Alternative Education: State Alternative Education Resources
Georgia
Alternative Education Programs
Georgia Department of Education
"Georgia's Alternative Education Program began as a state grant funded program in 1994 and was known as the CrossRoads Alternative School Program. CrossRoads primarily served students who had been removed from the regular classroom due to chronic disruption and provided these students with the services needed to succeed academically. With the passage of the A+ Education Reform Act of 2000, CrossRoads grants were eliminated and QBE funds began providing for a 'new' Alternative Education Program for students in grades 6-12."
Minnesota
Alternative Programs History
Minnesota Association of Alternative Programs (MAAP)
"The Minnesota Association of Alternative Programs (MAAP) was organized by a small group of educators in alternative education in the early 1980s. Currently 800 members from over 300 ALCs and alternative programs in Minnesota, surrounding states and Canada comprise the membership. The purpose of the organization is to meet the needs of students, parents, teachers, administrators and the general public through a professional organization dedicated to the improvement of alternative education and program options. Alternative education has significantly grown in the past 15 years. Between 1988 and 2000, enrollment in Minnesota alternative programs grew from 3,000 students to over 100,000."
Alternative School List
Minnesota Association of Alternative Programs (MAAP)
Comprehensive list of Minnesota's alternative schools with links to their Web sites. These sites discuss school missions and program structures.
New Jersey
Board Orders Alternative Education for Expelled Students (2002)
Educational Law Center
"In a groundbreaking decision issued July 2, 2002, the New Jersey State Board of Education has determined that students expelled from New Jersey public schools must be provided with an alternative education program until graduation from high school or reaching age 19, whichever comes first. The decision was issued in a case known as P.H. v. Bergenfield Board of Education, in which ELC represented a student in the successful appeal of his permanent expulsion without alternative education at the age of 15."
New Jersey Education Law Center (ELC)
"Operates the Student Rights Project, to protect the educational rights of all students, including students with disabilities, and the Abbott Schools Initiative, to assure the full, effective and timely implementation of the programs and reforms ordered by the New Jersey Supreme Court in Abbott v. Burke."
New Mexico
Alternative Education
New Mexico Public Education Departmen
"The Alternative Education Unit is responsible for the implementation of the provisions of state and federal laws, rules and regulations pertaining to Charter Schools and the Charter School District pilot project. In addition, the unit also disseminates information and provides technical assistance to parents, community members, schools and district personnel on home schools, family schools, non-public schools, 4-day school week."
Texas
Disciplinary Alternative Education Programs in Texas--What is Known: What is Needed
Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA)
"IDRA's analysis of data from the Texas Education Agency shows that minority students are over represented in removals to alternative programs. The primary reason for the removals involves violations of school districts' codes of conduct instead of the major offenses in the Texas criminal code, the primary justification for creating alternative programs."
Wisconsin
Legislative Agenda: Alternative Education Opportunities (2003-2004)
Wisconsin Education Association Council
"Providing every kid with a great school sometimes means providing an alternative to traditional classrooms or teaching techniques. This is especially true for at-risk students as well as those who are talented and gifted. Chapter 115.28 (7) (e) of the state statutes defines an alternative education program as an instructional program approved by the school board that utilizes successful alternative or adaptive school structures and teaching techniques, and is incorporated into existing, traditional classrooms or regularly scheduled curricular programs or is offered in place of regularly scheduled curricular programs.
Alternative Education Programs (2001)
State of Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
"The large and/or traditional school environment is becoming less effective for increasing numbers of students. Research shows this is especially true for at-risk, vulnerable and disengaged students. At the same time, some students are finding success in smaller alternative education programs that attempt to integrate learning and meaningful work. These programs create sustained, family-like support systems of peers and caring adults. They develop an 'opportunity structure' by setting rigorous standards and high expectations for students. In Wisconsin, school districts are meeting this challenge and developing alternative education programs to address the needs of their students. The programs range from early intervention for at-risk learners that start the student off on the right track to 'last-chance' programs."
Alternative Education Programs
Department of Public Instruction (DPI)
"The alternative education program works with school districts to develop programs that help all students to be successful. Program ideas range from early intervention for at-risk learners that start the student off on the right track to programs for students who have lost their way entirely. For the student who has lost his or her way, this might include jail or detention based education, credit acceleration, a behavior program or just an opportunity to come back to school and graduate."
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