Alternative and Incarcerated Education
Purpose
NYS alternative education provides options for students who are at risk of dropping out of school to remain engage in an alternative learning environment that focuses on their particular skills, abilities and learning styles. Alternative education programs have for decades provided additional pathway for students to complete their secondary education and transition to a post- secondary or career option.
Alternative and Incarcerated Education
P-12 SSS is responsible for three alternative education programs that serve at risk youth. These are the Alternative Transition Program (ATP); the Alternative High School Equivalency Preparation Program (AHSEP; and the Education of Incarcerated Youth Program (IY).
Resources
- ATP/TASC Application for the 2024-25 School Year
- Alternative Education Steering Committee Directory
- Application for Variance of Admission to AHSEP Program - Requirement
- Court Placed Youth Memo
- Frequently Used Special Education Application
- Education of Alternative Education and Incarcerated Youth Program Information - updated January 8, 2016
- Education of Incarcerated Youth Program Plan for the 2023-24 School Year
- Education of Incarcerated Youth Program Memo
- Regents Item: Educational Programming for Students Who Are Incarcerated and/or Institutionalized Through the Judicial System - A January 2005 report presented to the Board of Regents on the education of students who are incarcerated or institutionalized.
- Test Assessing Secondary Completion (TASC)™
Operating Programs for:
Alternative High School Equivalency Preparation and Alternative Transition Programs