ERIC Number: ED674552
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Jan
Pages: 23
Abstractor: ERIC
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Available Date: 0000-00-00
Expelled and At-Risk Student Services Grant Program Annual Evaluation Report, 2023-24
Amy Werpy; Bonnie Brett; Johann Liljengren
Colorado Department of Education
The Expelled and At-Risk Student Services (EARSS) program provides funding to implement educational and support services to expelled students, students at risk of being expelled, chronically absent and/or habitually truant students. Funds are annually appropriated to the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) for the purpose of making grants available to eligible applicants (local education agencies). Grantees commit to using funds to provide direct services to students, build consistent attendance and discipline practices, and develop alternatives to suspension and expulsion with the goal to keep more students in school, improve students' regular attendance, and support students' progress toward graduation. The EARSS authorizing legislation (section 22-33-205, C.R.S.) requires reporting on the evaluation of the grant to the Colorado House and Senate Education Committees by January 1 each year. This report is intended to meet the statutory reporting requirements outlined in section 22-33-205(4), C.R.S., through the analysis of program-level and student-level information annually submitted to CDE by grantees. This report covers evaluation data from 48 grantees, including five grantees engaged in a 6-month planning period who have not started serving students, covering the period between July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024.
Descriptors: Expulsion, At Risk Students, Truancy, State Aid, Grants, Discipline, Program Evaluation, Suspension, Prevention, Elementary Secondary Education
Colorado Department of Education. State Office Building, 201 East Colfax Avenue, Denver, CO 80203. Tel: 303-866-6600; Fax: 303-830-0793; Web site: http://www.cde.state.co.us
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Audience: Policymakers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Colorado Department of Education (CDE)
Identifiers - Location: Colorado
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