Migrant Application Overview and Allowable Use of Funds

2. Migrant Application Overview and Allowable Use of Funds Oklahoma State Department of Education Federal Programs Migrant Education Program Erin Clapper, Program Specialist

3. Program Purpose & LawESSA Section 1301. [20 U.S.C. 6391] (1) To assist states in supporting high-quality and comprehensive educational programs and services during the school year and, as applicable, during summer or intersession periods, that address the unique educational needs of migratory children. (2) To ensure that migratory children who move among the states are not penalized in any manner by disparities among the states in curriculum, graduation requirements, and challenging state academic standards. (3) To ensure that migratory children receive full and appropriate opportunities to meet the same challenging state academic standards that all children are expected to meet.

4. Program Purpose & LawESSA Section 1301. [20 U.S.C. 6391], (cont.) (4) To help migratory children overcome educational disruption, cultural and language barriers, social isolation, various health-related problems, and other factors that inhibit the ability of such children to succeed in school. (5) To help migratory children benefit from state and local systemic reforms

5. Migrant Education Program (MEP) Goal The goal of this program is for all Migrant students graduate with a high school diploma (or complete a GED) that prepares them for responsible citizenship, further learning, and productive employment.

6. Allowable Expenditures • Costs to Administer the MEP • Office Supplies • Computers (tablets or notebook computers for recruiters). • Professional library (software, books, trainings). • Support recruitment activities. • Comprehensive Needs Assessment services. • Communications (Cellular phone for recruiter). • Personnel service (salaries for MEP staff/benefits). • Note: All administrative costs are subject to the 5, 7, or 8% limitation of the total migrant allocation received by the LEA for the current fiscal year.

7. Allowable expenditures (cont.) • Student enrichment • Educational support services for Priority for Services students. • Notebook/ipads/e-readers/computers • Computer lab for migrant students (after school, summer school, before school, etc.) • Migrant classroom to hold supplementary lessons. • Travel (provide transportation for migrant students to attend supplementary instruction/summer school). • Migrant Student Library (educational and reading books for migrant students to check out). • Dropout intervention and reduction activities. • Classroom supplies for supplementary activities/summer school.

8. Allowable Expenditures (cont.) • Health services for migrant students without insurance. • Educational support services that provide a pathway to completion of a high school diploma or equivalent for out-of-school youth • Expand early childhood services to include three-year-old migrant Children. • Dropout intervention and reduction activities. • Parent resource center (provide computer access and a resource library for parents). • Training sessions (hire speakers, host parent/teacher cooperative sessions).

9. Allowable Expenditures (cont.) • Provide transportation and lodging for parents to attend migrant conferences/trainings. • Education (adult education, English as a Second Language Lessons, health/well-being classes). • Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) involvement activities • Provide snacks at initial PAC meeting only (agenda and sign-in sheets must be submitted with claim). • Family literacy programs.

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11. Oklahoma Migrant Education Team Executive Director - Gloria Bayouth Program State Migrant Recruiter - Jose Henriquez Program Specialist – Erin Clapper Contact phone #s Federal Programs 405.521.2846 Erin Clapper 405.522.8354 Jose Henriquez 405.521.6958