Final Report Without Title Page

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PageI. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW OF ISSUES 1I. Scope of ReportII. An Institution in the Process of Change and the Challenges AheadIII. The Role of the Maryland State Department of Education and itsIntensive Management Capacity TeamIV. Improvement Student Achievement on the Maryland SchoolAchievement TestsV. Charter and Contract SchoolsII. OUTCOMES 3 AND 4: 27GRADUATION AND SCHOOL COMPLETIONI. OverviewII. Graduation and School Completion DataIII. Institutional Mechanism to Support Improved Graduationand School Completion RatesIV. RecommendationsIII. OUTCOME 7: STUDENT DISCIPLINARY REMOVALS 37I. OverviewII. Manifestation Meetings, Functional Behavior Assessmentsand Behavior Intervention Plans [OSEMC Audits]III. School Based Documentation / Reporting IssuesIV. Provision of FAPE to Students Removed More Than 10 DaysIn A School Year Pursuant To IDEA Disciplinary ProvisionsV. Recommendations: Measures and Evidence That Will MoveBCPSS Toward Substantial ComplianceIV. OUTCOMES 8 AND 9: 58DELIVERY OF IEP SERVICES IN THE LEASTRESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENTI. OverviewII. Evidentiary FindingsIII. Recommendations

V. OUTCOME 11: 88INTERRUPTIONS IN THE PROVISION OF IEP SERVICESI. OverviewII. Summary of Relevant EvidenceIII. BCPSS Efforts to Develop and Strenghen InternalInstitutional ProcessesIV. Office of Compensatory Services (“OCS”)V. RecommendationsVI. OUTCOME 13: 109CONDUCTING IEP MEETINGS FOR STUDENTSDESIGNATED AS DROPOUTS.I. Overview and Summary of FindingsII. Recommendations

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PageI. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW OF ISSUES 1I. Scope of ReportII. An Institution in the Process of Change and the Challenges AheadIII. The Role of the Maryland State Department of Education and itsIntensive Management Capacity TeamIV. Improvement Student Achievement on the Maryland SchoolAchievement TestsV. Charter and Contract SchoolsII. OUTCOMES 3 AND 4: 27GRADUATION AND SCHOOL COMPLETIONI. OverviewII. Graduation and School Completion DataIII. Institutional Mechanism to Support Improved Graduationand School Completion RatesIV. RecommendationsIII. OUTCOME 7: STUDENT DISCIPLINARY REMOVALS 37I. OverviewII. Manifestation Meetings, Functional Behavior Assessmentsand Behavior Intervention Plans [OSEMC Audits]III. School Based Documentation / Reporting IssuesIV. Provision of FAPE to Students Removed More Than 10 DaysIn A School Year Pursuant To IDEA Disciplinary ProvisionsV. Recommendations: Measures and Evidence That Will MoveBCPSS Toward Substantial ComplianceIV. OUTCOMES 8 AND 9: 58DELIVERY OF IEP SERVICES IN THE LEASTRESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENTI. OverviewII. Evidentiary FindingsIII. Recommendations