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Title I Part A:Back to Basics
ESEA Odyssey
Fall 2010
Agenda
1. Introductions
2. Program Designs
3. Fiscal Basics
4. Parent Involvement
5. Private Schools
6. Questions
Title I-A Basics
Title I, Part A is a state-administered program– ED grants funds to state based on statutory
formulas– State grants funds to LEAs based on statutory
formula– LEA allocates funds to schools based on ranking
and serving– Provide supplemental service to students at risk
of failing academic standards
Title I-A Basics (cont.)
Allocations are based
on poverty levels
Service is based
on academic need
Program Design
Two models of Title I, Part A program:
1. Targeted Assistance School - TAS
2. Schoolwide Program - SWP
Targeted Assistance - TAS
Focus: Identified Students
Must identify Title IA students and provide with supplemental services
Must ensure Title IA funds solely used to benefit identified students
For schools ineligible or choose not to operate schoolwide
Who is a “Title I student”?
Student identified as failing or at risk of failing state academic standards
NOT based on poverty!
How to identify students?
Students eligible:– Multiple– Educationally related– Objective criteria developed by LEA– If preschool-grade 2, judgment of teacher,
interviews with parents and other developmentally appropriate measures
Automatically eligible if:
Head Start Even Start Early Reading First Migrant Neglected or Delinquent Homeless
Selecting Students for Service
From universe of eligible students
Select those with the greatest need for additional academic assistance
Let’s talk about this…
Components of a TAS
1. Use Title IA funds to help selected students meet state standards
2. Incorporate Title IA plans into existing comprehensive school plans
3. Effective methods and instructional strategies based on SBR
Extended learning time Accelerated, high-quality curriculum Minimal pull from class
Components of a TAS (cont)
4. Coordinate with regular ed program
5. Highly qualified teachers and paras
6. Professional development
7. Parental involvement
8. Coordinate other federal, state and local services and programs
TAS Program Design
Historical – Pull Out Double/Triple Dose
Current – Extended Learning Time Extended school year Before or after school Summer school
Record Keeping
Current written TAS plan Template Checklist
Expenditure reports that document funds spent only on participating students
“Incidental Inclusion”
School may provide, on an incidental basis, services to
children who have
not been selected
to participate
Incidental Services….Only if…
Designed to meet the needs of Title IA students and focused on those students
Does not decrease amount, duration, or quality of service for identified students
Does not increase cost Does not result in the exclusion of children
who would otherwise receive Title IA services.
Integration of Personnel
Title IA funded staff may…
– Participate in general professional development
– Assume limited duties that are assigned to similar personnel, as long as same in proportion
Title IA Funded PD
May include any teachers that serve Title IA students at some point during the day
“Title IA funds cannot be used to pay for professional development of staff who do not serve any title IA students at some point during the school day”
Ray Simon, USDE Guidance Letter (2004)
Supplement Not Supplant
Services in addition to that which is provided from non-Title IA sources
Serving only identified students
What would happen in the absence of Title IA funds?
Schoolwide Programs
Schoolwide Programs
To upgrade the entire educational program by combining federal, state and local efforts
Prerequisites:
– 40% poverty– 1 year planning process
SWP Focus: ALL Children
Enabling all students to meet academic standards
Not required to show supplemental services to identified students
SWP Still Must…
Meet intent and purposes of combined programs
IDEA – all requirements Migrant – consult with parents; meet needs
first; document Indian Education – parent committee
approval
SWP Ten Components
1. Comprehensive Needs Assessment 2. Identify Research-Based Reform
Strategies 3. Student Assessment of Progress 4. Timely Student Assistance 5. Professional Development
SWP Ten Components (cont.)
6. Highly Qualified Staff—Retain and Recruit 7. Parent Involvement 8. Transitions and Collaboration 9. Annual Evaluation 10. Fiscal Coordination
New Fiscal Guidance
Educational Purpose
Combined –vs- Theoretically Combined
Records Requirements:
Compliant and updated schoolwide plan
Annual review process implemented
Title I-A Fiscal Considerations
Expenditures
TAS – SWP
Educational Purpose
Reasonable and Necessary to carry out program
Set Asides - “off the top”
Administration– Public and private school program administration
Homeless Student Service– REQUIRED– To serve students in non-Title IA funded schools
District Run Programs (e.g. summer school )
Set Asides – “off the top”
Professional Development Parental Involvement
– If allocation over $500,000 then 1% required set aside (95% goes back to IA schools, 5% stays for district activity)
Other Authorized Programs– PreK, N/D activities (selection criteria)
When no specified amount:
“Reasonable and Necessary”
Set Asides – “Improvement Status”
School Improvement– 20% of total allocation for choice transportation
and supplemental education service
District Improvement– 10% of total allocation for professional
development for all staff to address reason for improvement status
Rank and Serve
Must serve schools with 75% or greater poverty
Can rank by grade span or without regard to grade span – district decision
Parental Involvement
Parental Involvement Requirements
Annual meeting
Involvement in planning, review and improvement of Title IA programs
Timely notification and information about Title IA programs
Provide assistance to parents in understanding Title I
Build parent capacity to assist child with academic improvement
Parental Involvement Requirements
District Parent Involvement Policy
School Parent Involvement Plan
School/Parent Compact
Parental Involvement Policies
Parent Notifications
Annual district report card
HQT status – “4 week letter”
Opt out of military recruiter access to student information
Student achievement levels on state academic assessments
School improvement status
SES Teacher qualifications
Parental Notification
There’s Help!!
TransACT.com
Parent Involvement
Parent Involvement Set Aside– 1% of allocation if over $500,000
– 95% of that goes directly to schools for parental involvement activities and requirement
– 5% of that pays for district level parental involvement activities
Title IA and Private Schools
Consultation
Targeted Assistance School
Funding Students vs Serving Students
Equitable Services and Participation– Instruction and Setasides
Questions and Discussion
