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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="9.9-101" title_number="9.9" title_name="Community Schools" subtitle_number="1">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Community school” means a public school that establishes a set of strategic partnerships between the school and other community resources that leverage shared accountability, collaborative leadership, capacity building, and authentic family and community engagement, using a student–centered framework to promote inclusive student achievement, positive learning conditions, and the well–being of students, families, educators, and the community through a variety of engaging practices including the provision of wraparound services.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“School–community partnership” means a partnership between a local school system or an existing public school and a community–based organization or agency for the purpose of planning and implementing a community school.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Trauma–informed intervention” means a method for understanding and responding to an individual with symptoms of chronic interpersonal trauma or traumatic stress.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Wraparound services” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Extended learning time, including before and after school, weekends, summer school, and an extended school year;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Safe transportation to and from school and off–site learning opportunities, including apprenticeship programs;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Vision, hearing, and dental care services;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Establishing or expanding school–based health center services;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Additional social workers, mentors, counselors, therapists, psychologists, and restorative practice coaches;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Enhancing physical wellness, including providing healthy food for in–school and out–of–school time and linkages to community providers;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Enhancing behavioral health services, including access to mental health practitioners and providing professional development to school staff to provide trauma–informed interventions;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>Providing family and community engagement and supports, including informing parents of academic course offerings, language classes, workforce development training, opportunities for children, and available social services as well as educating families on how to monitor a child’s learning;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>Establishing and enhancing linkages to Judy Centers and other early education programs that feed into the school;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>Enhancing student enrichment experiences, including educational field trips, partnerships, and programs with museums, arts organizations, and cultural institutions;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>Offering evidence–based in–school and in–person tutoring, and other evidence–based academic interventions to improve student outcomes focused on individual and small group instruction, provided during the school day;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="12">
      <text>Improving student attendance and chronic absenteeism;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="13">
      <text>Improving the learning environment at the school; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="14">
      <text>Any professional development for teachers and school staff to quickly identify students who are in need of these resources.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
