She said DOJ treats private schools that may only have 10 percent of its student body attending using a voucher as schools that are subject to DOJ jurisdiction under
Title II of the ADA, which covers access to government institutions.
An update to
Title II of the Higher Education and Opportunity Act, the proposed regulations would shift the law's focus from reporting program inputs — an applicant's qualifications — to reporting data on graduate outcomes, such as teacher performance.
«It simply says that DOJ can not use a flawed legal argument, unsubstantiated by any other legal body as they did in Milwaukee, to start investigations of possible
Title II violations.
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Title II: Preparing, Training, & Recruiting High Quality Teachers & Principals
To comply with
Title II of the Healthy Schools Act, schools must:
«We are deeply disappointed by the proposed elimination of the Teacher Quality Partnership grants and
the Title II - A state grant program of the Every Student Succeeds Act in the president's budget request.
States can leverage funds under
Title II of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which provides funding to support high - quality programs for principal preparation, including school leader residency programs, offering a full year of clinical training.
For example, the federal government allocates $ 2.1 billion to
Title II Part A for teacher training, development, and salaries.14 The 5 percent set - aside provides an estimated $ 4.7 million for a large state such as Florida, $ 1.1 million for midsized Oregon, and $ 500,000 for a small state such as Maine.15 Even in the smallest states, the set - aside is enough to fund a small team to develop and implement important teacher pipeline reforms.
They have both a moral and legal responsibility to carry out
the Title II requirements in a way that has a positive and dramatic impact on student learning.
But for now, deliberate and swift administration action on
Title II regulations is the best next step to advance these aims.
The state has not provided any professional development funding since 2008 - 09; therefore, the money that flows through
Title II is critical for the ongoing development of our teachers and staff.»
In a post about ESSA provisions to support educators, Winona Hao of NASBE noted that early childhood educators are explicitly included in the definition of professional development under
Title II for the first time in the federal education law.
In California, for example, it's about 10 percent of funding, or an estimated $ 23 million of the state's roughly $ 234 million in
Title II funding.
Educators eligible for training activities under
Title II - A include classroom teachers, principals and other school leaders, paraprofessionals, counselors, librarians, and school nutritionists.
States and school districts should use the flexibility provided in both Title I and
Title II, Part A of the federal education law to address teacher preparation and effectiveness.
Additionally, ESSA offers new funding flexibility in
Title II for principal and school leadership development.
Activities supported by
Title II - A help to address some of the fundamental reasons for the national teacher shortage.
First, we focus on Section 4.2, which outlines how the SEA will use
Title II, Part A funds to increase the quality and effectiveness of teachers.
The federal government designates approximately $ 2.25 billion annually towards teacher quality and professional development under
Title II, some of which could be dedicated to developing teachers» skill in cultivating learning mindsets and skills.57
Title II under ESSA allows state and local educational agencies to allocate funds to train educators to help students develop the «skills essential for learning readiness and academic success.»
Title II - A helps to ensure that every student is taught by a qualified and highly - effective teacher.
Title II reports on the quality of teacher preparation.
But the Obama Administration still could have required waiver states to divert federal
Title II funding used for teacher professional development from shoddy programs that do little to improve teacher performance into better - quality regimens.
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Title II
States can reserve up to 3 percent of
their Title II funds for investments in «teacher, principal, or other school leader certification, recertification licensing, or tenure systems or preparation program standards and approval processes to ensure that (i) teachers have the necessary subject - matter knowledge and teaching skills, as demonstrated through measures determined by the State.»
Disability will not be used as a criterion for non-eligibility for admissions or enrollment... AF will comply with all regulatory special education requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973,
Title II of the Department of Education Office of Civil Rights (OCR).
With the allocation of
Title II funds, we have been successful.
Title II of the Higher Education Act (HEA) requires states to conduct an assessment of teacher preparation programs and identify and improve the lowest - performers.
Lastly, ESSA provides opportunities for state Chiefs to use
Title II funding in innovative ways to help improve teacher and leader quality and ultimately increase student success.
We believe that the educator development portion of
Title II is an opportunity to include measures that would help recruit, develop, and retain teachers of color.
All educators can use
Title II $ $ for PD for mentoring, coaching, induction.
Trump's recent proposal to eliminate
Title II, which was advanced last month by a House Committee on Appropriations, 16 entirely puts at risk these evidence - based reform efforts, which are up to states to implement.17 Advocates must work to minimize cuts to
Title II and other federal programs to ensure that states and districts have operating funds and the ability to implement innovative policies and programs with fidelity.
Changes made under ESSA to
the Title II - A formula will prioritize communities with the highest numbers of disadvantaged students.
Title I provides flexibility in developing plans to support the development and implementation of school improvement activities, and state and local districts are strongly encouraged to use
Title II, Part A funds to improve equitable access to effective teachers.
States and school districts can use the flexibility provided in both Title I and
Title II, Part A of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) to address teacher preparation and effectiveness.
In fact, Trump's FY 2018 budget would slash many federal funding streams that could advance learning mindsets and skills, and the administration has proposed zeroing out programs such as 21st Century Community Learning Centers; reducing funding for Title IV, Part A Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants; and eliminating funding for
Title II, Part A.
Massachusetts» ESSA Plan, in
its Title II section, points to family engagement training opportunities to support its pre-K and K Standards and, under Title IV, the state identifies opportunities for «joint professional networking opportunities on topics such as transitions between pre-K and kindergarten, family engagement and gender identity in the early years.
The ultimate goal of formal and final regulations should be to ensure that the HEA
Title II requirements around reporting and accountability have the effect that they were intended to — providing meaningful data on program quality and ensuring that low - performing programs are identified and improved.
This page contains resources related to
Title II.
Much attention has been focused on assessment in higher education, with special focus on teacher preparation as a result of the federal Higher Education Act (
Title II) and the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Bales, 2006).
There are opportunities for districts to hire these master teachers using
Title II funds provided by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in order to share their wealth of knowledge with others.
However shocking the threat of a more than $ 2 billion cut to
Title II is to most education leaders, it is important to remember that the President proposed cutting in half
Title II spending in the short - term spending measure, but when all was said and done in the Congress, a far more modest 8.9 percent reduction was the eventual outcome.
The report covers six federal programs: Title I, Part A; Reading First; Comprehensive School Reform (CSR);
Title II, Part A; Title III, Part A; and Perkins Vocational Education State Grants.
TeachStrong developed guidance for states on how ESSA can be used to «modernize and elevate the teaching profession» though
Title II funding.
for districts to use Title I,
Title II, and Title III funds to purchase edtech tools, ESSA represents significant progress in making high - quality personalized learning accessible to all students.
The American Federation of Teachers said that Trump's budget «takes a meat cleaver to public education» with AFT President Randi Weingarten saying it will negatively impact ESSA's Title I and
Title II funding.
Improving Teacher Quality in U.S. School Districts (2004) provides descriptive data from a nationally representative sample of school districts showing how they used
their Title II, Part A funds during the 2002 - 2003 school year.
The brief provides data on how districts distributed their funds among the variety of allowable
Title II activities, and it disaggregates the data by district size and poverty level.
The emphasis on school leadership reflects provisions in the law that allow states to use funds for school improvement (Title I) and for improving educator effectiveness (
Title II) to improve school leadership, as long as the interventions are evidence - based, according to criteria spelled out in the law.
An «appropriate» public education under § 504 and
Title II means the provision of regular or special education as well as related aids and services that are designed to meet the individual educational needs of the qualified student with a disability.
The English Capstone course content and pilot courses were developed for teachers through
a Title II, Part A grant awarded to the College of William and Mary and James Madison University.