What are the criteria for approval of Contracts for Excellence?
Approval will be given to contracts demonstrating to the satisfaction of the Commissioner that the allowable programs selected by the district: (1) predominately benefit those students with the greatest educational needs, including but not limited to: (a) students with limited English proficiency and students who are English language learners; (b) students in poverty; (c) students with disabilities and (d) students with low academic achievement; (2) predominately benefit those students in schools identified as requiring academic progress (year 1 or above), or in need of improvement (year 1) or in corrective action, or restructuring and address the most serious academic problems in those schools; and (3) are based on practices supported by research or other comparable evidence in order to facilitate student attainment of State learning standards. (4) are based on programs proven to address the specific needs of the district’s most needy students.
