Title IV, Part B 21 st Century Community Learning Centers

1. Title IV, Part B21st Century Community Learning Centers Equitable Services to Private Schools: Program Specifics

2. Title IV, Part B21st Century Community Learning Centers Purpose of Program: (Section 4201 and Section 4205) • The competitive grant program provides for academic enrichment activities, including tutorial services to help students, particularly those who attend low-performing schools to meet academic achievement standards in core academic subjects, such as reading and mathematics. • Additional authorized services, designed to reinforce and complement the regular academic program, include: • youth development activities; • drug and violence prevention programs; • counseling programs;

3. Title IV, Part B21st Century Community Learning Centers Additional Services: (continued) • art; • music; • recreation programs; • technology education; and • character education programs. • Services are offered to families of students served for literacy and related educational development.

4. Title IV, Part B21st Century Community Learning Centers Provision of Services to Private Schools: • The grant program provides before- and after-school activities, as well as weekend, holiday, and summer services to students and their families. • Private schools are eligible to apply for local grants provided they meet all statutory and regulatory requirements of the program. • A public school or other public or private organization that is awarded a grant must provide equitable services to private school students, and their families (in the area served by the grant). • Services and benefits provided to private school students must be secular, neutral, and nonideological. (Title IV, Part B, 21st Century Community Learning Centers Non-Regulatory Guidance, February 2003)

5. Title IV, Part B21st Century Community Learning Centers Receipt of Services in Private Schools: • Students, teachers, and other educational personnel in private schools in the area served by the grant are eligible to participate in 21st CCLC programs on an equitable basis. • In designing a program, grantees must provide comparable opportunities for the participation of both public-and private-school students in the area served by the grant. (Title IV, Part B, 21st Century Community Learning Centers Non-Regulatory Guidance, February 2003)

6. Title IV, Part B21st Century Community Learning Centers Location of Services: • How and where services are provided is determined through consultation with private school officials. • Grantees must consult with private school officials in the area served by the grant during the design and development of the 21st CCLC program on issues such as the following: • how the children's needs will be identified; and • what services will be offered. • The timeline for consultation is based on the following: • deadline for the competitive application; and • conducting consultation prior to submitting the application.

7. Contact Person Title IV, Part B 21stCentury Community Learning Centers Duane C. Sergent Duane.Sergent@doe.virginia.gov (804) 371-2929