OAR 581-013-0025: Biennial Plan

(1) School districts and charter schools must prepare a biennial plan that addresses proposed spending of High School Graduation and College and Career Readiness Fund monies. (a) An ESD may prepare a biennial plan on behalf of an education program under the Youth Corrections Education Program or the Juvenile Detention Education Program. (b) School districts and charter schools may collaborate and submit one plan on behalf of multiple participants. (c) An ESD may prepare a biennial plan on behalf of a consortium of school districts and charter schools. (2) The biennial plan must: (a) Cover a minimum of four years but may be longer. The biennial plan submitted in 2018 need only cover three years but may be longer; (b) Comply with the requirements of section 2017 OL 615, Section 7 (Enrolled HB 2246) ; (c) Prioritize spending on programs that serve those students identified by the school district as most at-risk of not graduating or being college or career ready, historically and traditionally marginalized and historically underrepresented; (d) Identify resources and specific strategies for historically and traditionally marginalized students and historically underrepresented students and demonstrate what will be accomplished; (e) Identify supports for teachers, counselors, and administrators to implement specific strategies; and (f) Identify projections for disaggregated targets related to graduation; student participation in and completion of CTE and dual credit, advanced placement, International Baccalaureate, or comparable college-level courses; improvements in attendance; student progress towards career pathways; and projections for “Freshman-on-Track;” (g) Demonstrate coordination between the areas of spending. Each biennium the Department will announce a deadline for biennial plan submission. (4) The Oregon Department of Education must review biennial plans submitted by each district to determine whether the plan should be approved. Plans will be approved if they meet the requirements of (2) of this rule. (5) School districts, charter schools, and ESDs may amend an approved biennial plan so long as the amendment is done in consultation with the Oregon Department of Education and the amended biennial plan is approved by the Oregon Department of Education as required in subsection (2) of this rule.