'Louisiana Believes' Launches "Believe and Include"

"If you believe all students can learn then you must believe students with disabilities can achieve academic excellence," said John White, State Superintendent of Education.

"But much more needs to be done to close the achievement gap for students with disabilities."

 

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"Believe and Include" is "a $4 million competitive grant program that will provide funding to schools to develop innovative programs that help students with disabilities achieve proficiency of the more rigorous Common Core State Standards." http://t.co/erKSkPwM via @LDOE_comm

Department Launches "Believe and Include" Program

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BATON ROUGE, La. - The Louisiana Department of Education today launched Believe and Include, a $4 million competitive grant program that will provide funding to schools to develop innovative programs that help students with disabilities achieve proficiency of the more rigorous Common Core State Standards.

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"Believe and Include" Program Launched by Louisiana Department of Education. Read the Release at http://t.co/erKSkPwM   via @LDOE_comm

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‎- Ensure Higher Academic Achievement for all Students - Eliminate all Achievement Gaps - Prepare Students to be Effective Citizens in a Global Market

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Department Launches "Believe and Include" Program

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: 08/14/2012 Contact: Public Affairs, (225) 342-3600, Fax: (225) 342-0193 LOUISIANA LAUNCHES "BELIEVE AND INCLUDE" $4 million in federal funds cut from bureaucracy to fund schools serving students with disabilities

BATON ROUGE, La. - The Louisiana Department of Education today launched Believe and Include, a $4 million competitive grant program that will provide funding to schools to develop innovative programs that help students with disabilities achieve proficiency of the more rigorous Common Core State Standards. Existing federal funding for projects within the bureaucracy was repurposed to spur innovation in schools that will directly impact student achievement. The program is part of Louisiana Believes, the state's comprehensive plan to empower educators closest to students to make decisions about instruction in the classroom. "If you believe all students can learn then you must believe students with disabilities can achieve academic excellence," said John White, State Superintendent of Education. "If you believe the adults closest to our children are best positioned to make informed daily decisions to drive achievement, then we must empower them to do so."

Applications for Believe and Include are due September 15, and grant recipients will be announced in October. Each grant application must include at least three partner schools.
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The Department anticipates minimum grant awards to be $50,000 per partner school for a total of $150,000 per grant. For more on the application process, please click here.
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"During the last decade, Louisiana has raised student achievement among students with disabilities," said White. "Last year, nearly three times as many students with disabilities were reading on grade level in 8^th grade based on state assessments, compared to 2001. But much more needs to be done to close the achievement gap for students with disabilities."

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Louisiana Believes

Believe and Include

Request for Applications

John White, State Superintendent of Education

I.  Overview

The Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) is soliciting applications for Believe and Include, a grant

program through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) that will provide funding to schools to

develop innovative programs that:

• Increase academic performance for students with disabilities.

• Prepare students with disabilities to thrive on Common Core State Standards assessments.

This proposal – Believe and Include – represents an effort to drive achievement by empowering our district leaders, school

leaders, and special education teachers to innovate special education in our state.

II. Believe and Include Guidelines

Believe and Include will be administered by the LDOE’s Office of Student Programs for the purpose of assisting

schools with designing and implementing innovative programs reduce the achievement gap between regular

education student and students with disabilities.

III.Program Priorities and Goals

All programs must be scalable to additional campuses and sustainable through other sources of funding after

the expiration of the grant.

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