Meet
ESSA Title IV SEL Requirements It happens every spring.
In addition to using existing state and local funds, school districts could use federal funds —
ESSA Title I, Title II, and Title IV; Education Innovation and Research; AmeriCorps; and more — to finance these programs.
-- Speaking of ESSA, nominations for negotiators to help propose
ESSA Title I regulations [http://1.usa.gov/1XIHgli] are due on Thursday.
So does it make sense to eliminate or significantly reduce the $ 2.3 billion
ESSA Title II funds that states and districts use to support this professional learning?
Unfortunately, only four states emphasize the role of evidence - based approaches outside of school improvement (e.g.,
ESSA Title II and Title IV); only five states pledge to conduct evaluations to build the evidence base further; and only nine states highlight the use of evidence when reviewing and approving school improvement funding applications.
The Committee did include a $ 200 million increase in IDEA funding and a $ 100 million increase for
ESSA Title IV, Part B (Student Support and Academic Achievement State Grants).
NSBA's letter urges Congress to prioritize funding for education and provide the maximum funding in fiscal year 2019 for programs that include
ESSA Title I - A, Title II - A, and Title IV; IDEA State Grants; and school safety infrastructure.
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions held a full committee hearing on
ESSA titled «ESSA Implementation: Update from the U.S. Secretary of Education on Proposed Regulations.»
Not exact matches
We do not have public data on the amount of
Title I funds at the school level now (though state reporting of such data is a new addition to
ESSA).
One relatively fleshed - out policy proposal in the mix is the concept of
Title I «portability,» proposed in the House and Senate prior to the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (
ESSA).
A comprehensive choice and
ESSA guidance package could connect the dots for SEAs and LEAs on all the authorities in the statute that could be integrated into a comprehensive vision for school choice, and describe how they can work together:
Title I, DSS, Equitable Student Funding Pilot, Magnet Schools Assistance Program, Charter Schools Grants, and the Student Support and Academic Enrichment (SSAE) grant.
ESSA wisely eliminates cost - by - cost testing for SNS, a practice which discouraged schools from spending
Title I funds on comprehensive services and perversely encouraged spending on add - ons (like pulling students out of academic classes to work with paraprofessionals) that met compliance standards but were not necessarily helpful in improving educational outcomes for low - income students.
The SNS provision in
ESSA says that school districts need to show that their resource allocation methodologies prevent any
Title I school from getting less state and local money than it would have if it didn't participate in
Title I.
Through the revised SNS provision in
ESSA, school districts are freed from this restrictive formula, but they are still required to report how they spent their
Title I funds — and the law's plain language gives auditors what they need to check the books.
For example, Junge and Krvaric note that
ESSA allows states to reserve some
Title II money for state activities to support principals and school leaders — a priority for many states.
Substantively, this is quite different from both
ESSA and the Department's own guidance on
Title I schoolwide programs (to whom the new language already applied under NCLB).
The term «evidence - based» appears 63 times across the various
titles and programs of
ESSA.
Under the
ESSA, prior to issuing proposed rules under
title I on standards, assessments under section 1111 (b)(2), and the requirement under section 1118 that funds be used to supplement, and not supplant, State and local funds, the Department must establish a negotiated rulemaking process.
The
ESSA would increase funding under Part A of
Title IX, which provides funding for homeless children, from approximately $ 65 million annually in 2015 to $ 85 million annually from 2017 through 2020.
Title III of the
ESSA covers language instruction for English Language Learners, as it did under No Child Left Behind.
Title VII of the
ESSA would become Impact Aid (formerly
Title VIII of NCLB), which would continue to authorize funding for schools located on federal property not generating tax revenue.
Title II of the
ESSA remains geared toward preparing, training, and recruiting high - quality teachers and principals.
Title VIII of the
ESSA (formerly Impact Aid under NCLB) becomes the law's general provisions section, providing definitions of terms, outlining the use of administrative funding, and detailing waivers, among other regulations.
Notably,
Title IX would house the new federal preschool program authorized by the
ESSA, and authorize annual funding at $ 250 million.
Title IV of the ESSA remains the 21st Century Schools t
Title IV of the
ESSA remains the 21st Century Schools
titletitle.
States and districts can potentially use three
ESSA funding streams —
Title I,
Title II, and
Title IV — to support SEL programming in schools.
The
ESSA maintained a number of requirements for, and made a number of significant changes to, the
title I programs, including the following: Start Printed Page 79529
Title I.
Title I of the
ESSA changes from «improving the academic achievement of the disadvantaged» to «improving basic programs operated by state and local educational agencies.»
The
ESSA does not include an option for
Title I portability.
Together, they implement provisions of
Title I of
ESSA that seek to ensure states administer high - quality assessments that are worth taking and provide meaningful data about student success and equity, while also encouraging states and districts to continue to push the field of assessment forward through innovation.
However, the
ESSA adds a significant new program under Part A. Part A of
Title IV — formerly the Safe and Drug - Free Schools and Communities program under NCLB — had not been funded since 2007, when Congress appropriated $ 270 million.
States are required to develop accountability plans under
ESSA to receive their share of federal
Title I funding.
Title VI of the
ESSA would authorize programs for American Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native students, authorizing approximately $ 160 million annually from 2015 through 2020.
The Secretary invites advice and recommendations from interested parties involved with the implementation and operation of programs under
title I concerning topics for which regulations or nonregulatory guidance may be necessary or helpful as States and LEAs transition from NCLB and implement the
ESSA.
Title V. Title V, which previously consisted of the «promoting informed parental choice and innovative programs» title, becomes the «state innovation and local flexibility» title of the
Title V.
Title V, which previously consisted of the «promoting informed parental choice and innovative programs» title, becomes the «state innovation and local flexibility» title of the
Title V, which previously consisted of the «promoting informed parental choice and innovative programs»
title, becomes the «state innovation and local flexibility» title of the
title, becomes the «state innovation and local flexibility»
title of the
title of the
ESSA.
Spending under
Title I, Part A of
ESSA increases from approximately $ 14.4 billion to an authorized level of $ 15 billion in 2017, and to $ 16.2 billion by 2020.
Under the new
Title V, the
ESSA enables some funding transferability, a pilot program for weighted student funding, and nearly $ 170 million for rural education programs from 2015 through 2020.
Under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (
ESSA), states are required to devote 7 percent of
Title I funds to improving the lowest - performing schools.
Although it makes some important changes to NCLB, such as eliminating AYP mandates, the proposed
ESSA would not accomplish important policy priorities of allowing states to make funding for
Title I portable, allowing states to completely opt out through the A-PLUS provision, or cutting programs and spending that have accumulated over the decades in a manner that has failed students and burdened school leaders with red tape.
Prior to
ESSA, the cost - by - cost SNS test prevented schools from spending
Title I funds on comprehensive improvements because it was hard to show something comprehensive was «extra» or supplemental.
My Hamilton Project proposal explains how
ESSA's new SNS language has the potential to unlock
Title I funds for struggling students, allowing districts to spend
Title I on broader school improvement strategies — such as improving a school's core curriculum, or implementing common planning time for teachers — rather than working around the edges.
Fortunately, many teacher preparation programs, school districts, and nonprofit organizations are working together, using funds provided through
Title II of
ESSA, to ensure that new teachers are prepared to lead a classroom of their own.
And because this analysis is limited to initiatives under
Title II, Part A, it is not an exhaustive list of states» strategies to improve the educator workforce; rather this brief highlights a few noteworthy states that have proposed promising teacher pipeline initiatives that they are either starting or continuing with support from
Title II, Part A of
ESSA.
It's an important distinction, because
ESSA requires that states designate their lowest - performing 5 percent of schools receiving
Title I funds as in need of Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI), which triggers additional support and intervention.
Under
ESSA,
Title II funds can be used to «offer ongoing professional learning opportunities in early education to reach the thousands of principals already in the field.»
The budget eliminates funding for the $ 2.4 billion Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants program, or
Title II, of the Every Student Succeeds Act, or
ESSA, and the $ 1.2 billion 21st Century Community Learning Centers, or 21st CCLC,
Title IV, Part B, of
ESSA.
Under
ESSA, many
Title I, Part D (Prevention & Intervention Programs for Children & Youth Who are Neglected, Delinquent or At Risk), provisions remain the same.
Under
ESSA, many
Title IV, Part B (21st Century Community Learning Centers), provisions remain the same
These states»
ESSA plans indicate that they will use
Title II, Part A not just for professional development — the use of funds mostly commonly associated with this section of the law — but to build stronger teacher pipelines through changes to recruitment, preparation, compensation, induction, mentoring, and leadership opportunities as well.
However, not much has been written on how states plan to leverage
Title II, Part A of
ESSA to strengthen their teacher pipelines.