Clinton Rosette Middle School, 650 N. First St., must provide supplemental education services for its students next year.

The 2001 No Child Left Behind Act mandates that schools make adequate yearly progress to be on target for 100-percent student proficiency in reading and math by the 2013-14 school year.

The standards are based on test performances over nine different subgroups, such as minority groups, in each subject, said Linell Lasswell, DeKalb’s assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction.

If the school does not meet the standards in any one of the subgroups, it must offer a second option to students who no longer want to attend the school that has not met adequate yearly progress, Lasswell said.

This status is known as “school improvement.” District 428 does not currently have a second choice, Lasswell said.

Huntley Middle School, 821 S. Seventh St., is not an option because this year’s data on that school has not been returned, she said.

“We contacted all the districts that touch our boundaries,” Lasswell said. “Not everyone gave a reason, but primarily it was a lack of space on their part.”

There is no law mandating that the other districts must take the students, she said.

Next year, Clinton Rosette will be required by law to provide supplemental educational services if there is still no second choice, said Naomi Greene, an Illinois State Board of Education spokeswoman.

This year, the school has done all that is required by law, she said.

All a district has to do is show that they made the effort to contact other schools and document it, Greene said.

Clinton Rosette has already taken steps to move off the school improvement list.

“We have a program called ‘Extended Day,’ which will be starting in November. This program provides supplemental services to students after school,” said Clinton Rosette Principal Sheila Conrad.

The school also hosts before- and after-school study halls and has Title I reading teachers at school during the day to help students identified as “at-risk,” Conrad said.

Title I is a federal entitlement program designed to improve the academic achievement of disadvantaged students.