SIFE/SLIFE

Paragraph 63. Every school that offers a HILT Program shall be staffed with at least one full-time nurse, so long as such school enrolls at least 700 students. The District may place full-time nurses in schools with HILT programs but less than 700 students. In determining how to exercise its discretion in nursing placement decisions, the District shall utilize the existence of a HILT program in such schools as a criterion, as well as the extent to which individual SIFE students have manifested intensive medical or mental health problems. By January 15, 2013, the District shall provide the United States a list of schools with HILT Programs, the number of HILT students enrolled at each such school, and a written description of the decision regarding nurse placement for each such school serving more than 125 HILT students.

Paragraph 64. As soon as possible, but no later than 120 days after the execution date of this Agreement, the District shall develop and submit to the United States for its review and approval a proposed plan for tracking the performance of SIFE students who participate in and exit the District’s HILT Program. The District shall also develop a Professional Development Program for HILT Teachers, which it shall submit to the United States for its review and approval as soon as possible, but no later than 120 days after the execution date of this Agreement. The proposed Program should provide training on the unique features of the District’s SIFE curricula, as well as train HILT Teachers to collaborate with other service providers for SIFE students in order to maximize the instructional benefits that SIFE students receive from the District’s HILT Program.

Paragraph 65. Every HILT ESL class shall be taught by a qualified teacher who has an ESL certification and the Professional Development Program for HILT Teachers. Every HILT content class shall be taught by a qualified teacher who has (a) an ESL certification or Categories 1, 2, and 4, and (b) the Professional Development Program for HILT teachers.