In June of 2009, the Rhode Island Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary Education approved new Basic Education Program (BEP) Regulations. These regulations replace the previous BEP revised in 1989. The new BEP is updated to reflect 21st century knowledge, skills and dispositions. It incorporates all state and federal laws, regulations and standards. Though pared from over 400 pages to just over 40, the BEP is the framing document for RIDE and all school districts. The document is broken down by:

• RI Board of Regents Expectations for a statewide education system, for the Rhode Island Department of Education, and for Local Education Agencies

• Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment

• Safe, Healthy and Supportive Learning Environment

• Administration, Management and Accountability of the Local Education Agency (LEA)

   

  The Basic Education Program (BEP) provides a framework within which a decision can be made about whether a school district is offering its students a basic education program, including academic and support programs. There are standards for each topic and companion indicators which will tell educators, decision makers, and others whether that component is available. These regulations went into effect on July 1, 2010.
  	Basic Education Program
  RIDE has embarked on the process of developing performance measures and indicators of district capacity to provide quality educational programming for all students. The following are documents from a presentation to the Rhode Island School Superintendent's Association on October 14, 2010:
  	BEP Performance Measures
  	BEP Performance Measures Dashboard
  	BEP Outline with Composite Indicators
  	Functionality Framework for Educational Organizations