Home > NCLB News > Nebraska Approves Penalties for Low-Performing Schools (January 2004)

 


The Special Ed Advocate newsletter
It's Unique ... and Free!

Enter your email address below:

2024
Training Programs

Apr. 11 - Denver, CO

June 5-8 - San Antonio, TX

Sept. 24 - MD via ZOOM

Full Schedule


Wrightslaw

Home
Topics from A-Z
Free Newsletter
Seminars & Training
Yellow Pages for Kids
Press Room
FAQs
Sitemap

Books & Training

Wrightslaw Storesecure store lock
  Advocate's Store
  Student Bookstore
  Exam Copies
Training Center
Mail & Fax Orders

Advocacy Library

Articles
Cool Tools
Doing Your Homework
Ask the Advocate
FAQs
Newsletter Archives
Short Course Series
Success Stories
Tips

Law Library

Articles
Caselaw
Fed Court Complaints
IDEA 2004
McKinney-Vento Homeless
FERPA
Section 504

Topics

Advocacy
ADD/ADHD
Allergy/Anaphylaxis
American Indian
Assistive Technology
Autism Spectrum
Behavior & Discipline
Bullying
College/Continuing Ed
Damages
Discrimination
Due Process
Early Intervention
  (Part C)

Eligibility
Episodic, such as
   Allergies, Asthma,
   Diabetes, Epilepsy, etc

ESSA
ESY
Evaluations
FAPE
Flyers
Future Planning
Harassment
High-Stakes Tests
Homeless Children
IDEA 2004
Identification & Child Find
IEPs
Juvenile Justice
Law School & Clinics
Letters & Paper Trails
LRE / Inclusion
Mediation
Military / DOD
Parental Protections
PE and Adapted PE
Privacy & Records
Procedural Safeguards
Progress Monitoring
Reading
Related Services
Research Based
  Instruction

Response to Intervention
  (RTI)

Restraints / Seclusion
   and Abuse

Retention
Retaliation
School Report Cards
Section 504
Self-Advocacy
Teachers & Principals
Transition
Twice Exceptional (2e)
VA Special Education

Resources & Directories

Advocate's Bookstore
Advocacy Resources
Directories
  Disability Groups
  International
  State DOEs
  State PTIs
Free Flyers
Free Pubs
Free Newsletters
Legal & Advocacy
Glossaries
   Legal Terms
   Assessment Terms
Best School Websites

 
NCLB News & Commentary

Print this page

Nebraska Approves Penalties for Low-Performing Schools

The Nebraska State Board of Education approved proposed penalties for schools whose students test below average in math and reading.

Under the preliminary regulations, low-performing school districts with an "unacceptable" or "needs improvement" rating would be required to improve to at least the next higher rating by the following year to comply with No Child Left Behind or risk losing accreditation and state funding. If students do not improve within three years of the development of the plan, the districts would be placed on a one-year probation.

The schools would present their improvement plans each year for state review, and schools would be allowed to apply for a one-year hardship extension.

Education Commissioner Doug Christensen emphasized that the State Board is "sending a strong message to low-performing school districts that immediate and intensive efforts are needed to improve assessment quality and student performance."

The proposed rule revisions will be presented at a public hearing in mid-February for reactions and possible modifications.

Source: Nebraska Department of Education (January 2004)

As reported in The Chairs' Headline Review published by the National Association of State Boards of Education.

Click for a free subscription.

Subscribe to our Newsletter
Your Email:

Check Email for spelling
Your Name & Zipcode:


l About Us l Site Map l Privacy Policy l Disclaimer l Link to Us l Schedule l Press Room l NCLB l Harbor House l Feta l Yellow Pages l smartieps.com

Copyright © 1999-2005, Peter W. D. Wright and Pamela Darr Wright. All rights reserved.