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Title III Supplement/Supplant

Title III Supplement/Supplant. August 19, 2009. Agenda. Welcome Roll Call Supplement/Supplant – Background Implications Appropriate Uses of Title III Funds Next Steps. Background. Civil Rights Requirements Title VI of Civil Rights Act of 1964 Lau v. Nichols Castaneda v. Pickard

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Title III Supplement/Supplant

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  1. Title IIISupplement/Supplant August 19, 2009

  2. Agenda • Welcome • Roll Call • Supplement/Supplant – Background • Implications • Appropriate Uses of Title III Funds • Next Steps

  3. Background • Civil Rights Requirements • Title VI of Civil Rights Act of 1964 • Lau v. Nichols • Castaneda v. Pickard • Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974

  4. Background The Civil Rights Act and ensuing Supreme Court rulings mean that schools MUST provide language acquisition services for ONE student or many students. NO exceptions

  5. Determination of Supplement/Supplant • First Test: • An LEA uses Title III funds to provide services that the LEA is required to make available under state or local laws, or other Federal laws.

  6. Determination of Supplement/Supplant • Second Test • Supplanting exists if the LEA uses Title III funds to provide services that it provided in the prior year with state, local, or other federal funds

  7. Use of Title III Funds • Title III funds to be used to:Supplement the level of Federal, State, and local public funds that, in the absence of such availability, would have been expended for programs for limited English proficient children and immigrant children and youth, and in no case to supplant such Federal, State, and local public funds.

  8. Use of Title III Funds • Funds can be used for: • providing additional services to ELL students beyond the “core language instruction educational programs and services for limited English proficient students.”

  9. Implications • Salaries of teachers who provide core services for language students – general fund • Salaries of paraprofessionals who provide core services for language students – general fund • Salaries for administration who support the ELL program – general fund • All assessments (ELPA and Screener) – general fund

  10. Core Language Instruction • Determinations to be made: • What is the “Core Language Curriculum” for English Language Learners? • Determined in the same way that an LEA determines other core curricula • Teachers, texts, supplies, materials • These are general fund responsibilities

  11. Core Language Instruction • What other requirements are made in the pertinent laws and court rulings? • Communicating with parents • Written • Oral • These are general fund expenses

  12. Core Language Instruction • What other requirements are made in the pertinent laws and court rulings? • Testing • Eligibility Assessments • These are general fund expenses

  13. Core Language Instruction • What other requirements are made in the pertinent laws and court rulings?

  14. Additional Supports • What additional supports might a student need? • Common determiner to determine that a student may need additional support in order to acquire the language skills necessary to master the curriculum required of all students

  15. Additional Supports If, based on the common determiner, a student needs additional support • Is the need centered on the acquisition of the curriculum? • Could use Title I funds IF the student is Title I eligible

  16. Additional Supports If, based on the common determiner, a student needs additional support • Is the need centered on the acquisition language skills necessary to access and master the curriculum? • Could use Title III funds if the student is Title III eligible

  17. Use of Title III Funds • Title III funds can be used to: • provide additional services to ELL students beyond the “core language instruction educational programs and services for limited English proficient students.”

  18. Use of Title III Funds Funds can be used for: • additional tutoring. • additional parental supports. • additional after school/weekend/summer supports. • additional materials and tools.

  19. Use of Title III Funds • Funds can be used for: • Professional development for classroom and ELL staff

  20. Next Steps • LEAs should identify their core ELL curriculum in the same way that a core curriculum is identified for other subject matter

  21. Next Steps • LEAs should be sure that they have uniform criteria in place to determine that ELL students need additional support – similar to Title I criteria • LEAs should be sure that they have uniform criteria in place to determine that ELL students can exit the support program – similar to Title I criteria

  22. Next Steps • LEAs should identify their ELL support program • LEAs should identify their ELL professional development program

  23. Next Steps • Based on these decisions about curriculum and supports, decisions can be made about which funding source can be used to fund the program/activity

  24. Questions??

  25. Contacts • Linda Forward, Supervisor School Improvement Support Office of Education Improvement and Innovation forwardl@michigan.gov

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