Transcript Implementing a Quality Title I Private School Program NCLB Section 1120/Title I Part A Presented by: Karen Davies, Title I Coordinator WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

Implementing a Quality
Title I Private School
Program
NCLB Section 1120/Title I Part A
Presented by:
Karen Davies, Title I Coordinator
WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Private School Resources
 No Child Left Behind Section 1120: Participation of Children
Enrolled in Private Schools
 Non-Regulatory Guidance: Title I Services to Eligible Private
School Children (October 17, 2003)
www2.ed.gov/programs/titleiparta/psguidance.doc
 Cowen, K. & Edwards, C. (January 2009). The new Title I: The
changing landscape of accountability, 6th Edition. (Chapter 7:
Equitable Services to Private School Students)
http://www.thompson.com/public/offerpage.jsp?promo=TEAC
 Title I Regulations (§200.10 - assessment & §200.62-200.67 services)
Title I Handbook pp. F- 1010 & F1032-1034
 Title I Website: Private School Information
http://wvde.state.wv.us/titlei/private_schools.html
 Ensuring Equitable Services to Private School Children: Title I
Resource Tool Kit (September 2006)
Overview of Session
 “Timely and Meaningful” Consultation
 Parental Involvement & Professional
Development Requirements
 Equitable Funding for Students
 Allocation for Private School Students
 Eligible Students
 Program Design & Service Delivery
 Staff Qualifications
 Assessment/Accountability
 Complaint Process
“Timely & Meaningful” Consultation
True or False:
The private school makes the final
decisions with respect to Title I services
that are provided to eligible private
school students.
“Timely & Meaningful” Consultation
False:
The LEA makes the final decisions with
respect to Title I services that are
provided to eligible private school
students.
“Timely & Meaningful” Consultation
Appropriate consultation with
private school officials is often
the key to ensuring that a LEA’s
program for equitable
participation is a success.
“Timely & Meaningful” Consultation
Timely – occurs before decisions are
made that affect opportunities of
eligible private school students.
Meaningful – LEA must consider
comments of private school officials.
“Timely & Meaningful” Consultation
The consultation must include (but is not limited to):
 how the LEA will identify the needs of eligible
private school children
 what services the LEA will offer to eligible
students
 how and when the LEA will make decisions about
the delivery of the services
 how, where, and through whom the LEA will
provide services to eligible private school children
 how the LEA will assess services and use the
results of the assessment to improve Title I
services
“Timely & Meaningful” Consultation
The consultation must include (but is not limited to):
 The size and scope of equitable services the LEA
will provide
 The proportion of funds the LEA will allocate for
these services
 The source(s) of poverty data the LEA will use to
determine eligible private school students
 Equitable services the LEA will provide to
teachers and families of participating private
school students
“Timely & Meaningful” Consultation
NCLB brings two additional requirements:
 The use of third party contractors
(public or private organizations &
individuals)
 A signed affirmation insuring that
appropriate consultation occurred
Parental Involvement & Professional
Development Requirements
True or False:
NCLB statute states that the LEA must
ensure that teachers and families of the
eligible private school students participate,
on an equitable basis, in services and
activities developed in accordance with Title
I requirements on parental involvement and
professional development.
Parental Involvement & Professional
Development Requirements
True
NCLB statute states that the LEA must
ensure that teachers and families of eligible
private school students participate, on an
equitable basis, in services and activities
developed in accordance with Title I
requirements on parental involvement and
professional development.
Parental Involvement & Professional
Development Requirements
The LEA may:
 conduct parental involvement and
professional development activities in
conjunction with the LEAs planned
activities for public school teachers and
families; or
 conduct them independently.
Equitable Funding for Students
True or False:
Private schools must be considered when
determining the largest reservation
required of LEAs under NCLB: 20% set
aside for choice-transportation and
supplemental educational services.
Equitable Funding for Students
False
Private schools are not subject to the
sanctions for school improvement, corrective
action, and restructuring, and therefore,
would not get a proportionate share of this
reservation. Furthermore, only children
attending Title I public schools are subject to
school improvement sanctions.
Private School Allocation
True or False:
The allocation for private school
students is based on the number of lowincome private school students who
reside in a Title I-participating public
school attendance area.
Private School Allocation
True
The allocation for private school
students is based on the number of lowincome private school students who
reside in a Title I-participating public
school attendance area.
Private School Allocation
Procedures for private school allocation:
 reserve funds “off the top” of the LEAs funds for
private schools
 the allocation for a private school is based on the
number of low-income private school students
who reside in a Title I-participating public school
attendance area
 the amount allocated per private school student
must be equitable to the per pupil allocation that
the participating public school receives (and that
the private school student would have attended)
Private School Allocation
Funds generated by low-income
private school students who
reside in Title I attendance
areas are used only to provide
instructional services to eligible
private school students.
Eligible Students
True or False:
In order for a child to be eligible to
receive Title I services, the child’s family
must reside in a public school
attendance area that participates in the
Title I program.
Eligible Students
True
In order for a child to be eligible to
receive Title I services, the child’s family
must reside in a public school
attendance area that participates in the
Title I program.
Eligible Students
In order to receive equitable services, a
student must:
 attend a private school;
 reside in a Title I-participating public
school attendance area of the LEA
(regardless of whether the private school
s/he attends is located in the LEA);
 be identified as academically failing or atrisk of failing to meet the state’s
standards
Eligible Students
Criteria may include:
 achievement tests
 teacher referral & recommendation based on
objective, educationally related criteria such as
grades supported with assessment measurement
 K-2 eligible students are selected solely on teacher
judgment, interviews with parents, and
developmentally appropriate measures.
Eligible Students
 The grades served by Title I private school
funding are the same as those served within
the LEA
For example: If an LEA uses a grade-span
ranking and chooses to focus funding on serving
only students in grades K-3 then only eligible
students in grades K-3 are served in private
schools.
Program Design & Service Delivery
True or False:
The LEA may provide required services
either directly using district personnel or
indirectly through contracts with public
and private organizations and
individuals.
Program Design & Service Delivery
True
The LEA may provide required services
either directly using district personnel or
indirectly through contracts with public
and private organizations and
individuals.
Program Design & Service Delivery
 If the LEA contracts services, the contractor
must be independent of the private school
and of any religious organization
 The contract or the employment of the
individual must be under the supervision of
the LEA
 Educational services, materials and
equipment must be secular, neutral, and
nonideological
Program Design & Service Delivery
Title I services must be
supplemental in nature and cannot
replace or supplant services that
would, in the absence of Title I, be
available to participating private
school children.
Program Design & Service Delivery
Examples of types of services:
 Specialized instruction outside the regular
classroom
 Extended learning time (before/after school
or summer)
 Family literacy
 Early childhood
 Computer assisted instruction
 Combination of services listed above
Program Design & Service Delivery
True or False:
Equipment and supplies may remain at
the private school even if the school no
longer needs these items to provide Title
I services.
Program Design & Service Delivery
False
The LEA is required to remove the
equipment and supplies if the LEA no
longer needs these items to provide Title
I services, or if removal is necessary to
avoid unauthorized use of the items for
other than Title I purposes.
Program Design & Service Delivery
False
The LEA is required to remove the
equipment and supplies if the LEA no
longer needs these items to provide Title
I services, or if removal is necessary to
avoid unauthorized use of the items for
other than Title I purposes.
Staff Qualifications
True or False:
Public school teachers hired by the LEA
to work in Title I private school
programs are not subject to the “highly
qualified” provisions of NCLB.
Staff Qualifications
False
Public school teachers hired by the LEA
to work in Title I private school
programs are subject to the “highly
qualified” provisions of NCLB.
Staff Qualifications
However, If an LEA hires a private
company to provide equitable
services to private school students,
the instructional staff of the
company are not required to meet the
highly qualified rules.
Assessment/Accountability
True or False
NCLB requires private school students
to participate in a state’s academic
assessment system.
Assessment/Accountability
False
The regulations clarify that nothing
under NCLB requires a private school ,
including a private school whose
students receive Title I services, to
participate in a state’s academic
assessment system.
Assessment/Accountability
 NCLB requires that private school students
participating in the Title I program must be
assessed.
 The LEA and the private school officials must
develop alternative standards of student
achievement if the school’s curriculum is not
aligned with state standards.
 If the private school does not utilize the state
assessment, the LEA must use some assessment
measure for gauging the progress of Title I private
school students.
Assessment/Accountability
 Criteria may include:
 achievement tests
 teacher referral and recommendation
 classroom performance
 grades
 interviews with parents
Assessment/Accountability
 Children from preschool through grade two
are selected solely on the basis of such
criteria as:
 teacher judgment
 interviews with parents
 developmentally appropriate measures
(See section 1115(b)(1) & (2)
Complaint Process
True or False
Private school officials have the right to
appeal to the SEA if they believe that
the LEA officials have not complied
with the requirements of section 1120.
Complaint Process
True
Specifically, private school officials have the
right to appeal to the SEA if they believe:
 the LEA did not engage in consultation
that was timely and meaningful;
 there was not consideration given to the
views of private school officials; and
 there is a dispute involving poverty data.
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