An audit of three Oklahoma school districts has found that 98 percent of the children the districts counted as participants in
the federal migrant education program during the 2003 - 04 school year didn't meet eligibility requirements.
Not exact matches
Federal (ESEA)
Programs for Schools & Districts Title
Programs Title I, A
Programs and services for struggling learners Title I, C
Migrant Education Title I, D Institutional
Education Title I, G Advanced Placement Title II, A Teacher & Principal Quality Title III English Learners & Immigrant Students — Language Instruction Title IV, A Student Support & Academic Enrichment Title IV, B 21st Century Community Learning Centers Title VI Rural
Education Achievement
Program Title VII Indian, Native Hawaiian, Alaska Native
Education Title X Homeless
Education (McKinney - Vento
Education for Homeless Children & Youth
Program)
The new centers replace 48 categorical centers that had provided specific assistance to schools running
federal programs such as Title I, drug
education, and
migrant - and bilingual -
education programs.
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.
Allocations CFPA Champions of Change Committee of Practitioners Compliance and Monitoring Complaint Policy Conferences & Training Presentations ESEA Flexibility Waiver Evidence - Based
Programs Federal Award Notifications Parent and Family Engagement Private Schools Title I, Part A Basic Title I, Part C
Migrant Title I, Part D Neglected and Delinquent Title II, Part A, Supporting Effective Instruction Title III, English Learners (EL) Title IV, 21st Century Community Learning Centers Title V, Rural
Education Achievement
Program Title IX, Part A Homeless Children and Youth
While federally funded, California's
Migrant Education Program (MEP) is supported by both
federal and state laws.
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.