Migrant education funds support high quality education programs that meet the special needs of migratory children to help them succeed academically in a regular school program, meet the same academic and content standards that all children are expected to meet, and graduate from high school.
Assessment - related products and supplies, including social and emotional learning diagnostic tools, such as Aperture Education's Evo Social / Emotional Assessment and Intervention System, are allowable purchases with
Migrant Education funds provided that the purchase adheres to the guidelines of the federal program (s) that
Migrant Education funds are combined with.
Not exact matches
The report examines progress in the performance of students in high - poverty schools, the development of state standards and assessment systems, accountability systems and school improvement efforts, the targeting of Title I
funds, Title I services at the school level, support for family involvement, services for students in private schools, and services provided under the Even Start,
Migrant Education, and Neglected and Delinquent programs.
The Virginia Department of
Education is responsible for evaluating migrant education programs in the state through submission of an application for funding under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 196
Education is responsible for evaluating
migrant education programs in the state through submission of an application for funding under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 196
education programs in the state through submission of an application for
funding under the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 196
Education Act of 1965 (ESEA).
While federally
funded, California's
Migrant Education Program (MEP) is supported by both federal and state laws.
El Centro Hispano de Oceana's
funded program consists of two parts: 1) intensive coordination with educational outreach personnel by providing materials specific to the needs of the Hispanic population (one example being translation of existing college access materials), and 2) contracting with existing school - based
Migrant Outreach Workers to expand their services to include a focus on the value of a postsecondary
education, leveraging existing relationships.
Many more are level
funded, including Title I,
migrant education, neglected / delinquent, 21st Century Community Learning Centers, and more, along with some program specifics still being confirmed.
It is not that the federal government was saying the Connecticut's State Department of
Education stole the
funds or spent them on non-
education expenses; the problem appears to be the programs being
funded may have helped children other than just the children of
migrant workers.
Of course, this
migrant education program was minor compared to the amount of
funds and the level of federal rules and restrictions associated with the federal government's massive No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top
funding.
It turns out that in 2002, 2003 and 2004, the Connecticut State Department of
Education applied for and was granted
funds from the United States Department of
Education's National Initiative to Ensure Child Eligibility for Title I, Part C,
Migrant Education Program.