ESEA Title II-A Non-public Schools Equitable Services Repayment to Participating Schools Office of...

ESEA Title II-A Non-public Schools Equitable ServicesRepayment to Participating Schools

Office of Consolidated Planning & MonitoringFebruary 2015

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Agenda

Overview

Reduced Liability

Planning and communicating through consultation

Documenting consultation in ePlan

Questions for LEAs

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Overview

There are 31 districts that have been affected by the reviews

Reviews dated back to FY 2010

United States Department of Education (ED) has suggested a 5 year corrective process• FY 2015 allocations are correct and out to the schools in a timely

fashion• The repayment of services over the next 4 years

Schedules were determined on a case-by-case basis in consultation with the Office of the Chief Financial Officer

Starting with FY 2016, the repayment will come out of the LEA’s annual Title II-A allocations

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Reducing Liability

All affected LEAs have worked to reduce their liability where possible

• Found documented activities where districts included the non-public schools NOT PREVIOUSLY INCLUDED IN ORIGINAL APPLICATION

• Documented those activities on II-A Fiscal Adjustment Form (provided)

• Supplied evidence of the non-public schools being included (i.e. email correspondence, meeting agendas, budgets, fiscal worksheets)

• Tallied the proportionate share

• Subtracted the total deductions from the estimated cost II-A amount owed by the LEA

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Planning/Communication

Timeline Consultation

Documentation

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Before Consultation

The LEA should: Create a timeline of events

• Communicate repayment of services to non-public schools• Establish meeting dates for consultation• Create plan for school access to services• Document deadlines for non-public schools• Collect feedback • Identify persons responsible for timeline tasks

Begin planning regarding non-public schools• Possible uses for allocation• Costs of possible uses for allocation• Staff that may need to be involved in the process and their roles• Communication to non-public schools

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Communication

Communication should be timely and meaningful

Communication to non-public schools should be separate from the Annual Consultation for next year’s services• One-on-One• Small group • Whole group

Document Consultation• Meeting invitation• Copy of presentation• Agenda• Evaluation

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During Consultation

Be transparent• Process for repayment of services • Review the purpose of Title II-A funds• Allowable expenditures• Non-allowable expenditures

Get feedback from non-public school officials• Questionnaires• Surveys• Leave time for questions/answers• Affirmation of consultation (template available)

– For Title II-A– May be altered for the specific topic

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Affirmation of Consultation

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After Consultation

Review feedback from consultation meetings• Compare and contrast feedback to pre-planning ideas• Non-public school feedback should be considered during

district planning process

Create an action plan for repayment allocation• Possible uses for allocation• Costs of possible uses for allocation

– Budget breakdown

• Staff that may need to be involved in the process and their roles

• Timeline• Communication of final plans to non-public schools• Start dates for implementation

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Documentation Uploaded to ePlan

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Future Allocations

Be mindful when planning for future II-A allocations

• Heavy funding in areas that can’t be counted toward equitable services

– Class size reductions– Bonuses– Recruitment and retention

• When rolling out LEA action plans, demonstrate consideration of non-public schools’ requests

– Include private school officials in planning» Advisory council

– Refer to private school feedback in action plan» Survey results» Questionnaire results

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TDOE is Here to Support the Process:

Office of the Chief Financial Officer

Maryanne.Durski@tn.gov

Brenda.Staggs@tn.gov

Office of Consolidated Planning and Monitoring

Eve.Carney@tn.gov Debbie.Owens@tn.gov Quache.Spencer@tn.g

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TDOE is Here to Support the Process:

Office of the Chief Financial Officer

Brad.Davis@tn.gov Cindy.Smith@tn.gov Brian.Runion@tn.gov Robert.Mynhier@tn.go

v Jackie.Broyles@tn.gov Dustin.Winstead@tn.g

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Office of Consolidated Planning and Monitoring

Corey.Currie@tn.gov Janet.Mansfield@tn.go

v Bridgette.Jones@tn.go

v Bridgett.Carwile@tn.g

ov Jacki.Wolfe@tn.gov

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Resources

Title II-A guidance

• https://www2.ed.gov/programs/teacherqual/guidance.pdf

Title I Non-public Schools Guidance

• https://www2.ed.gov/programs/titleiparta/ps/titleitoolkit.pdf

• http://www2.ed.gov/policy/elsec/guid/equitableserguidance.doc

• http://www2.ed.gov/programs/titleiparta/psguidance.doc

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Questions?

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FRAUD, WASTE or ABUSE

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Hotline:

1-800-232-5454

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