Text Box: attend a better school nine miles away where they can learn Spanish and other specialties. That would cost $230,000, he said. Federal officials had put on a full-court press at the Utah Capitol, trying to salvage support for the law, and warned the state it could lose its annual federal education funding, or nearly $107 million. Ron Tomalis, who oversees elementary and secondary education for the U.S. Education Department, said the law provides enough money to Utah. As for complaints of federal intrusion, he said the law gives states flexibility to set standards and testing procedures. ''The law doesn't lack funding,'' agreed Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Education & Workforce Committee. “The only thing lacking is will on the part of school districts.” Text Box: No Child Left Behind (continued) Text Box: Page # Text Box: vote last month a resolution calling on Congress to exempt Virginia without penalty from ''the most sweeping intrusions into state and local control of education in the history of the United States.'' - Hawaii, where lawmakers approved a resolution last year asking state education administrators to consider giving up No Child Left Behind funding until Congress provides more money. - New Hampshire, where state officials are fighting the U.S. Education Department over who pays for student testing after legislators reduced state funding for testing to just $1. - Arizona and New Mexico, where lawmakers earlier this month introduced legislation to exempt their states from No Child Left Behind. - Vermont, which passed a law last June prohibiting school districts from incurring any costs under No Child Left Behind that are not paid for by the federal government. So far, five Vermont districts have said no thanks to the program, giving up small amounts of federal assistance. At the 78-student high school in Dongola, Ill., Superintendent William Mowser said he will give up $16,000 in federal funds rather than grant 116 students' wish to Text Box: Volume 18, Issue 2 Text Box: “The law doesn’t lack funding. The only thing lacking is will on the part of school districts.” -U.S. Rep John Boehner

The purpose of the Model Continuation High School Recognition Program (MCHS) is to develop a list of model continuation high schools in the state to be available as a resource for all schools. Our goal is to ensure that applicant schools receive comprehensive reviews and that the highest standards for Model Schools are maintained.

 

We refine the application process each year based on input from the field and continuous program improvement. Applicants are required to score at least

25 out of 33 possible points on the written application to earn a site visit. This year we received 27 applications. Twenty-two applicants qualified for site visits.

 

Site visits were completed in mid- February. Successful schools are notified in the first week of March. Awards will be presented by CDE at the CCEA  conference on April 25, 2004. On behalf of CDE, I thank CCEA for the outstanding support you provide to the MCHS program.  

 -Dennis Fisher, CDE

Model Continuation High School Program Update

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