Hurricane Katrina Response:
Indiana Department of Education

Student Services Program Management
Indiana State Board of Education Rule 511 IAC 4-1.5-8 provides for program management activities at the school or corporation level which are necessary to ensure that the student services program is relevant, efficient and accountable. Program management activities shall include, but are not limited to:

1. Conducting a needs assessment to serve as a basis for program development.
2. Creating and using an advisory board, consisting of parents, students, and community representatives, to advise and support the student services program.
3. Developing, in conjunction with school corporation administrators, policies and procedures for each service area for approval by the governing body of the school corporation.
4. Coordinating services within the school, among the schools in the corporation, and between the schools and the community.
5. Creating an evaluation system for personnel and services that is based in part on student outcomes.

Student services program management activities should be the responsibility of a person holding a credential in a student services area or an administrator.

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