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Since adoption of the Texas Safe Schools Act in 1995, all Texas public school districts have been required to provide a DAEP within that district. The DAEPs serve as alternative education settings for students temporarily removed for disciplinary purposes from their regular instructional settings.
Chapter 37 of the Texas Education Code (TEC, 2005) stipulates that school districts must meet the educational and behavioral needs of students assigned to DAEPs but leaves program design and content to local discretion.
Once a student has been assigned to attended DAEP within a district and they are to leave said district without completing the term allotted for student within that district or if they never begin the term that is allotted for the student, student will need to complete the term (remaining) allotted in which ever district they attend in the State of Texas.
TEC Chapter 37 defines DAEPs by physical setting and a limited set of requirements associated with curriculum and teachers. Each DAEP must:
♦ be provided in a setting other than a student's regular classroom;
♦ separate students assigned to the program from those not assigned to the program;
♦ focus academically on English language arts, mathematics, science, history, and self-discipline;
♦ provide for the educational and behavioral needs of students;
♦ provide supervision and counseling;
♦ require each teacher in the program to be certified in accordance with TEC Chapter 21, Subchapter B; and
♦ require each teacher in the program with a special education assignment to be appropriately certified or permitted for the assignment.
Intervention and support services
♦ Maintain a small student-to-counselor ratio, and places emphasis on progressive preventative measures.
♦ Availability to parents who would like assistance with finding approaches that can assist in addressing behavioral dynamics that the child might present.
♦ Develops strong relationships with interventionists, counselors, social service agencies, including school psychologists, social workers, and nurses,
♦ Behavior modification and life skills classes, often guided by curricula designed to address self-esteem, positive social skills, daily living skills, and job preparation.
♦ Provides drug and alcohol self assessments
♦ Diversionary Referral Program available based on findings from the COC hearing.
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