1 CCR 301-99-3.0 - APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS AND TIMELINE
3.01 As
legislated monies are available, the department shall solicit, review, and
award grants to public schools, facility schools, and collaborative groups of
public schools and facility schools for periods of one to three
years.
3.02 On an annual basis on a
date determined by the Department, public schools, facility schools, and
collaborative groups of public schools and facility schools interested in
obtaining funding shall submit a bullying prevention grant application
electronically to the department, using the application form provided by the
Department.
3.03 Each application
submitted shall include, but need not be limited to the following:
3.03.1 A description of the evidence-based
best practices for preventing bullying that applicants plan to implement using
the grant moneys, including a description of the evidence supporting the chosen
practices that have proven successful in other public schools in the country.
These evidence-based practices for bullying prevention may be drawn from the
department's bullying prevention website, pursuant to section 2.01.1;
3.03.2 A description of the methods that will
be used to ensure sustained implementation of evidence-based best practices in
bullying prevention that result in improved outcomes and reduced bullying over
time and past the grant period;
3.03.3 A description of how grantees will use
at least a portion of awarded grant moneys for the purpose of educating
students' parents and legal guardians regarding the grant recipient's policies
concerning bullying prevention and education, the grant recipient's ongoing
efforts to reduce the frequency of bullying incidents, and the grant
recipient's strategies for including families and the community in school
bullying prevention.
3.03.4 A
description of how grantees will include student leadership and voice in the
creation and implementation of bullying prevention strategies.
3.03.5 A description of how the applicant
will adopt specific policies concerning bullying education and prevention that
includes:
3.03.5.1 Creation or revision of a
district safe school plan as indicated in
22-32-109.1;
3.03.5.2 Provisions for the administration of
surveys of students' impressions of the severity of bullying in their
schools;
3.03.5.3 The designation
of a team of persons at each school of the school district who advise the
school administration concerning the severity and frequency of bullying
incidents;
3.03.5.4 Provisions for
adequate due processes and safeguards for students accused of engaging in
bullying behaviors.
3.03.6 A description of the procedures for
the distribution, collection, standardization, and analysis of student
impression survey data collected, and procedures that ensure the
confidentiality of each student's answers to the survey, and clarify that the
completion of a survey shall be voluntary and shall not be required of any
student.
3.03.6.1 A description of the survey
that will be used to ask about how frequently the student witnesses bullying at
his or her school and how frequently the student perceives himself or herself
to be a victim of bullying;
3.03.6.2 To the extent practicable, grantees
may utilize existing forms and procedures, including those outlined on the
Bullying Prevention website, to administer surveys;
3.03.6.3 Grantees may use a digital or paper
and pencil version of the survey;
3.03.6.4 Grantees are required to implement
an active opt in procedure for parents and students for any surveys used as a
part of the grantee's program;
3.03.7 A description of the procedures for
the distribution, collection, standardization, and analysis of implementation
data that indicates the degree to which the school, leadership teams, and
school staff implement the evidence-based bullying prevention best practices;
and
3.03.8 An explanation of the
cost of the bullying prevention program that the applicant(s) plan to implement
using the grant moneys and an explanation of how grant funding will be used to
supplement and not supplant any funding currently being used on bullying
prevention practices already provided to the students, school, families, and
community.
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