As documented under Section 1115 of Title I, Part A of the Every Students Succeeds Act (ESSA), a local education agency receiving Title I funds «may use funds received under this part only for programs that provide services to eligible children under subsection (b)
identified as having the greatest need for
special assistance... Eligible children are children
identified by the school as failing, or most at risk of failing, to meet the State's challenging student academic achievement standards on the basis of multiple, educationally related, objective
criteria established by the local educational agency and supplemented by the school, except that children from preschool through grade 2 shall be selected solely on the basis of such
criteria as teacher judgment, interviews with parents, and developmentally appropriate measures».
As rated by parents (0 = poor to 4 = excellent), adolescents were relatively healthy (mean: 3.38; SE: 0.008); however, 21 % met screening
criteria that
identified a
special health care need.34 Nineteen percent were black, 81 % were white or other, and 15 % were Hispanic.