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Gail Straus Assistant Director, Special Services

Shelton School District Special Services Presentation to the School Board Federal and State Compensatory Programs November 2008. Gail Straus Assistant Director, Special Services. Compensatory Programs. v Title IA – Improving Basic Programs (Federal)

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Gail Straus Assistant Director, Special Services

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  1. Shelton School DistrictSpecial ServicesPresentation to the School BoardFederal and State Compensatory ProgramsNovember 2008 Gail Straus Assistant Director, Special Services

  2. Compensatory Programs v Title IA – Improving Basic Programs (Federal) v LAP – Learning Assistance Program (State) • Title IC – Education of Migrant Children (Federal) • Title III – Limited English Proficient (Federal) • STBIP – State Transitional Bilingual Instruction Program (State) • Title X – Education for Homeless (Federal) • Early Learning Program - Infant/Toddler Early Intervention - Preschool Services * Children with Disabilities * ECEAP (State funded slots for 24 low income children) * Bilingual Preschool for 4-year-olds

  3. Title IA:Largest Title allocation to the District • 08-09 Allocation = $764,733 • Funds allocated to districts based on poverty from census data • Funds allocated to buildings based on poverty (free/reduced lunch)

  4. Allocation Comparison Allocation Comparison 08-09 $764,733 07-08 $747,186 06-07 $756,328 05-06 $768,468 04-05 $779,914

  5. Title IA is used at our3 elementary buildings • Purpose of $ is to help students at greatest risk of not meeting state standards, particularly in reading and math • Allocations to buildings are proportional to their free/reduced count • All students in each elementary eligible for Title I assistance via the “Schoolwide Model”

  6. Free/Reduced Lunch Program3 elementary schools

  7. Free/Reduced Lunch Program8-month average for schools

  8. Title I funds for 08-09 pay for: • 4.6 FTE in teachers (6.6 funded in 07-08) • 81.20 hours in Educational Assistants per day (80.75 funded in 07-08) • Training ($76,500 required for District Improvement Professional Development) • Materials • Parent Involvement ($7,650 required)

  9. LAP (State $$) Big changes to LAP in past 3 years: • Can only serve students scoring I or II on WASL • Emphasis on adding remedial services for secondary students not “on course” to graduate • Funds now include poverty factor (F/R data) • Substantial increase in funds to our district in past 5 years

  10. LAP 08-09 $788,618 07-08 $618,722 06-07 $508,346 05-06 $412,538 04-05 $382,502 + $406,116 since 04-05

  11. 08-09 LAP funds used for: • 7.0 teachers • 31.5 Educational Assistant hours/day • Building Allocations to pay for: - Before/after school tutoring - Supplies and materials - Training

  12. LAP Services at the following schools: • Bordeaux and Mt. View – Picked up 2.0 Remedial Teacher/Instructional Coach lost from Title I • OMS – 2.8 Remedial Teachers .8 Reading and 2.0 Math • OBJH – 1.4 Remedial Teachers 1.0 Math and .4 Reading/Language Arts • SHS - .8 Remedial Teachers (Reading/ Language Arts) 31.50 hours/day Educational Assistant time spread out at OMS, OBJH, SHS and CHOICE

  13. Purpose and Funding of Grants

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