Section 0520-01-17-.04 - COMPONENTS OF THE CLP(1) The Department shall maintain a template for CLPs. The CLP template and any rubric utilized by the Department for evaluation of CLPs shall be posted on the Department's website.(2) Upon receipt of Department approval to implement a CLP under rule 0520-01-17-.03, each LEA and Public Charter School shall post its approved CLP on its website and make a copy available to parents/legal guardians and students upon request. All approved CLPs shall also be posted on the Department's website.(3) The CLP shall address, at minimum, the following components:(a) Attendance policy and procedures for students participating in remote instruction, if different from the LEA or Public Charter School's regular attendance policy and procedure. The LEA or Public Charter School's attendance policy and procedure must include, but is not limited to:1. Procedures for determining when a student is present, which shall include plans for seeking and receiving daily periodic visual, verbal, and/or written confirmation of student participation in Instructional Time using multiple methods of confirming student attendance.2. Procedures for determining an excused versus unexcused absence, the internal attendance tracking system to be used, and how the LEA or Public Charter School will communicate attendance policies and/or procedures to parents and/or legal guardians and students.3. LEAs and Public Charter Schools shall address in their attendance policy and procedure potential interventions for addressing student absences during Remote Instruction, including any changes to how the LEA or Public Charter School will implement or revise its progressive truancy intervention plan required by T.C.A. § 49-6-3009.4. The reporting of attendance to the Department must be via the LEA or Public Charter School's student information system utilizing the attendance code set by the Department of Education.(b) How all students will be provided standards-based instruction by a licensed Tennessee educator, including, but not limited to, students with disabilities, English Learners, and at-risk students.1. How the LEA or Public Charter School will provide students with disabilities access to instruction in a manner consistent with each student's individualized education program (IEP) or 504 plan. Remote Instruction supports shall be considered and included, as appropriate for the student, when an IEP or 504 plan is initially developed or at any subsequent review or revision of an IEP or 504 plan;2. How the LEA or Public Charter School will provide students who are English Learners access to instruction in a manner consistent with each student's individualized learning plan and with State Board English as a Second Language Program Policy 3.207; and3. Address the needs of other at-risk student populations as defined in State Board High School Policy 2.103.(c) How the LEA or Public Charter School will meet the requirements of T.C.A. § 49-6-3004 and T.C.A. § 49-6-201(b)(2) during a disruption to school operations, including how the LEA or Public Charter School will provide students in Kindergarten access to at least four (4) hours of Instructional Time each school day, and how the LEA or Public Charter School will provide students in grades one (1) through twelve (12) access to at least six and one half (6 1/2) hours of Instructional Time each school day. 1. The Instructional Time requirements set forth in this chapter do not apply to students being served under a homebound program, incarcerated students, and students in a residential mental health facility or court-ordered day-treatment program. Instructional Time requirements for students being served under a homebound program, incarcerated students, and students in a residential mental health facility or court-ordered day-treatment program shall comply with state law and state board rules governing these students.(d) All CLPs shall align student grading expectations to the State Board's Uniform Grading Rule and Policy 3.301 for students in grades 9-12 and to the LEA's or Public Charter School's locally adopted grading policy for students in grades K-8, and, if applicable, for students in grades 9-12.(e) All LEAs and Public Charter Schools shall comply with all relevant state and federal laws, rules, and policies.(f) Remote Instruction classes shall comply with class size standards applicable to virtual education programs pursuant to T.C.A. § 49-1-104(h) and class size and case load requirements for special education as defined in State Board Policy 3.206.(g) If the LEA's CLP requires a waiver of any state statute or rule, the LEA shall submit a waiver request to the Commissioner pursuant to T.C.A. § 49-1-201. If a Public Charter School's CLP requires a waiver of any state statute or rule, the public charter school shall submit a waiver request to the Commissioner or its authorizer pursuant to T.C.A. § 4913-111.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0520-01-17-.04
New rules filed April 22, 2021; effective 7/21/2021.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 49-1-102, 49-1-104(h), 49-1-302, 49-6-3002, 49-6-3004, and 49-13-111.