Compliance

Greetings FES Community,

Welcome to the compliance page where you will find information about our compliance with key Federal and Maryland State laws/COMAR regulations. FES is a learning community and we remain aware and responsive to the changing legal landscape to ensure that we are providing the most effective and highest quality educational experience for our students and families.

School-Wide Title I Comprehensive Plan

FES receives federal Title I funds to support improving academic achievement for all students. Our  plan for the use of those funds to implement supplemental academic supports and interventions can be found here.

MD Senate Bill 734 (2019); Ready to Read Act

Frederick Elementary School is committed to identifying and addressing the needs of each student. To this end and in compliance with recent legislation from the Maryland General Assembly Senate Bill 734 (2019), Ready to Read Act, Frederick Elementary School uses the Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) Reading Fluency assessment as a literacy screener for all Kindergarten classes to determine students’ foundational reading skills and to identify potential risk of future difficulties so that appropriate early interventions can be put in place. In addition, we also screen students in Grades 1-3 who show some level of risk of present or future difficulty on their MAP Growth assessment, as well as those who are new and not previously screened. The screening occurs three times during the year: the beginning of the year (BOY); the middle of the year (MOY); and the end of the year (EOY).

Parents are notified by the school of their students’ results and any additional intervention support that is being implemented at the school, as well as any additional supports that can be provided at home.

All BCP school use Direct Instruction as their literacy curriculum and approach which has decades of research-based evidence that supports effective literacy instruction.

    • Find the full text of the Ready to Read Act COMAR regulations here.
    • Find more information on the Measure of Academic Progress Reading Fluency assessment here.

MD House Bill 1370 (2020), Blueprint for Maryland’s Future

    • More information on the Blueprint can be found here.
    • FES will update this page as more information from MSDE and City Schools becomes available.