provider or tutorial assistance program referred to in subparagraph(B); and
??(iii) that permit a local educational agency to recommend a tutorial assistance provider or tutorial assistance program in a case where a parent asks for assistance in the making of such selection.
??(D) The development of a selection process for providing tutorial assistance in accordance with this paragraph that limits the provision of assistance to children identified, by the school the child attends, as having difficulty reading, including difficulty mastering phonemic awareness, systematic phonics, fluency, and reading comprehension.
??(E) The development of procedures for selecting children to receive tutorial assistance, to be used in cases where insufficient funds are available to provide assistance with respect to all children identified by a school under subparagraph (D), that?
??(i) give priority to children who are determined, through state or local reading assessments, to be most in need of tutorial assistance; and
??(ii) give priority, in cases where children are determined, through state or local reading assessments to be equally in need of tutorial assistance, based on a random selection principle.
??(F) The development of a methodology by which payments are made directly to tutorial assistance providers who are identified and selected pursuant to this section and selected for funding. Such methodology shall include the making of a contract, consistent with state and local law, between the provider and the local educational agency. Such contract shall satisfy the following requirements:
??(i) It shall contain specific goals and timetables with respect to the performance of the tutorial assistance provider.
??(ii) It shall require the tutorial assistance provider to report to the local educational agency on the provider?s performance in meeting such goals and timetables.
??(iii) It shall specify the measurement techniques that will be used to evaluate the performance of the provider.
??(iv) It shall require the provider to meet all applicable Federal, state, and local health, safety, and civil right laws.
??(v) It shall ensure that the tutorial assistance provided under the contract is consistent with reading instruction and content used by the local educational agency.
??(vi) It shall contain an agreement by the provider that information regarding the identity of any child eligible for, or enrolled in the program, will not be publicly disclosed without the permission of a parent of the child.
??(vii) It shall include the terms of an agreement between the provider and the local educational agency with respect to the provider?s purchase and maintenance of adequate general liability insurance.
??(viii) It shall contain provisions with respect to the making of payments to the provider by the local educational agency.
??(G) The development of procedures under which the local educational agency carrying out this paragraph?
??(i) will ensure oversight of the quality and effectiveness of the tutorial assistance provided by each tutorial assistance provider that is selected for funding;
??(ii) will provide for the termination of contracts with ineffective and unsuccessful tutorial assistance providers (as determined by the local educational agency based upon the performance of the provider with respect to the goals and timetables contained tutorial assistance providers (as determined b the local educational agency based upon the performance of the provider with respect to the goals and timetables contained in the contract between the agency and the provider under subparagraph (F)); in the contract between the agency and the provider under subparagraph (F));
??(iii) will provide to each parent of a child identified under subparagraph (D) who requests such information for the purpose of selecting a tutorial assistance provider for the child, in a comprehensible format, information with respect to the quality and effectiveness of the tutorial assistance referred to in clause (i);
??(iv) will ensure that each school identifying a child under subparagraph (D) will provide upon request, to a parent of the child, assistance in selecting, from among the tutorial assistance providers who are identified pursuant to subparagraph (B) the provider who is best able to meet the needs of the child;
??(v) will ensure that parents of a child receiving tutorial assistance pursuant to this section are informed of their child?s progress in the tutorial program; and
??(vi) will ensure that it does not disclose the name of any child who may be eligible for tutorial assistance pursuant to this section, the name of any parent of such a child, or any other personally identifiable information about such a parent or child, to any tutorial assistance provider (excluding the agency itself), without the prior written consent of such parent.

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