Title I Equitable Services for Eligible Private School Students 2015 ESEA Directors Institute August 27, 2015

Consolidated Planning & Monitoring Quache Spencer OCR and Non-public Manager (Office) (Cell)

Agenda

Agenda Why do private schools receive services? Who is responsible for providing services? What should Title I services look like? What is the timeline of services? How are funds generated? Who receives the services? What is required for documenting services? –Intent to Participate –Private school survey –ePlan What are the Title I set-asides?

Why do private schools receive services? Under Title I, local educational agencies (LEAs) are required to provide services for eligible private school students, as well as eligible public school students. In particular, §1120 of Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), requires a participating LEA to provide eligible children attending private elementary and secondary schools, their teachers, and their families with Title I services or other benefits that are equitable to those provided to eligible public school children, their teachers, and their families.

Who is responsible for providing services? The LEA is responsible for planning, designing, and implementing the Title I program –The LEA may not delegate those responsibilities to the private schools The LEA must consult with the private school officials annually to develop a program that best fits the private school –Initial consultation –On-going consultation

What should Title I services look like? Instructional services must be the primary focus If funding is not sufficient to provide instructional services other services may be provided –Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) –Professional development –Parental involvement

What should Title I services look like? Tutoring (Instructional services) –During school (Pull out services) –After school (Extended day) –Summer services (Extended year) Services and materials should be separate from classroom materials and services

What should Title I services look like? LEA delivers the services –Hires the teachers/tutors Meets same criteria as LEA’s teachers –Orders materials and supplies –Monitors the program for compliance –Evaluates the effectiveness of the program Third-party vendor delivers the services –Contracts services –Vendors hire teachers Do not have to meet the same criteria as LEA’s teachers –LEA orders materials and supplies –LEA monitors the program for compliance –LEA evaluates the effectiveness of the program

What is the timeline for services? Second Quarter Third Quarter Fourth Quarter First Quarter First Quarter: For the next school year: January – Gather Intent to Participate information February – Complete private school survey; Get poverty information from private schools March – Have Consultation Meeting; Calculate PPA per school Fourth Quarter: October / November – Monitor services for compliance and effectiveness December – Download Intent to Participate form; Mid-year feedback survey (private school officials) Second Quarter: For the next school year: April – Begin individual meetings with private school officials; Match data from private school survey to Consolidated Funding Application (CFA) May – Complete CFA June – Fine-tune service plan Third Quarter: July – Coordinate hiring of instructional staff; Place instructional staff August / September – Begin services; Monitor services for compliance and effectiveness

Generating Funding for Title I Private School Programs

How are funds generated? Funds are generated based on the number of private school children who: –reside in a Title I school attendance area –are deemed low-income Public school attendance area Column A Per pupil allocation (PPA) by attendance area Column B Number of public school low- income children by attendance area Column C Number of private school low- income children by attendance area Column D Total allocation for each public school [A X B] Column E Amount available for Title I services to private school children [A X C] A $ $400,000 $104,000 B $ $210,000 $ 5,600 C $ $120,000 $ 1,800 D $ $200,000 $ 8,500

What is required for documenting services? Intent to Participate –LEAs must send to all private schools in your attendance area –Used to fill out Private school survey –Can be downloaded from ePlan

What is required for documenting services? Private school survey –Information taken directly from the Intent to Participate forms from private schools –Used to populate information into ePlan

What is required for documenting services?

Title I Set-asides

What are the Title I Set-asides? If an LEA chooses to reserve funds for PD and/or district- wide initiatives, equitable portions of those set-asides are required. Set-asides that are subject to equitable services: –Parental involvement –Professional Development –District-wide Initiatives Title I required set-asides: –Parent Involvement (If LEAs Title I allocation is greater than $500,000) –95% for schools–above and beyond spiral

Title I Equitable Worksheet Let’s practice: –Using the Title I equitable worksheet and the information on the next slide, calculate the proportion of the reservation for ABC school district. Next calculate the equitable services amount for each set- aside. The reservations for the each set-aside are: –Parental Involvement: $350,000 –Professional Development: $250,000 –District wide Instructional programs: $1,000,000

Calculating Set-asides Taken from the School Eligibility Page in ePlan

Reservation for Calculating Set- asides Taken from the District Set-asides and Overview page in ePlan:

Calculating Set-asides Does the Non-Title I school’s low income count matter? 1585

Reservation for Calculating Set- asides Taken from the District Set-asides and Overview page in ePlan:

Set-asides for Non-public Schools Once calculations are complete, they should be plugged into the “Non-Public/ Private School” section of the “District Set Asides and Overview” page in ePlan.

Resources Title I Non-public Schools Guidance – – –

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