Title I Site Eligibility Ranking & Serving Schools

1. Title I Site EligibilityRanking & Serving Schools NCLB Technical Assistance Audio March 28, 2007 3:30 PM March 29, 2007 10:30 AM Alaska Department of Education & Early Development Margaret MacKinnon, Title I/NCLB Administrator

2. Topics • Poverty Data – public & private schools • Ranking & Serving Rules • 125% Rule • Distributing Funds to Schools • Title I Site Eligibility Form • Samples

3. Poverty Data – Public Schools • Type of poverty data must be same for all schools: • US Census • Medicaid • Free & Reduced Lunch • Alaska Temporary Assistance Program (ATAP) • Weighted combination of two or more • All public schools must be listed, including charter schools, district and/or statewide correspondence schools

4. Poverty Data Source • Most districts use free & reduced lunch qualification • Eligibility application form or • Direct certification data from CNS • May use survey if no F&R lunch program offered – sample included, also for e-rate • For current guidelines, see http://www.eed.state.ak.us/tls/cns/pdf/income_eligibility_guidelines.pdf

5. Poverty Data – Private Schools • May use survey if no F&R lunch program offered – sample included • Private school maintains poverty data; provides info to district: • Geographic information verifying residence in school attendance area, • Grade level of each child, & • Income level of parents

6. Poverty Rate • Find the total of public and private school low-income students • Divide by total school enrollment by total # of low-income students to find poverty rate

7. Method of qualifying schools • Determine if ranking is needed: • Single attendance area (a one-school district or one school per grade span): may serve any school as Title I according to district need • District enrollment < 1000: may serve any school(s) as Title I according to district need • District enrollment 1000 or more, must serve schools in rank order

8. Ranking & serving rules • All schools at 75% or above poverty must be served • All schools at or above district poverty average are “eligible”, any above 35% may be considered eligible • Schools must be ranked in order from highest to lowest poverty: • All schools without regard to grade level or • Schools grouped by grade-span and Title I funds focused to certain grade spans

9. Ranking & serving con’t • If serving schools < 35% poverty, must use 125% rule • High poverty schools may be “skipped” or “excepted” from Title I funding only if: • School receives supplemental funds from state or local sources spent for the purposes of Title I in at least the amount that would be received from Title I and the school meets comparability requirements • Mark EX (excepted) on Site Eligibility Form.

10. 125% Rule • Required if serving schools < 35% poverty • Determine 125% per pupil amount: • Total IA allocation divided by # of district low-income students = base per pupil amount • Multiply base per pupil amount * 1.25 to find 125% per pupil amount • All schools must receive at least the 125% per pupil amount per student • Allocate funds to schools in rank order using 125% pp amount until funds run out

11. Distributing Funds to Schools • Determine amount available to schools (Total I-A allocation minus total district set-asides) • Determine which schools will be served by ranking & serving rules and amount of funding available • Determine per pupil amount for each school

12. Per Pupil Amounts • District may fund each eligible school with the same amount per low-income student • Schools served in rank order may be funded at different per pupil amounts as long as higher poverty schools have = or > pp amount • If serve schools < 35% poverty, must use 125% rule to determine per pupil amount

13. Title I Allocations • Calculate Title I allocation for each school by entering per pupil amount. The allocation will be calculated by multiplying that number by total number of low-income students. • Only schools that receive a Title I allocation are considered Title I schools. Each will be marked either TA or SW on the Site Eligibility Form. • Schools that do not receive an allocation are marked NS (not served) or EX on the Site Eligibility Form.

14. Title I Site Eligibility FormTab k, 2007-2008 NCLB Application

15. Title I Site Eligibility Form p.2 • Check box A, B, or C to indicate how schools are funded. Enter description if C is selected. • Funds available to schools box should equal total I-A allocation minus total district expense set-asides from tab h. • Col 1 - Enter school name and state school number for all public schools.

16. Title I Site Eligibility Form p. 3 • Col 2 – enter grade span of school • Col 3 – enter Title I status (TA, SW, NS or EX) • Col 4 – enter total school enrollment • Col 5 – enter # public school low-income students • Col 6 – enter # private school low-income students • Col 7 & 8 – total # low-income students and poverty rates will be automatically calculated

17. Title I Site Eligibility Form p. 4 • Col 9 – enter per pupil amount as determined by district • Col 10, 11, & 12 – total Title I allocation, total public school allocation and private school reserve will be automatically calculated • District wide total of low-income students and average poverty rate is calculated in last row of table • Total allocation to all schools in last row of column 10 must match funds available to schools

18. Sample - District Enrollment < 1000 18

19. Sample - Same per pupil amount 19

20. Sample - Rank Order All, Private School Reserve 20

21. Sample - Rank Order by Grade Span 21

22. Sample - 125% Rule 22

23. Sample - 125% Rule Calculation 23

24. Resources & Assistance • EED website: www.eed.state.ak.us • Forms & Grants • NCLB Consolidated Application – tabs h, j, & k • Application Instructions & Handbook, pages 7-10, 22-24 • No Child Left Behind • Program Information & Guidance • US DOE website: www.ed.gov • Federal program legislation, regulations & guidance • EED staff members