How do districts complete a C4E?
Under the general leadership of the board of education and the direct leadership of the school superintendent, districts should plan the ways they wish to spend Foundation Aid subject to C4E requirements, consistent with statutory and regulatory specifications for targeting, supplementing and raising student achievement. Districts should develop their contracts using a public process in consultation with parents of students or persons in parental relation to students, teachers, administrators, and any distinguished educator appointed pursuant to Education Law section 211-c. Districts must invite public comment on their Contract for Excellence for 30 days, hold a public hearing and post an assessment of public comment before submitting the Contract to the Department for Commissioner’s approval. Once they have identified the schools, programs and student subgroups where achievement growth is expected, districts enter their proposed contract on the C4E web-based system which can be access
