Department of Elementary
and Secondary Education
Coordinated Program Review
Last Updated: July
15, 2008
Public School
Coordinated Program Review System
Scope of Coordinated
Program Reviews
As one part of its accountability system, the Department of Elementary and
Secondary Education oversees local compliance with education requirements
through the Coordinated Program Review (CPR). All reviews cover selected
requirements in the following areas:
Special Education (SE)
selected requirements from the federal Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA-2004), the federal regulations promulgated under that
Act at 34 CFR Part 300, M.G.L. c. 71B (Chapter 766 of the Acts of 1972), and
the Massachusetts Board of Education's Special Education regulations (603
CMR 28.00), as amended effective July 1, 2005. Federal requirements selected
for the 2007-2008 reviews include, among others, the requirements specified
by the federal Office for Special Education Programs (OSEP) and the
requirements revised by IDEA-2004 and described in the Department's Special
Education Advisories.
Civil Rights and Other General Education Requirements (CR)
selected federal civil rights requirements under Title VI of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964, the Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974, Title
IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973, and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990,
together with selected state requirements under M.G.L. c. 76, Section 5
(Chapter 622 of the Acts of 1971) and other Massachusetts General Laws.
selected requirements from the Massachusetts Board of Education's
Physical Restraint regulations (603 CMR 46.00).
selected requirements from the Massachusetts Board of Education's Student
Learning Time regulations (603 CMR 27.00).
English Learner Education (ELE) in Public Schools
selected requirements from M.G.L. c. 71A, the state law that governs the
provision of education to limited English proficient students, and 603 CMR
14.00, as well as the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and Title VI of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964. During the 2007-2008 school year, all districts
that enroll limited English proficient students will be reviewed using a
combination of updated standards and a self-assessment instrument overseen
by the Department's Office of Language Acquisition and Academic Achievement
(OLAAA), including a request for information regarding ELE programs and
staff qualifications.
Some reviews also cover selected requirements in:
Career/Vocational Technical Education (CVTE)
career/vocational technical education programs under the federal Carl D.
Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 and M.G.L. c. 74.
Districts providing Title I services participate in Title I program
monitoring during the same year they are scheduled for a Coordinated Program
Review. Details regarding the Title I program monitoring process are available
at:. http://www.doe.mass.edu/titlei/monitoring
The Wachusett Regional School District was reviewed and is in
the process meeting all requirements set forth by the Massachusetts Department
of Elementary and Secondary Education. The following documents regarding
this process are available for review:
Some of the following files are PDF
files. A PDF file can be opened with either a PC or a Mac computer provided you have the
free program Adobe Acrobat Reader. It can be downloaded from their website.
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