Keystone Central School District

• Central Mountain High School and the HEART Academy (9-12)
• Central Mountain Middle School (6-8)
• Bucktail High School (9-12)
• Bucktail Area Middle School (6-8)

In 2012, Keystone Central School District declined to Warning Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) status due to lagging graduation rates and low academic achievement.[34] In 2011, Keystone Central School District achieved AYP status (Adequate Yearly Progress). In 2011, 94 percent of the 500 Pennsylvania public school districts achieved the No Child Left Behind Act progress level of 72% of students reading on grade level and 67% of students demonstrating on grade level math. In 2011, 46.9 percent of Pennsylvania school districts achieved Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) based on student performance. An additional 37.8 percent of school districts made AYP based on a calculated method called safe harbor, 8.2 percent on the growth model and 0.8 percent on a two-year average performance.[35] School District achieved AYP status each year from 2004 to 2009, while in 2003 the district was in Warning status due to lagging student achievement.[36]

In 2012 and 2011, Keystone Central School District's graduation rate was 93%.[37] In 2010, the Pennsylvania Department of Education issued a new, 4-year cohort graduation rate. Keystone Central School District's rate was 93% for 2010.[38]

According to traditional graduation rate calculations

• 2010 - 92%[39]
• 2009 - 89%
• 2008 - 93% [40]
• 2007 - 93% [41]

Among Pennsylvania's 500 public school districts, graduation requirements widely vary. Keystone Central School Board has determined that students must earn 29 credits to graduate including: English 4 credits, social studies - 4 credits including civics; 7 total credits between math and science with each pupil taking Biology 1 and Algebra; Physical Education - 2 credits; Health 1/2 credit; 11.5 credits in electives.[42]

By law, all Pennsylvania secondary school students must complete a project as a part of their eligibility to graduate from high school. The type of project, its rigor and its expectations are set by the individual school district.[43] Effective with the graduating class of 2017, the Pennsylvania State Board of Education eliminated the state mandate that students complete a culminating project in order to graduate.[44]

By Pennsylvania State School Board regulations, beginning with the class of 2019,[45] public school students must demonstrate successful completion of secondary level course work in Algebra I, Biology, and English Literature by passing the respective Keystone Exams for each course.[46][47] The exam is given at the end of the course. Keystone Exams replace the PSSAs for 11th grade.[48]

Students have several opportunities to pass the exam. Schools are mandated to provide targeted assistance to help the student be successful. Those who do not pass after several attempts can perform a project in order to graduate.[49][50] For the class of 2019, a Composition exam will be added. For the class of 2020, passing a civics and government exam will be added to the graduation requirements.[51] In 2011, Pennsylvania high school students field tested the Algebra 1, Biology and English Lit exams. The statewide results were: Algebra 1 38% on grade level, Biology 35% on grade level and English Lit - 49% on grade level.[52] Individual student, school or district reports were not made public, although they were reported to district officials by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. Students identified as having special needs and qualifying for an Individual Educational Program (IEP) may graduate by meeting the requirements of their IEP.

According to a Pennsylvania Department of Education study released in January 2009, 7% of Keystone Central School District graduates required remediation in mathematics and or reading before they were prepared to take college level courses in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education or community colleges.[53] Less than 66% of Pennsylvania high school graduates, who enroll in a four-year college in Pennsylvania, will earn a bachelor's degree within six years. Among Pennsylvania high school graduates pursuing an associate degree, only one in three graduate in three years.[54] Per the Pennsylvania Department of Education, one in three recent high school graduates who attend Pennsylvania's public universities and community colleges takes at least one remedial course in math, reading or English.

Central Mountain High School is located at 64 Keystone Central Drive, Mill Hall. In 2015, enrollment was reported as 1,180 pupils in 9th through 12th grades, with 35.9% of pupils eligible for a free lunch due to family poverty. Additionally, 17% of pupils received special education services, while none of pupils were identified as gifted.[55] The school employed 75 teachers.[56] Per the PA Department of Education, 100% of the teachers were rated "Highly Qualified" under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.[57]

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2010, the school reported an enrollment of 1,333 pupils in grades 9th through 12th, with 490 pupils eligible for a federal free or reduced-price lunch. The school employed 78 teachers, yielding a student–teacher ratio of 17:1.[58] According to a report by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 100% of its teachers were rated "Highly Qualified" under No Child Left Behind.[59]

In 2015, Central Mountain High School's graduation rate was 90.7%.[60]

• 2014 - 93%[61]
• 2013 - 93.9% [62]
• 2012 - 93% [63]
• 2011 - 93%
• 2010 - 91% [64]
• 2009 - 88%

2015 School Performance Profile

Central Mountain High School achieved 67.4 out of 100. Reflects on grade level reading, mathematics and science achievement. The PDE reported that 64.6% of the High School's students were on grade level in reading/literature. In Algebra 1, 54% of students showed on grade level skills at the end of the course. In Biology I, 41.3% demonstrated on grade level science understanding at the end of the course.[65] Statewide, 53 percent of schools with an eleventh grade achieved an academic score of 70 or better. Five percent of the 2,033 schools with 11th grade were scored at 90 and above; 20 percent were scored between 80 and 89; 28 percent between 70 and 79; 25 percent between 60 and 69 and 22 percent below 60. The Keystone Exam results showed: 73 percent of students statewide scored at grade-level in English, 64 percent in Algebra I and 59 percent in biology.[66][67]

2014 School Performance Profile

Central Mountain High School achieved 70.3 out of 100. Reflects on grade level reading, mathematics and science achievement. In reading/literature - 77% were on grade level. In Algebra 1, 67% showed on grade level skills. In Biology, 53% demonstrated on grade level science understanding at the end of the course.[68][69] Statewide, the percentage of high school students who scored proficient and advanced in Algebra I increased to 39.7% to 40.1%. The percentage of high school students who scored proficient and advanced in reading/literature declined to 52.5%. The percentage of high school students who scored proficient and advanced in biology improved from 39.7% to 41.4%.[70]

2013 School Performance Profile

Central Mountain High School achieved out of 100. Reflects on grade level reading, mathematics and science achievement. In reading/literature - 67% were on grade level. In Algebra 1, 57% showed on grade level skills. In Biology, 41% showed on grade level science understanding.[71] According to the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 2,181 public schools (less than 73 percent of Pennsylvania public schools), achieved an academic score of 70 or higher. Pennsylvania 11th grade students no longer take the PSSAs. Instead, beginning in 2012, they take the Keystone Exams at the end of the associated course.[72]

In 2012, Central Mountain High School declined to School Improvement II AYP status when it failed to achieve a single one of the 8 academic targets.[73]

• 2011 - Making Progress: in School Improvement I AYP status.[74]
• 2010 - School Improvement I status due to chronically low student achievement.[75]
• 2009 - declined to Warning AYP status due to lagging achievement[76]
• 2008 - achieved AYP status[77]
• 2007 - Making Progress Corrective Action Level 1 AYP[78]
• 2006 - declined further to Corrective Action Level 1 AYP due to low student academic achievement in reading and math. Under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, the school administration was required to notify parents of the school's poor achievement outcomes and to offer the parent the opportunity to transfer to a successful school within the district.[79]
• 2005 - declined to School Improvement Level II AYP status.[80]
• 2004 - declined to School Improvement Level I AYP status.[81] Central Mountain High School administration was required by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, to develop a School Improvement Plan to address the school's low student achievement. Under the Pennsylvania Accountability System, the school district must pay for additional tutoring for struggling students.[82] The High School was eligible for special, extra funding under School Improvement Grants which the school must apply for each year.[83]
• 2003 - Warning AYP status due to lagging student achievement.

PSSA Results

Pennsylvania System of School Assessments, commonly called PSSAs are No Child Left Behind Act related examinations which were administered from 2003 through 2012, in all Pennsylvania public high schools. The exams were administered in the Spring of each school year. The goal was for 100% of students to be on grade level or better in reading and mathematics, by the Spring of 2014. The tests focused on the state's Academic Standards for reading, writing, mathematics and science. The Science exam included content in science, technology, ecology and the environmental studies. The mathematics exam included: algebra I, algebra II, geometry and trigonometry. The standards were first published in 1998 and are mandated by the Pennsylvania State Board of Education.[84]

In 2013, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania changed its high school assessments to the Keystone Exams in Algebra 1, Reading/literature and Biology1. The exams are given at the end of the applicable course, rather than all in the spring of the student's 11th grade year.[85] Seventh graders and eighth graders continue to be tested in reading, math and 8th grade science PSSAs.

11th Grade Reading:

• 2012 - 62% on grade level (19% below basic). State - 67% of 11th graders are on grade level.[86]
• 2011 - 65%, (17% below basic). State - 69.1% [87]
• 2010 - 63%, State - 67% [88]
• 2009 - 59%, State - 65%[89]
• 2008 - 63%, State - 65% [90]
• 2007 - 66%, State - 65%

11th Grade Math:

• 2012 - 52% on grade level (24% below basic). In Pennsylvania, 59% of 11th graders are on grade level.[91]
• 2011 - 61% (19% below basic). State - 60.3%[92]
• 2010 - 54%, State - 59% [93]
• 2009 - 53%, State - 56% [94]
• 2008 - 57%, State - 55%
• 2007 - 48%, State - 53%[95]

11th Grade Science:

• 2012 - 33% on grade level (21% below basic). State - 44% of 11th graders were on grade level.
• 2011 - 29% (22% below basic). State - 40% [96]
• 2010 - 33%, State - 39%[97]
• 2009 - 33%, State - 40%[98]
• 2008 - 25%, State - 39% [99]

In 2014, 164 Central Mountain High School students took the SAT exams. The district's Verbal Average Score was 471. The Math average score was 487. The Writing average score was 445.[100][101] Statewide in Pennsylvania, Verbal Average Score was 497. The Math average score was 504. The Writing average score was 480. The College Board also reported that nationwide scores were: 497 in reading, 513 in math and 487 in writing.[102] In 2014, 1,672,395 students took the SATs in the United States.

In 2013, 191 Central Mountain High School students took the SAT exams. The College Board reported that statewide scores were: 494 in reading, 504 in math and 482 in writing. The nationwide SAT results were the same as in 2012.[103]

In 2012, 183 Central Mountain High School students took the SAT exams. The district's Verbal Average Score was 461. The Math average score was 469. The Writing average score was 456. The statewide Verbal SAT exams results were: Verbal 491, Math 501, Writing 480. In the US, 1.65 million students took the exams achieving scores: Verbal 496, Math 514, Writing 488. According to the College Board the maximum score on each section was 800, and 360 students nationwide scored a perfect 2,400.

In 2011, 165 Central Mountain High School students took the SAT exams. The school's Verbal Average Score was 470. The Math average score was 485. The Writing average score was 462.[104] Pennsylvania ranked 40th among states with SAT scores: Verbal - 493, Math - 501, Writing - 479.[105] In the United States, 1.65 million students took the exam in 2011. They averaged 497 (out of 800) verbal, 514 math and 489 in writing.[106]

The Center for Rural Pennsylvania, a research arm of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, compared the SAT data of students in rural areas of Pennsylvania to students in urban areas. From 2003 to 2005, the average total SAT score for students in rural Pennsylvania was 992, while urban students averaged 1,006. During the same period, 28 percent of 11th and 12th graders in rural school districts took the exam, compared to 32 percent of urban students in the same grades. The average math and verbal scores were 495 and 497, respectively, for rural students, while urban test-takers averaged 499 and 507, respectively. Pennsylvania's SAT composite score ranked low on the national scale in 2004. The composite SAT score of 1,003 left Pennsylvania ranking 44 out of the 50 states and Washington, DC.[107]

Central Mountain Middle School is located at 200 Ben Avenue, Mill Hall. In 2015, enrollment was 819 pupils, in grades 6th through 8th, with 42.8% of pupils eligible for a free lunch due to family poverty. Additionally, 19% of pupils received special education services, while none of the pupils were identified as gifted.[108] According to a 2014 report by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 100% of its teachers were rated "Highly Qualified" under No Child Left Behind.[109] The school is not a federally designated Title I school.

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2010, the school reported an enrollment of 925 pupils in grades 6th through 8th, with 387 pupils receiving a federal free or reduced-price lunch due to family poverty. The school employed 69 teachers, yielding a student–teacher ratio of 13:1.[110] According to a report by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 17 teachers were rated "Non‐Highly Qualified" under No Child Left Behind.[111]

Dropout Early Warning System

In 2013, Central Mountain School District did not implement a no cost dropout prevention Early Warning System and Interventions Catalog at the junior high school.[112] The process identifies students at risk for dropping out by examining the pupil's: attendance, behavior and course grades. Interventions are implemented to assist at-risk pupils to remain in school. The program is funded by federal and private dollars.[113]

2015 School Performance Profile

The PDE withheld SPP scores. It was reported that 51% of 8th grade students at Central Mountain Middle School students were on grade level in reading on the PSSAs given in April 2015. In math/Algebra 1, 24% of 8th grade students showed on grade level skills. In science, 53% of the school's 8th graders demonstrated on grade level science understanding. No eighth grade writing scores were reported. In 7th grade, 45% were on grade level in reading, while 15% showed on grade level math skills. Among 6th graders, 53% were on grade level in reading and 34% were on grade level in mathematics.[114] Statewide 58% of eighth (8th) graders were on grade level in reading, while 29% demonstrated on grade level math skills. Pennsylvania 7th graders were 58% on grade level in reading and 33% demonstrated on grade level math skills. Among sixth (6th) graders, 60.7% were reading on grade level, while 39.7% demonstrated on grade level math skills.[115]

2014 School Performance Profile

Central Mountain Middle School achieved 83.2 out of 100. Reflects on grade level reading, mathematics and science achievement. In reading/literature - 69.8% were on grade level. In Algebra 1/Math, 76% showed on grade level mathematics skills. In Science, 60.8% of 8th graders showed on grade level science understanding. In writing, 71% of the 8th grade students demonstrated on grade level writing skills.[116]

2013 School Performance Profile

Central Mountain Middle School achieved 67.7 out of 100. Reflects on grade level reading, writing, mathematics and science achievement. In reading, just 66.8% of the students were on grade level. In Mathematics/Algebra 1, 76.6% of the students showed on grade level skills. In Science, only 47.45% of the 8th graders demonstrated on grade level understanding. In writing, 53% of the 8th grade students demonstrated on grade level writing skills.[117] According to the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 2,181 public schools (less than 73 percent of Pennsylvania public schools), achieved an academic score of 70 or higher.

AYP status history

In 2012, Central Mountain Middle School declined further to School Improvement I AYP status due to lagging student reading skills.[118]

• 2011 - achieved AYP status[119]
• 2010 - declined to Warning Status due to low reading scores.[120]
• 2009 - Making Progress Corrective Action level I AYP status[121]
• 2008 - declined to Corrective Action level I AYP status AYP level[122] Under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, the school administration was required to notify parents of the school's poor achievement outcomes and to offer the parent the opportunity to transfer to a successful school within the district.
• 2007 - Making Progress School Improvement Level II AYP status[123]
• 2006 - remained in School Improvement Level II AYP status[124]
• 2005 - declined to School Improvement Level I AYP status[125]
• 2004 - declined to School Improvement Level I AYP status due to low student achievement.[126] Central Mountain Middle School administration was required by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, to develop a School Improvement Plan to address the school's low student achievement. Under the Pennsylvania Accountability System, the school district must pay for additional tutoring for struggling students.[82] The middle school was eligible for special, extra funding called School Improvement Grants which the school must apply for each year.[83]
• 2003 - Warning AYP status due to lagging student achievement in reading and math

PSSA history

Sixth and seventh grades have been tested in reading and mathematics since 2006. Eighth graders are tested in: reading, writing, mathematics and Science. Beginning in the Spring of 2013, eighth graders, who are enrolled in Algebra I take the Keystone Exam for Algebra I at the end of the course. The testing of 8th grade in reading and mathematics began in 1999, as a state initiative.[127] Testing in science began in 2007. The goal is for 100% of students to be on grade level or better in reading and mathematics, by the Spring of 2014. The tests focus on the state's Academic Standards for reading, writing, mathematics and science.[128] The standards were published in 1998 and are mandated by the Pennsylvania State Board of Education.[84] In 2014, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania adopted the Pennsylvania Core Standards - Mathematics.[129]

8th Grade Reading:

• 2012 - 74% on grade level (10% below basic). In Pennsylvania, 79% of 8th graders on grade level.[130]
• 2011 - 84% (8% below basic) State - 81.8%
• 2010 - 75%, State - 81% [131]
• 2009 - 82%, State: 80.9%
• 2008 - 79%, State - 78%

8th Grade Math:

• 2012 - 78% on grade level (11% below basic). State - 76% [132]
• 2011 - 80% (9% below basic). State - 76.9%
• 2010 - 78%, State - 75%
• 2009 - 69%, State - 71%
• 2008 - 68%, State -70%

8th Grade Science:

• 2012 - 54% on grade level (23% below basic). State - 59% of 8th graders were on grade level.
• 2011 - 60% (23% below basic). State – 58.3%
• 2010 - 55%, State - 55% of
• 2009 - 59%, State - 57%
• 2008 - 51%, State - 50%

Bucktail High School is located at 1300 Bucktail Avenue, Renovo. In 2015, enrollment was reported as 124 pupils in 9th through 12th grades, with 64.5% of pupils eligible for a free lunch due to the family meeting the federal poverty level. Additionally, 18.5% of pupils received special education services, while none of the pupils were identified as gifted.[134] The school employed 16 teachers.[135] Per the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 100% of the teachers were rated "Highly Qualified" under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.[57] Bucktail High school shares its building with Bucktail Middle School its feeder school. The school's first graduating class was 1960.

In 2013, Bucktail High School enrollment was just 146 pupils 9th-12th. Ninety-four students were eligible for a free breakfast/lunch due to family poverty. The school employed 17 teachers, yielding an 8.5:1 student teacher ratio.[136]

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2010, Bucktail Area Middle/High School reported an enrollment of 107 pupils in grades 7th through 12th, with 68 pupils receiving a federal free or reduced-price lunch due to family poverty. The school employed 9 teachers, yielding a student–teacher ratio of 12:1.[137] According to a report by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 100% of its teachers were rated "Highly Qualified" under No Child Left Behind.[138]

In 2015, the school's graduation rate was 95.24.[60]

• 2014 - 86.8%[61]
• 2013 - 88.2% [62]
• 2012 - 96% [139]
• 2011 - 93%[140]
• 2010 - 97% [141]
• 2009 - 93%[142]

2015 School Performance Profile

Bucktail High School achieved 64.6 out of 100. Reflects on grade level reading, mathematics and science achievement. The PDE reported that 66.6% of the High School's students were on grade level in reading/literature. In Algebra 1, 60.98% of students showed on grade level skills at the end of the course. In Biology I, 48.78% demonstrated on grade level science understanding at the end of the course.[143] Statewide, 53 percent of schools with an eleventh grade achieved an academic score of 70 or better. Five percent of the 2,033 schools with 11th grade were scored at 90 and above; 20 percent were scored between 80 and 89; 28 percent between 70 and 79; 25 percent between 60 and 69 and 22 percent below 60. The Keystone Exam results showed: 73 percent of students statewide scored at grade-level in English, 64 percent in Algebra I and 59 percent in biology.[66][144]

2014 School Performance Profile

Bucktail High School achieved 74.3 out of 100. Reflects on grade level reading, mathematics and science achievement. In reading/literature - were on grade level. In Algebra 1, just 66.7% showed on grade level skills. In Biology, only 34% demonstrated on grade level science understanding at the end of the course.[145]

2013 School Performance Profile

Bucktail High School achieved 69.9 out of 100. Reflects on grade level reading, mathematics and science achievement. In reading/literature - 80% were on grade level. In Algebra 1, 76% showed on grade level skills. In Biology, 30.95% showed on grade level science understanding.[146]

In 2012, Bucktail Area Middle High School declined to Warning Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) status due to missing every one of 13 academic metrics measured.[147]

• 2011 - achieved AYP status under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.[148]
• 2010 - Warning AYP status due to chronic low student achievement.[149]
• 2006 - 2009 - achieved AYP status[150]
• 2005 - Making Progress School Improvement Level I AYP level [151]
• 2004 - declined to achieve AYP status[152] The school administration was required by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, to develop a School Improvement Plan to address the school's low student achievement. The school was required to pay for tutoring for struggling students.
• 2003 - Warning AYP status

PSSA Results

11th Grade Reading

• 2012 - 58% on grade level, (22% below basic). State - 67% of 11th graders are on grade level.[153]
• 2011 - 68% (13% below basic). State - 69.1%
• 2010 - 51%, State - 67% [154]
• 2009 - 66%, State - 65%[89]
• 2008 - 63%, State - 65% [90]
• 2007 - 51%, State - 65%

11th Grade Math:

• 2012 - 42% on grade level (36% below basic). In Pennsylvania, 59% of 11th graders are on grade level.
• 2011 - 48% (26% below basic). State - 60.3%
• 2010 - 31%, State - 59%
• 2009 - 48%, State - 56%
• 2008 - 52%, State - 55%
• 2007 - 27%, State - 53%[95]

11th Grade Science:

• 2012 - 17% on grade level (17% below basic). State - 44% of 11th graders were on grade level.
• 2011 - 16% (23% below basic). State - 40%
• 2010 - 10%, State - 39%
• 2009 - 18%, State - 40%
• 2008 - 26%, State - 39% [99]

In 2014, 23 Bucktail High School students took the SAT exams. The district's Verbal Average Score was 473. The Math average score was 472. The Writing average score was 449.[101][155]

In 2013, 20 Bucktail High School students took the SAT exams. The district's Verbal Average Score was 428. The Math average score was 425. The Writing average score was 426. The College Board reported that statewide scores were: 494 in reading, 504 in math and 482 in writing.

In 2012, 18 Bucktail High School students took the SAT exams. The school's Verbal Average Score was 449. The Math average score was 462. The Writing average score was 458.

In 2011, 17 Bucktail Area High School students took the SAT exams. The school's Verbal Average Score was 432. The Math average score was 419. The Writing average score was 423.[104]

In 2010, 16 Bucktail Area High School students took the SAT exams. The school's Verbal Average Score was 460. The Math average score was 464. The Writing average score was 456.[156]

Bucktail Area Middle School shares the high school's building at 1300 Bucktail Avenue, Renovo. In 2015, enrollment was just 94 pupils, in grades 6th through 8th, with 65.9% of pupils eligible for a free lunch due to family poverty. Additionally, 18% of pupils received special education services, while none of the pupils were identified as gifted.[157] According to a 2014 report by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 100% of its teachers were rated "Highly Qualified" under No Child Left Behind.[158]

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2012, the school reported an enrollment of 88 pupils, in grades 6th through 8th, with 68 pupils receiving a federal free or reduced-price lunch due to family poverty. The school employed 8 teachers, yielding a student-teacher ratio of 10.6:1.[159] According to a report by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 100% of the teachers were rated "Highly Qualified" under No Child Left Behind.[160]

2015 School Performance Profile

The PDE withheld SPP scores. It was reported that 50% of 8th grade students at Bucktail Area Middle School students were on grade level in reading on the PSSAs given in April 2015. In math/Algebra 1, 13% of 8th grade students showed on grade level skills. In science, 44% of the school's 8th graders demonstrated on grade level science understanding. No eighth grade writing scores were reported. In 7th grade, 37% were on grade level in reading, while none (0%) showed on grade level math skills. Among 6th graders, 26% were on grade level in reading and 58% were on grade level in mathematics.[161]

2014 School Performance Profile

Bucktail Area Middle School achieved 66 out of 100. Reflects on grade level reading, mathematics and science achievement. In reading/literature - 66% were on grade level. In Algebra 1/Math, 71% showed on grade level mathematics skills. In Science, 36.8% of 8th graders showed on grade level science understanding. In writing, 68% of the 8th grade students demonstrated on grade level writing skills.[162]

2013 School Performance Profile

Bucktail Area Middle School achieved 70.3 out of 100. Reflects on grade level reading, writing, mathematics and science achievement. In reading, just 67% of the students were on grade level. In Mathematics/Algebra 1, 78% of the students showed on grade level skills. In Science, only 44% of the 8th graders demonstrated on grade level understanding. In writing, 55% of the 8th grade students demonstrated on grade level writing skills.[163]

AYP status

Bucktail Area Middle School declined to Warning status due to lagging student achievement. In 2011, the school achieved AYP status.[164] From 2005 to 2010, Bucktail Area Middle School achieved AYP status each school year.[165]

8th Grade Science:

• 2012 - 37% on grade level (37% below basic). State - 59% of 8th graders were on grade level.
• 2011 - 35% (41% below basic). State – 58.3%
• 2010 - 34%, State - 55%
• 2009 - 30%, State - 57%
• 2008 - 29%, State - 50%

The District Administration reported that 41 or 3.62% of its students were gifted in 2009.[209] By law, the district must provide mentally gifted programs at all grade levels. The primary emphasis is on enrichment and acceleration of the regular education curriculum through a push in model with the gifted instructor in the classroom with the regular instructor. This approach permits such specialized instructional strategies as tiered assignments, curriculum compacting, flexible grouping, learning stations, independent projects and independent contracts. Students identified as gifted attending the High School have access to honors and advanced placement courses, and dual enrollment with local colleges. The referral process for a gifted evaluation can be initiated by teachers or parents by contacting the student's building principal and requesting an evaluation. All requests must be made in writing. To be eligible for mentally gifted programs in Pennsylvania, a student must have a cognitive ability of at least 130 as measured on a standardized ability test by a certified school psychologist. Other factors that indicate giftedness will also be considered for eligibility.[210]

According to a report from Representative Todd Stephens office, Keystone Central School District receives 49.4% of its annual revenue from the state.[268] This meets some education advocates goal of the state providing 50% of district funding.[269]

For the 2015-16 school year, Governor Tom Wolf released a partial Basic Education Funding of $9,708,997 to Keystone Central School District, in January 2016.[270] This was part of $10.3 billion in school funding withheld from the public schools, by the Governor since the summer of 2015.[271] The dispersement did not follow the new Basic Education Fair Funding formula which had been established by the Pennsylvania General Assembly in June 2015.[272] Ten (10) Pennsylvania school districts received no increase in funding.[273][274] The district also received $795,256 in state Ready to Learn grant funding. In April 2016, Governor Wolf announced his finalized dispersement of 2015-16 state Basic Education Funding. Keystone Central School District received a 3.97% increase for a total funding of $20,769,505.[275] This is $249,488 more than the district was to receive by law under the state's Fair Funding Formula approved in 2015.[276][277] The highest increase in funding statewide was awarded by Governor Wolf to Wilkinsburg Borough School District which got a 44.1% increase in state Basic Education Funding. The average BEF increase among the Commonwealth's 500 public school districts for 2015-16 was 2.21%.

For the 2014-15 school year, Keystone Central School District received $19,362,678.18 in State Basic Education funding. The district received $613,917 in new Ready To Learn Block grant. The State's enacted Education Budget included $5,526,129,000 for the 2014-2015 Basic Education Funding.[278] The Education budget also included Accountability Block Grant funding at $100 million and $241 million in new Ready to Learn funding for public schools that focus on student achievement and academic success. The State paid $500.8 million to Social Security on the school employees behalf and another $1.16 billion to the state teachers pension system (PSERS). In total, Pennsylvania's Education budget for K-12 public schools is $10 billion. This was a $305 million increase over 2013-2014 state spending and the greatest amount ever allotted by the Commonwealth for its public schools.[279]

In the 2013-14 school year, the Keystone Central School District received a 1.7% increase or $19,373,508 in Pennsylvania Basic Education Funding. This is $324,475 more than its 2012-13 state BEF to the district. Additionally, Keystone Central School District received $325,489 in Accountability Block Grant funding to focus on academic achievement and level funding for special education services. The district had the option of applying for several other state and federal grants to increase revenues. The Commonwealth's budget increased Basic Education Funding statewide by $123 million to over $5.5 billion. Most of Pennsylvania's 500 public school districts received an increase of Basic Education Funding in a range of 0.9% to 4%. Eight public school districts received exceptionally high funding increases of 10% to 16%. The highest increase in state funding was awarded to Austin Area School District which received a 22.5% increase in Basic Education Funding.[280] The highest percent of state spending per student is in the Chester-Upland School District, where roughly 78 percent comes from state coffers. In Philadelphia, it is nearly 49 percent.[281] As a part of the education budget, the state provided the PSERS (Pennsylvania School Employee Retirement System fund) with $1,017,000,000 and Social Security payments for school employees of $495 million.[282]

For the 2012-13 school year, Keystone Central School District received $19,374,522.[283] The Governor's Executive Budget for 2012-2013 included $9.34 billion for kindergarten through 12th grade public education, including $5.4 billion in basic education funding, which was an increase of $49 million over the 2011-12 budget. In addition, the Commonwealth provided $100 million for the Accountability Block grant program. The state also provided a $544.4 million payment for School Employees’ Social Security and $856 million for School Employees’ Retirement fund called PSERS.[284] This amount is a $21,823,000 increase (0.34%) over the 2011-2012 appropriations for Basic Education Funding, School Employees' Social Security, Pupil Transportation, Nonpublic and Charter School Pupil Transportation.

In 2011-12 school year, Keystone Central School District received a $19,049,033, allocation, of state Basic Education Funding.[285][286] Additionally, the Keystone Central School District received $325,489 in Accountability Block Grant funding. The enacted Pennsylvania state Education budget included $5,354,629,000 for the 2011-2012 Basic Education Funding appropriation. This amount was a $233,290,000 increase (4.6%) over the enacted State appropriation for 2010-2011.[287] The highest increase in state basic education funding was awarded to Duquesne City School District, which got a 49% increase in state funding for 2011-12.[288]

For the 2010-11 school year, the Commonwealth provided the Keystone Central School District with a 3.42% increase in state basic education funding for a total of $20,492,086.[289] One hundred fifty school districts in Pennsylvania received a base 2% increase in funding. Kennett Consolidated School District of Chester County received the largest a 23.65% increase for 2010-11. Fifteen school districts received an increase greater than 10%. The state's hold harmless policy regarding state basic education funding continued where each public school district received at least the same amount as it received the prior school year, even when enrollment had significantly declined. The amount of funding each district received was determined by then Governor Edward Rendell and the Secretary of Education Gerald Zahorchak, in the annual budget proposal.[290]

In 2009-10 school year, the state provided a 4.02% increase in state basic education funding to $19,814,135 for Keystone Central School District. Ninety Pennsylvania public school districts received the base 2% increase. Muhlenberg School District of Berks County received the highest increase a 22.31% increase in basic education funding.[291] The amount of funding each district receives was determined by then Governor Edward Rendell and the Secretary of Education Gerald Zahorchak, in the annual budget proposal. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pennsylvania spent $7,824 Per Pupil in the year 2000. This amount had increased up to $12,085 by the year 2008.[292][293]

In 2008, Keystone Central School District received $18,560,113.65 in Basic Education Funding form the State. The Department of Education reported that, in the 2007-08 school year, 1,890 students received a free or reduced-price lunch due to low family income.

All Pennsylvania school districts also receive additional funding from the state through several funding allocations, including: Reimbursement of Charter School Expenditures; Special Education Funding; Secondary Career & Technical Education Subsidy; PA Accountability Grants; and low achieving schools were eligible for Educational Assistance Program Funding. Plus all Pennsylvania school districts receive federal dollars for various programs including: Special Education funding and Title I funding for children from low income families. In 2010, Pennsylvania spent over $24 billion for public education - local, state and federal dollars combined.[294] By 2015, Pennsylvania is spending over $27 billion on public education (local, state and federal resources combined).[295]

Beginning in 2004-2005, the state launched the Accountability Block Grant school funding. This program has provided $1.5 billion to Pennsylvania's school districts. The Accountability Block Grant program requires that its taxpayer dollars are focused on specific interventions that are most likely to increase student academic achievement. These interventions include: teacher skills training; All Day Kindergarten; lower class size in Kindergarten through 3rd grade; literacy and math coaching programs (provides teachers with individualized job-embedded professional development to improve their instruction); before or after school tutoring assistance to struggling students. For 2010-11, the district applied for and received $883,459 in addition to all other state and federal funding. The district used the funding to provide full-day kindergarten.[296][297] In 2009, 100% of the kindergarteners in Keystone Central School District attended full-day kindergarten.[298]

Beginning in the 2014-2015 budget, the State funded a new Ready to Learn Grant for public schools. A total of $100 million is allocated through a formula to districts based on the number of students, level of poverty of community as calculated by its market value/personal income aid ratio (MV/PI AR) and the number of English language learners. Ready to Learn Block Grant funds may be used by the districts for: school safety; Ready by 3 early childhood intervention programs; individualized learning programs; and science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs.[299]

Keystone Central School District received $613,917 in Ready to Learn Grant dollars in addition to State Basic Education funding, Special Education funding, transportation reimbursement, reimbursement for Social Security payments for employees and other state grants which the district must apply to receive.

The Classroom for the Future state program provided districts with hundreds of thousands of extra state funding to buy laptop computers for each core curriculum high school class (English, Science, History, Math) and paid for teacher training to optimize the computers use.[300] The program was funded from 2006 through 2009. Keystone Central School District did not apply for funding in 2006-07. In 2007-08 the district received $444,264 and in 2008-09 $90,826 for a total of $535,090.[301] In 2009, the district received $48,973.[302]

The state's EAP funding provided for the continuing support of tutoring services and other programs to address the academic needs of eligible students. Funds are available to eligible school districts and full-time career and technology centers (CTC) in which one or more schools have failed to meet at least one academic performance target, as provided for in Section 1512-C of the Pennsylvania Public School Code. In 2010-11, the Keystone Central School District received $304,416.[303]

In July 2010, Keystone Central School received a federal grant which is run by the PDE. The grant calls for the establishment and sustainability of community learning centers that provide additional educational services to students in high-poverty and low-performing schools. The grant was competitive. Applications for the grants were reviewed and scored by a panel of representatives from the educational field and professional grant writers. The district received $698,880. While 101 entities applied for the funding, only 66 were approved, including eight charter schools. The funding is for the 2012-13 fiscal year.[304]

The Environmental Education Grant Program was established by the Environmental Education Act of 1993, which mandates that 5 percent of all pollution fines and penalties collected annually by the Department of Environmental Protection be set aside for environmental education. In 2010, Keystone Central School District was awarded $7,471 to expand the electronics and electrical program by including renewable energy instructional training modules for installation in an outdoor classroom laboratory.[305] In 2012 the district received an additional $6,234.

Keystone Central School District has not participated in: Science Its Elementary Grants (discontinued effective with 2009-10 budget by Governor Rendell);[306] 2012 Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy grant;[307] 2012 and 2013 Pennsylvania Hybrid Learning Grants;[308] nor the Project 720 High School Reform grants[309] (discontinued effective with 2011-12 budget).

The school board elected to not participate in the Pennsylvania Department of Education Common Cents program. The program called for the state to audit the district, at no cost to local taxpayers, to identify ways the district could save tax dollars.[310] After the review of the information, the district was not required to implement the recommended cost savings changes.

Keystone Central School District received $3,190,972 in ARRA - Federal Stimulus money to be used in specific programs like special education and meeting the academic needs of low-income students.[311] The funding was limited to the 2009–10 and 2010-2011 school years.[312] Due to the temporary nature of the funding, schools were repeatedly advised to use the funds for one-time expenditures like acquiring equipment, making repairs to buildings, training teachers to provide more effective instruction or purchasing books and software.

Keystone Central School District officials did not apply for the Race to the Top federal grant which would have brought the district up to $1.5 million in additional federal dollars for improving student academic achievement.[313] Participation required the administration, the school board and the local teachers' union to sign an agreement to prioritize improving student academic success. In Pennsylvania, 120 public school districts and 56 charter schools agreed to participate.[314] Pennsylvania was not approved for the grant. The failure of districts to agree to participate was cited as one reason that Pennsylvania was not approved.[315]

The Federal government provides annual grants to schools to be used to improve the quality of teacher instructions to pupils. The goal is to provide each child in public schools with "Highly Quality" teachers and principals as defined by the state.[316] The funds are sent to the state Department of Education which distributes them to each school district and charter school.[317] Beginning in 2002, the federal funding committed to Title II was $3,175,000,000.

Public school district administrations must apply to the state annually for the Title II funds. In 2012-13, Keystone Central School District received $323,732 in federal Title II funding.[318] In 2014-15, Keystone Central School District applied for and received $308,860.[319]

The Federal government provides annual grants to schools to assist in educating immigrant children and children who are identified as limited English proficient.[320] Upon registering for school a language survey is done for all new enrollment pupils, typically in kindergarten or preschool. They identify the primary language spoken at home. This data is collected and submitted to the Pennsylvania Department of Education, which in turn notifies the federal government.[321]

In 2012-13, Keystone Central School District received $9,313 in Title III funding for English language learners.[322] For 2014-15, Keystone Central School District received $5,133 in Title III funding.[323]

For the 2015-16 school year, the Keystone Central School Board set property taxes at 44.2200 mills for Centre County residents, for residents in Clinton County 12.1900 mills, and residents of Potter County at 38.0900 mills.[324] Property taxes, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, apply only to real estate - land and buildings. The property tax is not levied on cars, business inventory, or other personal property. Certain types of property are exempt from property taxes, including: places of worship, places of burial, private social clubs, charitable and educational institutions and government property. Additionally, service related, disabled US military veterans may seek an exemption from paying property taxes. Unlike other states, under Pennsylvania state tax policy, natural gas and oil pipelines are exempted from property taxes.[325] There are a plethora of gas pipelines in the district due to marcellus shale gas development.[326] Pipeline companies prohibit development within the 100 foot wide right-of-way, there by limiting future development options for the landowner. This limits future potential property tax revenues for the school district, by constraining future land development. Located in the marcellus shale region, Keystone Central School District is adversely impacted in this way.

Pennsylvania school district revenues are dominated by two main sources: 1) Property tax collections, which account for the vast majority (between 75-85%) of local revenues; and 2) Act 511 tax collections, which are around 15% of revenues for school districts.[327] The School District crosses three counties, each of which has different rates of property tax assessment, necessitating a state board equalization of the tax rates between the counties. In 2010, miscalculations by the State Tax Equalization Board (STEB) were widespread in the Commonwealth and adversely impacted funding for many school districts, including Keystone Central and those that did not cross county borders.[328] Irregular property reassessments have become a serious issue in the commonwealth as it creates a significant disparity in taxation, within a community and across a region. In 2008, Clinton County conducted a county wide property reassessment. Upon completion of the reassessment the school board was required to reduce the millage rate to assure the school district received the same level of tax revenues for one year.[329]

• 2014-15 - Centre County - 44.4700 mills, Clinton County - 12.2200 mills, Potter County - 38.0900 mills.[330]
• 2013-14 - Centre County - 43.5900 mills, Clinton County - 11.9100 mills, Potter County - 36.6400 mills.[331]
• 2012-13 - Centre County - 43.6200 mills, Clinton County - 11.9200 mills, Potter County - 36.6400 mills.[332]
• 2011-12 - Centre County - 40.2400 mills, Clinton County - 11.23 mills, Potter County - 36.2800 mills.[333]
• 2010-11 - Centre County - 40.2400 mills, Clinton County - 11.23 mills, Potter County - 36.2800 mills.
• 2009-10 - Centre County - 37.3700 mills, Clinton County - 10.8300 mills, Potter County - 37.9500 mills.[334]
• 2008-09 - Centre County - 36.1200 mills, Clinton County 53.3500 mills, Potter County - 38.0400 mills.[335]
• 2007-08 - Centre County - 34.3300 mills, Clinton County 53.3500 mills, Potter County - 39.9700 mills.[336]
• 2006-07 - Centre County - 34.3800 mills, Clinton County 53.3500 mills, Potter County - 40.6300 mills.[337]
• 2005-06 - Centre County - 34.7300 mills, Clinton County 51.9000 mills, Potter County - 38.7200 mills.

According to a report prepared by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, the total real estate taxes collected by all school districts in Pennsylvania rose from $6,474,133,936 in 1999-00 to $10,438,463,356 in 2008-09 and to $11,153,412,490 in 2011.[338] The average yearly property tax paid by Centre County residents amounts to about 3.34% of their yearly income. Centre County ranks 438th of the 3143 United States counties for property taxes as a percentage of median income. (Clinton County - 3.21% of yearly income ranks 497th nationally) (Potter County - 2.95% of yearly income ranks 624th nationally).[339]

The Act 1 of 2006 Index regulates the rates at which each school district can raise property taxes in Pennsylvania. Districts are not allowed to raise taxes above that index unless they allow voters to vote by referendum, or they seek an exception from the state Department of Education. The base index for the 2011-2012 school year is 1.4 percent, but it can be adjusted higher, depending on a number of factors, such as property values and the personal income of district residents. Act 1 included 10 exceptions, including: increasing pension costs, increases in special education costs, a catastrophe like a fire or flood, increasing rising health care costs for contracts in effect in 2006 or dwindling tax bases. The base index is the average of the percentage increase in the statewide average weekly wage, as determined by the PA Department of Labor and Industry, for the preceding calendar year and the percentage increase in the Employment Cost Index for Elementary and Secondary Schools, as determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the U.S. Department of Labor, for the previous 12-month period ending June 30. For a school district with a market value/personal income aid ratio (MV/PI AR) greater than 0.4000, its index equals the base index multiplied by the sum of .75 and its MV/PI AR for the current year.[340] In June 2011, the Pennsylvania General Assembly eliminated six of the ten exceptions to the Act 1 Index.[341] Several exceptions were maintained: 1) costs to pay interest and principal on indebtedness incurred prior to September 4, 2004 for Act 72 schools and prior to June 27, 2006 for non-Act 72 schools; 2) costs to pay interest and principal on electoral debt; 3) costs incurred in providing special education programs and services (beyond what is already paid by the State); and 4) costs due to increases of more than the Index in the school's share of payments to PSERS (PA school employees pension fund) taking into account the state mandated PSERS contribution rate.[342][343]

The School District Adjusted Index for the Keystone Central School District 2006-2007 through 2011-2012.[344]

For the 2015-16 budget year, Keystone Central School Board did not apply for any exceptions to exceed their Act 1 Index limit. For the school budget 2015-16, 310 Pennsylvania public school districts adopted a resolution certifying that tax rates would not be increased above its Act 1 Index limit. Another 187 school districts adopted a preliminary budget leaving open the option of exceeding the Index limit. Regarding the pension costs exception, 172 school districts received approval to exceed the Index limit in full, while others received a partial approval of their request. For special education costs, 119 districts received approval to exceed their tax limit. No Pennsylvania public school districts received an approval for the grandfathered construction debts exception.[353]

For the 2014-15 budget year, Keystone Central School Board did not apply for exceptions to exceed their Act 1 Index limit. In 2014-15, all Pennsylvania school districts were required to make a 21.4% of payroll payment to the teacher's pension fund (PSERS).[354] For the school budget 2014-15, 316 Pennsylvania public school districts adopted a resolution certifying that tax rates would not be increased above its Act 1 Index limit. Another 181 school districts adopted a preliminary budget leaving open the option of exceeding the Index limit. Districts may apply for multiple exceptions each year. For the pension costs exception, 163 school districts received approval to exceed the Index in full, while others received a partial approval of their request. For special education costs, 104 districts received approval to exceed their tax limit. Seven Pennsylvania public school districts received an approval for the grandfathered construction debts exception.[355]

For the 2013-14 budget year, Keystone Central School Board did not apply for exceptions to exceed their Act 1 Index limit. In 2013-14, all Pennsylvania school districts were required to make a 16.93% of payroll payment to the teacher's pension fund (PSERS). For the school budget year 2013-14, 311 Pennsylvania public school districts adopted a resolution certifying that tax rates would not be increased above their index. Another 171 school districts adopted a preliminary budget leaving open the option of exceeded the Index limit. For the pension costs exception, 169 school districts received approval to exceed the Index. For special education costs, 75 districts received approval to exceed their tax limit. Eleven Pennsylvania public school districts received an approval for grandfathered construction debts.[356]

For the 2012-13 budget year, Keystone Central School Board applied for 2 exceptions to exceed the Act 1 Index: teacher pension costs and special education costs. The special education request was denied by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. For 2012-2013, 274 school districts adopted a resolution certifying that tax rates would not be increased above their index; 223 school districts adopted a preliminary budget leaving open the option of exceeded the Index limit. For the exception for pension costs, 194 school districts received approval to exceed the Index. For special education costs, 129 districts received approval to exceed the tax limit.[357]

For the 2011-12 school year, Keystone Central School Board applied for two exceptions to exceed the Act 1 Index: teacher pension costs and special education costs. Both were approved. Each year, the School Board has the option of adopting either 1) a resolution in January certifying they will not increase taxes above their index or 2) a preliminary budget in February. A school district adopting the resolution may not apply for referendum exceptions or ask voters for a tax increase above the inflation index. A specific timeline for these decisions is published annually, by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.[358]

According to a state report, for the 2011-2012 school year budgets, 247 school districts adopted a resolution certifying that tax rates would not be increased above their index; 250 school districts adopted a preliminary budget. Of the 250 school districts that adopted a preliminary budget, 231 adopted real estate tax rates that exceeded their index. Tax rate increases in the other 19 school districts that adopted a preliminary budget did not exceed the school district's index. Of the districts who sought exceptions: 221 used the pension costs exemption and 171 sought a Special Education costs exemption. Only 1 school district sought an exemption for Nonacademic School Construction Project, while 1 sought an exception for Electoral debt for school construction.[359]

For the 2010-2011 school budget, Keystone Central School Board did not apply for any exception to exceed the index.[360] In the Spring of 2010, 135 Pennsylvania school boards asked to exceed their adjusted index. Approval was granted to 133 of them and 128 sought an exception for pension costs increases.[361] In 2007, the Keystone School Board adopted a resolution to stay within the Act 1 Index limit for the 2007-08 school budget.[362]

In 2012, property tax relief for residents of Keystone Central School District was set at $222 per approved homestead. In 2010, the School District's property tax relief was set at $224 for approved 9638 homesteads.[363] In 2009, the Homestead/Farmstead Property Tax Relief from gambling for the Keystone Central School District was $228 per approved homestead, for the 9460 property owners who applied for the tax relief in 2009.[364] The relief was subtracted from the total annual school property tax bill. Property owners apply for the relief through the county Treasurer's office. Farmers can qualify for a farmstead exemption on building used for agricultural purposes. The farm must be at least 10 contiguous acres (40,000 m²) and must be the primary residence of the owner. Farmers can qualify for both the homestead exemption and the farmstead exemption. In Clinton County, 54% of eligible property owners applied for property tax relief in 2009. In Center County, 72% property owners applied. Potter County had a 79% participate.[365] The highest property tax relief was given to Chester Upland School District at $632 in 2010 and in 2009.[366]

Additionally, the Pennsylvania Property Tax/Rent Rebate program is provided for low income Pennsylvanians aged 65 and older; widows and widowers aged 50 and older; and people with disabilities age 18 and older. The income limit is $35,000 for homeowners. The maximum rebate for both homeowners and renters is $650. Applicants can exclude one-half (1/2) of their Social Security income, consequently, people with income substantially more than $35,000 may still qualify for a rebate. Individuals must apply annually for the rebate.

Property taxes in Pennsylvania are relatively high on a national scale. According to the Tax Foundation, Pennsylvania ranked 11th in the U.S. in 2008 in terms of property taxes paid as a percentage of home value (1.34%) and 12th in the country in terms of property taxes as a percentage of income (3.55%).[367]

Coaches receive compensation as outlined in the teachers' union contract. When athletic competition exceeds the regular season, additional compensation is paid.[375] The district is noncompliant with state law, due to failing to post its Interscholastic Athletic Opportunities Disclosure Form on its website. Article XVI-C of the Public School Code requires the disclosure of interscholastic athletic opportunities for all public secondary school entities in Pennsylvania. All school entities with grades 7-12 are required to annually collect data concerning team and financial information for all male and female athletes beginning with the 2012-13 school year and submit the information to the Pennsylvania Department of Education. Beginning with the 2013-14 school year, all non-school (booster club and alumni) contributions and purchases must also be reported to PDE.[376]

According to Pennsylvania's Safety in Youth Sports Act, all sports coaches, paid and volunteer, are required to annually complete the Concussion Management Certification Training and present the certification before coaching.[377][378] The Board has instituted a concussion policy.[379] It stipulates that when an athlete exhibits signs or symptoms of a concussion or traumatic brain injury while participating in an athletic activity, the individual shall be removed by the coach from participation at that time.

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