1. General Rank Order Rules
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General Rank Order Rules
LEA may only serve schools where funds are sufficient to enable children to make adequate progress toward meeting the State’s performance standards
Districts with fewer than 1,000 students or who have only one school per grade span are exempt from rank order rules
All other LEAs
All schools above 75% poverty level must be served before any schools below 75% poverty level are served, regardless of grade span
Using “Free Lunch” instead of “Free and Reduced Meal” will often allow an LEA to focus Title I funds on fewer schools or particular grade spans
Typically choosing Free Lunch will decrease the number of schools affected by the 75% rule. 1

2. 11/14/2018
35% Rule District Wide
Only schools above 35% poverty rate may be served
Schools must be served in rank order regardless of grade span
If district-wide poverty rate is above 35%, “Percentages District Wide” will allow LEA to set a higher minimum poverty rate for serving schools:
In the first example, the LEA could serve schools down to 35%. In the second example, using Percentages District Wide increases the minimum poverty level served to 59%. In the third example, the minimum poverty level served is 89%, which is more restrictive than the 75% rule. 2

3. 11/14/2018
35% Rule District Wide
If district-wide poverty rate is below 35%, “Percentages District Wide will allow district to serve schools below 35% (note: If an LEA serves any schools below 35% poverty, the LEA must allocate to all participating schools an amount for each low-income child in each school that is at least 125% of the LEA’s allocation per low-income child.)
From Guidance:
If an LEA serves any areas or schools below 35 percent poverty, the LEA must allocate to all its participating areas or schools an amount for each low-income child in each participating school attendance area or school that is at least 125 percent of the LEA's allocation per low-income child.
An LEA must allocate at least this amount for each low-income child in every school the LEA serves, not just for those schools below 35 percent poverty. 3

4. Grade Span Grouping + District Wide Percentage
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Grade Span Grouping + District Wide Percentage
Any school above 75% must be served – Grade Span Grouping is then used to select which of remaining schools to serve.
Only schools above the district-wide poverty rate AND within the prioritized grade span(s) may be served. 4

5. Grade Span Grouping + Group Wide Percentage
Any school above 75% must be served – Grade Span Grouping is then used to select which of remaining schools to serve.
Only schools above the grade span poverty rate AND within the prioritized grade span(s) may be served
Schools must be served in rank order within the grade span 5

6. Grade Span Grouping + 35% Rule
Any school above 75% must be served – Grade Span Grouping is then used to select which of remaining schools to serve.
Only schools above the district-wide poverty rate AND above 35% may be served. 6