Sentences with phrase «title i money»

In 1994, Congress searched for — and eventually identified — a way to adjust the formula for distributing Title I money to compensate for increases or decreases in school districts» child - poverty rates.

But schools need more time and Title I money for professional development.

Beginning with the 2002 - 03 school year, all new teachers hired with federal Title I money had to be highly qualified.

By the end of the 2005 - 06 school year, all school paraprofessionals hired with Title I money must have completed at least two years of college, obtained an associate's degree or higher, or passed an evaluation to demonstrate knowledge and teaching ability.

What do you think of the proposal in the budget to put $ 1 billion in Title I money that would follow students, opening the door for what's known as Title I portability?

Schools at the point of having to offer school choice must hold back 10 percent of their Title I money.

In a five - part series titled Money Maker: Unconventional School Fundraising, EducationWorld examines the often controversial and sometimes legally questionable ways in which school districts have raised money.

According to Sweeney, the funding came from the Voluntary Integration Program and federal Title I money.

Requiring «highly qualified early educators,» dedicating existing federal funds for an early - education matching - grant program, and giving districts more flexibility to use Title I money for pre-K-3 programs are some of the major recommendations in a report on revamping the federal No Child Left Behind Act to improve schooling for younger children.

The problem, one city Education Department official acknowledged, is that districts did not want to lose the Title I money they would have to give to parents to obtain the after - school tutoring — and so did little to make parents aware of the opportunity.

They would also be forced to divert some of their Title I money into providing transportation and after - school tutoring programs.

One proposal would deny states that do not provide parents and children with demonstrably better choices their Title I money.

«One of our major battlegrounds for helping poor rural and poor urban children is to fight for more Title I money,» said Jamie Horwitz, speaking for the AFT.

Two senators with their hands on the K - 12 purse strings want to make sure that the share of federal Title I money allotted to help struggling schools is spent well.

The Title I money available for supplemental services, however, covers just 30 to 40 hours of tutoring, which would require either an abbreviated or an entirely restructured program.

For example, the state sanctions and provides assistance to all lowperforming schools (not just those that receive federal Title I money), and provides rewards to high - performing or improving schools.

• Why not let all Title I money follow children to the schools of their choice?

«We said, «Gosh, guys, Title I money goes to poor schools.

Under the Bush Administration's proposed budget for fiscal year 2007, 29 states will receive less Title I money than they did the year before.

Principal Deborah Harbin, actually did receive a windfall once — some additional Title I money she wasn't expecting.

Another $ 19 million in Title I money may be reallocated for professional development and teacher training.

They will regain use of the 20 percent of Title I money, about $ 110 million, they've had to turn over

Discretionary funds and federal Title I money are commonly used to cover the costs of trials, according to an exclusive survey of 500 school district leaders.

To devolve everything to the states would be much like saying, «Here's fifteen billion dollars in Title I money a year — do whatever you want with it.»

Some want to restrict what districts can and can't buy with Title I money.

A signature program of the Obama administration, the SIG funds are available to any local educational agency or charter that receives Title I money and meets a needs criteria established by the California State Board of Education three years ago.

However, DESE's plan details what every single Local Education Agency (school district) will be required to do, regardless of whether they specifically receive Title money.

A decreased Title I allocation is challenging for a district because it can result in fewer district schools receiving funds under Title I. Under Title I school allocation rules, many schools with high numbers of low - income children do not receive support from Title I because they are surrounded by other schools that are even poorer, so the Title I money «runs out» before those schools have the opportunity to receive funds.

The Federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), passed in December 2015, requires states to submit a Consolidated State Plan to the Secretary of the US Department of Education detailing how they intend to use federal Title monies.

Schools that take federal Title I money and are in the lowest categories will have to review wholesale what's happening on their campuses, including whether teachers helped students makes gains on the FCAT.

Previously, only schools that took federal Title I money had to worry about the No Child requirements, which focus on the success of students who often have trouble in school.

The bill requires that states receiving Title I money must also collect and report «measures of school quality, climate and safety...»

Republicans are going to be very leery of giving Department of Education granting authority over Title I money.

Thirty - nine states and the District of Columbia already have received waivers from some of the penalties of NCLB, along with flexibility to use some Title I money funded for low - income children.

The state received about $ 196 million in Title I money this year, including $ 48.7 million for Baltimore City and $ 24.7 million to Baltimore County.

In return, states will no longer have to face the 2014 deadline for bringing all students to proficiency in math and reading, their schools will no longer face NCLB sanctions such as providing school choice, and district officials will have more freedom to move around Title I money for disadvantaged students.

School districts are getting extra Title I money this year as part of the federal stimulus package, so that will help eligible schools meet the new requirements.

Instead, as a consequence of portability, districts might need to spend Title I money across all grades even if that approach would not be most effective for their students.

Schools in Program Improvement must continue to notify parents annually that they can transfer their children to another school, and they must continue to set aside 20 percent of Title I money for student tutoring and transporting students to schools of their choice.

While the school will then be required to craft a plan detailing how it will seek to increase test participation, there is absolutely no impact on state aid or Title I monies, and the school district would continue to remain in good standing.

Tier 3 is being addressed through combining the Title I monies, current ESL monies, and other funding sources to provide this instruction for our identified students.

Currently 70 percent of schools receiving federal Title I money — 4,402 out of 6,209 schools — are in Program Improvement, the designation for being out of compliance.

The law doesn't require states to use Title I money for early education, however.

Packer's report also showed increases in Title I money, state grants, preschool grants, adult education, Head Start, child care and more, with the only cuts in school improvement grants.

To qualify for these funds, districts must receive some federal Title I money, a funding source used to educate poor students.

WaPo looks at where the Title I money would go under proposed education budget changes.

Districts would also get more flexibility in how to spend federal Title I money for low - income students.

Known as «sequestration,» the cuts are costing the district hundreds of millions of dollars in Title I money for school districts with high percentages of low - income students.

Title I money to help disadvantaged students can now be used to transport children to the charters and magnets.

The Obama administration has been duking it out with one of the bill's co-sponsors, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R - TN) over the expenditure of Title I money.