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LEA and School Improvement requirements for Title I

LEA and School Improvement requirements for Title I. Regional Technical Assistance Sessions May,2009. LEA and school improvement requirements for Title I: Overview of School Improvement Status.

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LEA and School Improvement requirements for Title I

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  1. LEA and School Improvement requirements for Title I Regional Technical Assistance Sessions May,2009

  2. LEA and school improvement requirements for Title I:Overview of School Improvement Status • A school becomes identified after two consecutive years of failing to make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) • % students Proficient and above in reading and math • 95% participation rate on Delaware State Test • Additional academic indicators: • Elementary and middle schools: increased improvement all areas • High schools: graduation rate • A school exits improvement if it makes AYP for two consecutive years • A district can also be identified as being in need of improvement

  3. LEA and School Improvement Requirements for Title I:Consequences for Title I Schools

  4. LEA and School Improvement Requirements for Title I:Consequences for Title I Schools

  5. Title I School Improvement Requirements: Corrective Action“When a school is in corrective action the LEA must implement one of the following” • Replace the school staff who are relevant to the failure to make AYP. • Institute and fully implement a new curriculum, including: • providing appropriate HQPD for all relevant staff, • based on scientifically based research and • offers substantial promise of improving educational achievement for low-achieving students and enabling the school to make AYP. • Significantly decrease management authority at the school level. • Appoint an outside expert to advise the school on its progress toward making AYP, based on its revised school plan • Extend the school year or school day for the school. • Restructure the internal organizational structure of the school. [Section 1116(b)(7)(c), ESEA]

  6. Title I School Improvement Requirements: Planning for Restructuring“When a school in corrective action misses AYP, the LEA must select at least one of the restructuring options and plan to carry it out the following year” • Reopening the school as a public charter school. • Replacing all or most of the school staff (including the principal) who are relevant to the failure to make AYP. • Entering into a contract with an entity (ex: private management company) with a demonstrated record of effectiveness, to operate the public school. • Any other major restructuring of the school's governance arrangement that makes fundamental reforms (ex: significant changes in the school's staffing and governance) to improve student achievement in the school and that has substantial promise of enabling the school to make AYP [Section 1116(b)(8), ESEA]

  7. Title I School Improvement Requirements: Planning for and Restructuring The LEA must • Promptly notify parents and teachers at the school of the alternate governance planning • provide the teachers and parents with an adequate opportunity to— • comment before taking any action under those subparagraphs; and • participate in developing any restructuring plan If AYP is not met, the plan is implemented the following year and the school is restructured [Section 1116(b)(8), ESEA]

  8. LEA and school improvement requirements for Title I:Overview of LEA Improvement Status (DI) • An LEA becomes identified after two consecutive years of failing to make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) • The SEA is required to: • notify all families in the LEA of the Improvement status • Provide TA related to Planning; support to LEA schools in improvement; parents; and high-quality professional development • AYP for an LEA is determined by aggregating the results of: • academic achievement measures in reading/language arts and mathematics, student participation rates in state tests, • graduation rates, and, • for elementary and middle schools, rates of progress for other State-determined academic indicator. • Tested subgroups that are not large enough to meet the minimum group size at an individual school will, in many cases, reach/surpass that number at the LEA level, and be included in the calculation of whether or not the LEA has made adequate progress • An LEA exits improvement if it makes AYP for two consecutive years [Section 1116(c), ESEA]

  9. LEA and School Improvement Requirements for Title I:Consequences for LEAs

  10. Title I LEA Improvement Requirements: Years 1 and 2 - Plan Developed no later than 90 days after identification. • LEA must consult with parents, school staff, and others Specifically, the plan must: • Address the fundamental teaching and learning needs of the LEA’s schools, especially the academic problems of low-achieving students; • Define specific measurable achievement goals and targets for each of the student subgroups whose disaggregated results are included in the State’s definition of AYP; • Incorporate strategies (scientifically based research) that will strengthen instruction in core academic subjects; • Include, as appropriate, student learning activities before school, after school, during the summer, and during any extension of the school year; • Provide high-quality professional development for instructional staff that focuses primarily on improved instruction; • Include strategies to promote effective parental involvement in schools • Address why the LEA’s previous plan did not bring about increased student academic achievement. • specify the fiscal responsibilities of the LEA and detail the required technical assistance that the SEA will provide. [Section 1116(c)(7)(A); ESEA]

  11. Title I LEA Improvement Requirements: Years 3 and beyond – Corrective Actions The SEA must: • substantially and directly respond to serious instructional, managerial, and organizational issues in the LEA that impact student proficiency in the core academic subjects of reading and mathematics • continue to ensure that the LEA gets technical assistance; and • take at least one of the following corrective actions, as consistent with State law: • Defer programmatic funds or reduce administrative funds; • Institute and fully implement a new curriculum based on State and local content and academic achievement standards that includes appropriate, scientifically research-based professional development for all staff; • Replace LEA personnel who are relevant to the inability of the LEA to make AYP; • Remove individual schools from the jurisdiction of the LEA and arrange for their public governance and supervision;** • Appoint a receiver or trustee to administer the affairs of the LEA in place of the superintendent and school board; and/or • Abolish or restructure the LEA. [Section 1116(c)(7)(A); ESEA]

  12. ED- Flex requirements for Title I Regional Technical Assistance Sessions May,2009

  13. Ed- Flex • DDOE authority to waive certain requirements • implementation of certain federal and state programs contained in the Consolidated Application of Sub-Grant Programs • promote innovative strategies for educational improvements in schools and LEAs • Title I: Part A, B, C, and D • Other programs: • Title II A: Subparts 2 and 3 • Title II D: Subpart 1 • Title III: Subpart 4 • Title IV: Subpart 1 and • Carl B. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act

  14. Ed- Flex: What program regulations may not be waived? • IDEA • obligations with respect to any civil rights-related orders • the underlying purposes of the (requested) program • Title I specific: • sections 1111 (state plans) and 1116(school improvement) • maintenance of effort; • comparability of services; • equitable participation of private schools; • parental participation and involvement; • the distribution of funds to local educational agencies; • supplement, not supplant non-federal funds; and • applicable civil rights requirements • serving eligible school attendance areas in rank order • selection of a school attendance area or school • (exception: SEA may allow a school attendance area/school to participate in Title I Part A if the % of low-income children in the school attendance area/school is not less than 10% below the lowest Title I eligible school or attendance area

  15. Ed- Flex: Process • Written request to DDOE (Spring: Now Fall: Nov) • Identify: • the name of the LEA and school; • the reason for requesting the waiver; • the federal and/or state regulation to be waived, • the program goals and objectives impacted by the waiver; • the timeframe for the requested waiver; • evidence of school community involvement in decision, and • The monitoring procedures (impact of the waiver on its goals) • DDOE program review and response • Approval or denial within 60 days of its receipt • DDOE Monitoring: • Desk Audit (Waiver, local plan, AYP, related documents) • Site visit • Reporting

  16. Requirements for Title I Schools Under ImprovementParent NotificationRevised PlansFund Reservations and Use Regional Technical Assistance Sessions May,2009

  17. Program Improvement, Parental Involvement, and Options Monitoring Findings Parental Involvement and Options Findings: • The DEDOE has not ensured that the public school choice notification include all of the required elements. • The templates on the DEDOE website do not include all of the required elements.

  18. Parental Involvement and Options Findings: What must be in parental notification? LEA notification must: • Be understandable to parents and written in a home language • Take place at least 14 days prior to the start of school • Always indicate Parental options related to Choice and SES options as long as the site is in School Improvement [Section 1116(b)(6), 7(E), and 8(C), ESEA, and 34 CFR 200.37-38]

  19. Parental Involvement and Options Findings: What must be in parental notification? At a minimum, LEA notification must explain: • what the school improvement identification means, • how the improvement school compares academically to similar LEA and SEA sites • the reasons for the identification, • what the school and the LEA (and SEA) are doing to address the need(s) • how parents can become involved, and • the parental options related to choice and supplemental services, and any corrective action or restructuring, [Section 1116(b)(6), 7(E), and 8(C), ESEA, and 34 CFR 200.37]

  20. Parental Involvement and Options Findings: Monitoring Resolution The DDOE will • Provide ongoing technical assistance and guidance • See: Quick Guidance Document • Approved templates and updated webpage and • Monitor LEA implementation • Desk Audit: Approve letters prior to distribution (July deadline) • Site Verification • Interviews • E-school entries • See sample documents Tools

  21. Program Improvement, Parental Involvement, and Options Monitoring Findings Program Improvement Findings • The DEDOE has not ensured that school improvement plans included all of the required elements.  • The DEDOE has not ensured that schoolwide plans included all of the required elements

  22. Program Improvement Findings:What must be in a Schoolwide Plan? • Comprehensive Needs Assessment • Schoolwide reform strategies. • Instruction by highly qualified teachers. • High-quality and ongoing professional development. • Strategies to attract highly qualified teachers to high-need schools. • Strategies to increase parental involvement. • Plans for assisting preschool students in the successful transition from early childhood programs to local elementary schoolwide programs. • Measures to include teachers in decisions regarding the use of academic assessments. • Activities to ensure that students who experience difficulty attaining proficiency receive effective and timely additional assistance. • Coordination and integration of Federal, State, and local services and programs. [Section 1114(b)(1)(A)-(J), ESEA.] Guidance, C.

  23. Program Improvement Findings:What must be in a plan for a school under Improvement? After being identified for School Improvement, a school must • Develop/Revise the local plan • Align with 1116 • 2 year period minimum • consult with parents, school staff, the LEA serving the school, and outside experts, for LEA approval • Get local approval for the revised plan [Section 1116(b)(3) (7), and 8(C), ESEA, and 34 CFR 200.37(5).] Guidance, C-21, C-22, and C-23.

  24. Program Improvement Findings:What must be in an School Improvement site plan? SI sites must have plans that include: • strategies based on scientifically based research; • policies and practices concerning the school’s core academic subjects that have the greatest likelihood to ensure that all students groups will have a proficient level of academic achievement on the DE academic assessment; • an assurance that the school will spend not less than 10% of its Title I, Part A allocation for the purpose of providing to the school’s teachers and principal high-quality professional development; • an explanation of how funds previously described (HQPD) will be used to remove the school from SI status; • specific, annual measurable objectives for continuous and substantial progress for each group of students; [Section 1116(b)(3) (7), and 8(C), ESEA, and 34 CFR 200.37(5).] Guidance, C-21, C-22, and C-23.

  25. Program Improvement Findings:What must be in an School Improvement site plan? SI sites must have plans that include (cont): • a description of how the school will provide written notice about the identification to parents of children enrolled in the school; • the responsibilities of the school, the LEA, and the SEA including the technical assistance to be provided by the LEA; • strategies to promote effective parental involvement in the school; • activities before school, after school, during the summer, and during any extension of the school year; and • a teacher mentoring program. [Section 1116(b)(3) (7), and 8(C), ESEA, and 34 CFR 200.37(5).] Guidance, C-21, C-22, and C-23.

  26. Program Improvement Findings:What is the LEA’s role? Within 45 days of receiving a revised school plan: • Establish a peer review process to assist with review of the school plan; and • Promptly review the school plan, work with the school as necessary, and • Approve the school plan if the plan meets the requirements of 1116 (b) (3) [Section 1116(b)(3) (7), and 8(C), ESEA, and 34 CFR 200.37(5).] Guidance, C-21, C-22, and C-23.

  27. Program Improvement SI Plan findings: Monitoring Resolution The DDOE will • Provide ongoing technical assistance and guidance • Provide crosswalks for ESPES • Schoolwide 1114 of ESEA • School Improvement 1116 of ESEA and • Monitor LEA implementation • Desk Audit: • LEA Success Plan approval protocol • SI grant review (alignment) • Site visits • Site Verification monitoring protocol See sample documents Tools

  28. Program Improvement, Parental Involvement, and Options Monitoring Findings Fiscal Program Findings • The DEDOE has no process for annually ensuring its LEAs that are required to reserve 1% of their allocation for parental involvement activities allocate at least 95% of the reservation to schools • The DEDOE has not ensured that Title I school improvement funds were used only in schools identified for improvement, corrective action, or restructuring (ex: New School status). • The DEDOE has not ensured that its LEAs, in reserving Title I funds for choice-related transportation and supplemental services, do not reduce Title I allocations to schools identified for corrective action or restructuring by more than 15 percent.  

  29. Fiscal Program Findings:What are the rules for the parental involvement reservation? Any LEA that receives $500,000 or more in Part A must: • reserve at least 1 % of its Title I A allocation for parental involvement activities (section 1118) • promoting family literacy and • parenting skills • Involve parents of children receiving services in the decisions regarding how funds are used for parental involvement • No less than 95 % of the funds reserved shall be distributed to the LEA’s Title I schools • (Title I A= $1,000,000; Parent 1%= $10,000; Schools = $9,500) [Section 1118(a)(3), ESEA] Guidance, C-21, C-22, and C-23.

  30. Fiscal Program Findings:What are the rules for the 1003 (a) School Improvement funds? An SEA must reserve 4% of its allocation for school improvement and support • allocate at least 95% of the reservation to LEAs for schools in school improvement, corrective action, and restructuring, for activities under section 1116(b); or • may, with LEA approval, directly provide the activities or arrange for their provision through other entities such as school support teams or educational service agencies. • The SEA, in allocating funds to LEAs, shall give priority to LEAs that — • serve the lowest-achieving schools; • demonstrate the greatest need for such funds; and • demonstrate the strongest commitment to ensuring that such funds are used to enable the lowest-achieving schools to meet the progress goals in school improvement plans under section 1116 [Section 1003(b)(3), ESEA] Guidance, D-5, D-6, and D-7.

  31. Fiscal Program Findings:What are the rules regarding reserving funds for choice related transportation and SES? LEAs with Schools under improvement must: • spend an amount equal to 20 % of their Title I A allocation for NCLB choice-related transportation and supplemental education services • NOT reduce Title I allocations to schools identified for corrective action or restructuring by more than 15 % when reserving Title I funds for choice-related transportation and supplemental education services [Section 1116(b)(10)(D), ESEA]

  32. Fiscal Program findings: Monitoring Resolution The DDOE will • Provide ongoing technical assistance and guidance and • Monitor LEA implementation • Desk Audit: • Desk Audit Funding Data Entry Protocol • LEA Success Plan approval protocol • Reservations and limits • Itemization of the allocation to schools • 95% for Parental Involvement • SI grant review (alignment) • Site visits • Site Verification monitoring protocol See sample documents Tools

  33. Contact Information Malik J. Stewart Education Associate, School Support & Improvement  Career/Adult Education and Consolidated Programs  Delaware Department of Education Collette Education Resource Center 35 Commerce Way, Suite 1 Dover, DE 19904 302.857.3320 (T) 302.739.1780 (F) mstewart@doe.k12.de.us

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