Information and Input sought - GCS FY 2013 Comprehensive LEA Improvement Plan (CLIP)

Gordon County Schools invites its stakeholders to participate in the development and approval

of the required district FY 2013 CLIP.

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Gordon County Board of Education Office

Green Room

205 Warrior Path

Calhoun, GA

4:30 - 5:30 p.m.

The Consolidated LEA Improvement Plan (CLIP) is a written plan updated and submitted

each year to the Georgia Department of Education (GDOE) which forms the basis for various state and federal grant funds the district participates in. The CLIP includes, but is not limited to, the following grant programs: Title I, Academic Achievement; Title I, Migrant; Title II-A, Improving Teacher Quality; Title III-A, Limited English Proficiency (LEP); Title IV-A, Safe & Drug

Free Schools; Professional Learning; Homeless Education; IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities

Education Act); CTAE (Career, Technical & Agricultural Education).

The CLIP contains 31 "Descriptors", or questions, describing how the district will budget funds in these grant categories, within the expenditure guidelines of each grant, to address identified academic needs. The plan also includes district academic goals required by the GDOE.

Copies of the FY 2012 CLIP are available for public review at each school office, the BOE office, and the Gordon County Schools website, www.gcbe.org.

The revised FY 2013 CLIP must be submitted to the GDOE by July 29, 2012. For more

information or to provide input about the FY2013 CLIP please contact Tracy Wilson: email

twilson@gcbe.org; phone (706)629-7366; Gordon County Board of Education office, 205

Warrior Path, Calhoun, GA.