Cerp Requirements
Ina Dottery
Annually, each school district is required to submit a District Comprehensive Evidence-Based Reading Plan (CERP) approved by the applicable district school board or authority. After approval by its governing board or authority, each district must provide its CERP, including approved CERPs for each charter school sponsored by the district, to the Florida Department of Education (Department) by August 1. A district school board may use the format developed by the Department or a format developed by the district. District-developed CERP templates must include all of the CERP requirements described in Rule 6A-6.053, F.AC. Plans must be submitted to Just Read, Florida! via email at Just...@fldoe.org.
The District Comprehensive Evidence-Based Reading Plan must accurately depict and detail the role of administration (both district and school level), professional development, assessment, curriculum, and instruction in the improvement of student learning of the B.E.S.T. English Language Arts Standards as provided in Rule 6A-1.09401, F.A.C. This information must be reflected for all schools and grade levels and shared with all stakeholders, including school administrators, literacy leadership teams, literacy coaches, classroom instructors, support staff and parents.
For new applicants, providers that are not currently ADA CERP recognized, the initial recognition process may take seven to twelve months. Providers are encouraged to dedicate adequate planning time and staff resources to the application process.
ADA CERP defines a CE provider as an agency (institution, organization, or individual) responsible for developing, organizing, administering, publicizing, presenting, and keeping records for a continuing dental education program.
Institutions, organizations or major units or departments within an institution/organization (e.g., an oral and maxillofacial surgery department of a medical center) may be eligible to apply for recognition.
Review the complete ADA CERP Eligibility Criteria in the ADA CERP Standards and Procedures (PDF).
Providers that are based outside the United States and Canada must meet additional requirements outlined in the Pre-application Process for International Providers (PDF).
ADA CERP Eligibility Criteria and Recognition Standards require that continuing dental education is developed and administered separately from and independent of commercial interests. ADA CERP defines a commercial interest as:
(1) An individual or entity that produces, markets, re-sells or distributes health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients, or (2) an individual or entity that is owned or controlled by an individual or entity that produces, markets, resells, or distributes health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients. Providing clinical services directly to or for patients (e.g., a dental practice, dental lab, or diagnostic lab) does not, by itself, make an individual or entity a commercial interest.
Providers may review the commercial interest self-assessment questions (PDF) to help determine whether they are considered commercial interests, as defined by ADA CERP. If a provider answers yes to any of these questions they would be considered a commercial interest.
If after answering these questions, a provider still has questions as to whether it is a commercial interest, it may request the Commission to conduct a separate CERP Business Structure Review. This is an optional process to assist organizations determine whether they are a commercial interest.
Pre-Applications will be reviewed by the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition. The Commission will notify the provider, usually within eight weeks, as to whether the provider is eligible to apply for CERP recognition.
Continuing dental education providers whose primary location is outside the United States or Canada (international providers) may seek ADA CERP recognition for the purpose of obtaining an independent external review, for benchmarking, or to serve the continuing education needs of dental professionals.
International providers interested in participating in ADA CERP must meet additional eligibility criteria outlined in the CERP Policy on the Pre-Application Process for International Providers (PPIP) (PDF) and submit a Pre-Application Eligibility Survey (DOCX). Providers that meet the PPIP requirements will be invited by the Commission to submit a Standard Application for ADA CERP recognition.
Providers that have submitted a Pre-application and that the Commission has found to be eligible will be invited to apply for CERP recognition. The Commission will supply application materials and instructions for the next application deadline. Applications are accepted twice a year, usually in January and June, according to the published schedule.
Recognition is effective the first day of the month of May or November after action is taken by the Commission. In no case will recognition be granted retroactively or prior to action taken by the Commission.
Action postponed. If the Commission determine that more information is required to make a decision regarding recognition status, the Commission may postpone action pending submission of additional information or a new application.
As a result of IBCLC feedback, the CE Self-Assessment transition plan has been modified to clarify the recertification by CERPS with CE-Self Assessment requirements. IBCLCs are required to earn a minimum number of their CERPs based on the results of their Personalised Professional Development Plan (PPDP):
MAPE members who put their lives on the line every day working with offenders living at a variety of state facilities will see an expensive retirement wrong corrected if members ratify the 2023-2025 contract tentative agreement (TA) later this month.
The CERP program allows employees to retire early after meeting specific requirements. Members who provide treatment, rehabilitation or services to clients while incarcerated at a state correctional facility, Minnesota Security Hospital and Minnesota Sex Offenders Program will now receive a substantive employer contribution toward health care premiums like members in other unions. This could mean up to $60,000 in health care retirement savings for some employees.
Since fiscal year 2003, Congress has appropriated more than $46 billion dollars for relief and reconstruction efforts in Iraq. The Department of Defense (DOD) is one of several U.S. agencies that administer U.S.-funded relief and reconstruction programs in Iraq. In particular, DOD manages the Commander's Emergency Response Program (CERP), which is designed to enable local commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan to respond to urgent humanitarian relief and reconstruction requirements within their areas of responsibility by carrying out programs that will immediately assist the indigenous population. Thus far, Congress has appropriated more than $3 billion for CERP in Iraq and Afghanistan. Since the program's inception, DOD has steadily increased its funding requests in response to theater conditions, and reported obligations have also grown substantially. DOD's funding requests have increased by more than a billion dollars from fiscal years 2004 through 2008. For fiscal year 2008, DOD requested $1.2 billion to fund CERP projects in Iraq and Afghanistan and plans to request an additional $507 million, primarily for CERP in Iraq. Furthermore, DOD's reported obligations for Iraq and Afghanistan have grown from about $179 million in fiscal year 2004 to more than $1.1 billion in fiscal year 2007. In addition, over the same period of time, the number of projects in both countries has grown from about 6,450 to about 8,700. According to DOD regulations, CERP is intended for small-scale, urgent humanitarian relief and reconstruction projects for the benefit of Iraqi people. The guidance issued by the Undersecretary of Defense (Comptroller) establishes 19 authorized uses for CERP funds, including transportation, electricity, and condolence payments. CERP funds can be used for both construction and non-construction projects. In Iraq, commanders follow Multinational Corps-Iraq (MNC-I) standard operating procedures for CERP, which expand upon DOD regulations. MNC-I guidance states that the keys to project selection are to (1) execute quickly, (2) employ many Iraqis, (3) benefit the Iraqi people, and (4) be highly visible. DOD regulations identify the roles and responsibilities that different offices play in managing CERP. The Secretary of the Army serves as the executive agent and is responsible for ensuring that commanders carry out CERP in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws, regulations and guidance. The Commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) is responsible for allocating CERP resources. Public Law No. 108-106 and subsequent laws require DOD to provide Congress with quarterly reports on the source, allocation, and use of CERP funds. The reports are compiled based on information about the projects that was entered by unit officials into the Iraq Reconstruction Management System, a database that tracks projects' status and maintains a historical record of all reconstruction activity in Iraq, including those projects funded by CERP. Because of significant congressional interest, we conducted this work under the authority of the Comptroller General to undertake work at his own initiative and examined the following questions regarding the CERP program in Iraq: (1) To what extent does DOD guidance establish selection criteria for CERP projects? (2) To what extent do commanders in Iraq coordinate CERP with other U. S. government agencies and with the government of Iraq? and (3) To what extent do DOD and MNC-I exercise oversight of CERP projects in Iraq?
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