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Fair is Fair Education Trust’s Title I Equity Campaign

Fair is Fair Education Trust’s Title I Equity Campaign. FALL 2009. Title I. Created in 1965, Title I is “the single largest elementary and secondary education program operated by the US Department of Education.”

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Fair is Fair Education Trust’s Title I Equity Campaign

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  1. Fair is FairEducation Trust’s Title I Equity Campaign FALL 2009

  2. Title I • Created in 1965, Title I is “the single largest elementary and secondary education program operated by the US Department of Education.” • In 2009 Title I provided more than $14 Billion dollars to states as the primary source of federal funds improve educational outcomes for students who live in poverty. Secret Recipes Revealed: Demystifying the Title I-A Funding Formulas” –Center for American Progress, Raegen T. Miller, August, 2009

  3. When state-to-state allocations per poor child are compared, however, the discrepancies are shockingly unfair.

  4. Eight states receive a guaranteed allocation because their populations are so sparse – and as such the per child allocations in these states are high.

  5. The 5 states with the highest allocations and the most low-income students are: Average per poor child Title I allocation = $2,013 Education Trust Analysis

  6. Compare that with other regions… Education Trust Analysis

  7. And with Arizona Gap of $628 Per Child Education Trust Analysis

  8. Education Trust’s Title I Equity CampaignFair is Fairseeks to address this basic unfairness by: • Creating a new funding floor of $2,013 per child in poverty for all Title I eligible children • Recognizing and accounting for state-to-state differences in the cost of education • Recognizing and accounting for concentrations of poverty in-state and between-states Education Trust

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