[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR200.28]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
                  CHAPTER II--OFFICE OF ELEMENTARY AND
              SECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 200_TITLE I_IMPROVING THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE DISADVANTAGED
--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart A_Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational 
                                Agencies
 
Sec. 200.28  Schoolwide program components.

    A schoolwide program must include the following components:
    (a) Schoolwide reform strategies. The schoolwide program must 
incorporate reform strategies in the overall instructional program. 
Those strategies must--
    (1) Provide opportunities for all students to meet the State's 
proficient and advanced levels of student academic achievement;
    (2)(i) Address the needs of all students in the school, particularly 
the needs of low-achieving students and those at risk of not meeting the 
State's student academic achievement standards who are members of the 
target population of any program included in the schoolwide program; and
    (ii) Address how the school will determine if those needs have been 
met;
    (3) Use effective methods and instructional practices that are based 
on scientifically based research, as defined in section 9101 of the 
ESEA, and that--
    (i) Strengthen the core academic program;
    (ii) Provide an enriched and accelerated curriculum;
    (iii) Increase the amount and quality of learning time, such as 
providing an extended school year and before- and after-school and 
summer programs and opportunities;
    (iv) Include strategies for meeting the educational needs of 
historically underserved populations; and
    (v) Are consistent with, and are designed to implement, State and 
local improvement plans, if any.
    (b) Instruction by highly qualified teachers. A schoolwide program 
must ensure instruction by highly qualified teachers and provide ongoing 
professional development. The schoolwide program must--
    (1) Include strategies to attract highly qualified teachers, as 
defined in Sec. 200.56;
    (2)(i) Provide high-quality and ongoing professional development in 
accordance with sections 1119 and 9101(34) of the ESEA for teachers, 
principals, paraprofessionals and, if appropriate, pupil services 
personnel, parents, and other staff, to enable all students in the 
school to meet the State's student academic standards; and
    (ii) Align professional development with the State's academic 
standards;
    (3) Devote sufficient resources to carry out effectively the 
professional development activities described in paragraph (b)(2) of 
this section; and
    (4) Include teachers in professional development activities 
regarding the use of academic assessments described in Sec. 200.2 to 
enable them to provide information on, and to improve, the achievement 
of individual students and the overall instructional program.
    (c) Parental involvement. (1) A schoolwide program must involve 
parents in the planning, review, and improvement of the schoolwide 
program plan.
    (2) A schoolwide program must have a parental involvement policy, 
consistent with section 1118(b) of the ESEA, that--
    (i) Includes strategies, such as family literacy services, to 
increase parental involvement in accordance with sections 1118(c) 
through (f) and 9101(32) of the ESEA; and
    (ii) Describes how the school will provide individual student 
academic assessment results, including an interpretation of those 
results, to the parents of students who participate in the academic 
assessments required by Sec. 200.2.
    (d) Additional support. A schoolwide program school must include 
activities to ensure that students who experience difficulty attaining 
the proficient or advanced levels of academic achievement standards 
required by Sec. 200.1 will be provided with effective, timely 
additional support, including measures to--
    (1) Ensure that those students' difficulties are identified on a 
timely basis; and

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    (2) Provide sufficient information on which to base effective 
assistance to those students.
    (e) Transition. A schoolwide program in an elementary school must 
include plans for assisting preschool students in the successful 
transition from early childhood programs, such as Head Start, Even 
Start, Early Reading First, or a preschool program under IDEA or a 
State-run preschool program, to the schoolwide program.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
1810-0581)

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 6314)

[67 FR 71719, Dec. 2, 2002]