ESEA Title I

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• ESEA Title I
• Eligibility
• On the ESEA Title I Basic and American Recovery
  and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Application

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Eligibility Getting started

• On the Eligibility screen, for each of your Title
  I-A eligible schools, you will be identifying
  the
• Title I-A Service Code (targeted, schoolwide, or
  not served)
• Per pupil Amount
• Because you will be deciding the per pupil amount
  for each of the schools you serve, you must first
  fill out the beginning of your Title I-A basic
  application. This includes the following
  screens
• Fiscal Agent
• Administration
• Reservations
• Enrollment

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Eligibility Getting Started

• Once you have filled in the first four screens of
  your Title I-A basic application (burgundy), you
  will need to go into the Title I-A ARRA
  application (blue) and fill in the following
  screens
• Administration
• Reservations
• Note The above screens allow you to take money
  off the top of your Title I-A allocation. If they
  are not filled in, you will not be working with
  accurate numbers on the eligibility screen.

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Eligibility Determining Per Pupil Amounts

• You can allocate higher per pupil amounts to
  schools with higher percentages of low-income
  students.
• You cannot allocate higher per pupil amounts to
  schools with lower poverty rates than you
  allocate to schools with higher poverty rates.
• However, if your district has less than 1,000
  students or only one school per grade span you
  are exempt from the above eligibility guidelines.

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Eligibility Determining Per Pupil Amounts

• Some issues to consider when determining per
  pupil amounts
• 75 Percent Rule All attendance areas or schools
  with at least 75percent poverty must be served.
• 35Percent Rule A district may serve any school
  attendance area or school in which at least
• 35 percent of the children are from low-income
  families.
• 125 Percent Rule When a Title I school building
  with less than 35 percent poverty is served, the
  per pupil amount must be at least 125 percent or
  1.25 times the district per pupil amount.

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Eligibility Ensuring Rank Order

• For each of the schools that you are serving with
  Title I-A and/or ARRA funds, add together
• the per pupil amount on their Title I-A basic
  eligibility screen (burgundy)
• the per pupil amount on their ARRA eligibility
• screen (blue)

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Eligibility Ensuring Rank Order

• Once you have a total per pupil amount for each
  of the schools being served with Title I-A
  dollars (basic and ARRA), make sure that your
  highest poverty schools are receiving equal or
  more dollars per pupil than schools that are
  lower poverty.
• IF schools are not in rank order, make the
  necessary programmatic and per pupil amount
  changes to remedy the situation.

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Eligibility Other Issues to Consider

• There is a check on the Title I-A basic
  application (burgundy) that will
• Ensure the district maintains rank order AND
• Ensure the district follows the 125 percent rule
  (if serving schools with less than 35 percent
  poverty).
• These checks are not in place on the ARRA
  application.
• It is for this reason that districts need to hand
  check their rank order and 125 percent rule when
  completing the ARRA application.

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Eligibility 125 Percent Rule

• When a Title I school building with less than 35
  percent poverty is served, the per pupil amount
  must be at least 125 percent or 1.25 times the
  district per pupil amount. This calculation is
  based on the total allocation before set
  asides/Reservations are deducted. The 125 percent
  rule applies only when the district elects to
  serve any Title I school below a 35 percent
  poverty rate.
• Since higher poverty buildings must receive at
  least the same per pupil expenditure amount as
  lower poverty buildings, this will require that
  each participating Title I school in the district
  receive at least 125 percent of the district per
  pupil expenditure.

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125 Percent Calculation

• To determine the amount per child, add the LEAs
  Title I basic allocation plus the Title I ARRA
  allocation together.
• Divide the total allocation by the total number
  of children from low-income families in the
  district to arrive at a per pupil poverty amount
  for each low-income child.
• Multiply this amount by 1.25 to determine the
  minimum per pupil payment for each attendance
  area.

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Eligibility Other Issues to Consider

• While it would be best complete your ESEA
  2009-10 Title I-A basic and ARRA applications at
  the same time, we realize that this is not
  possible until final allocations are posted.
• IF you submit your ARRA application first, keep
  in mind that if your schools per pupil amounts
  end up being out of rank order once your Title
  I-A basic is submitted, your Consultant may
  require you to change per pupil amounts to be in
  compliance with rank order regulations.

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Eligibility In Conclusion

• If you have any questions regarding your Title
  I-A basic or ARRA funds or the ESEA application,
  please let your Title I-A Consultant know.
• To find your Consultant, click here
  http//dpi.wi.gov/titleone/aspx/t1consultants.aspx
  

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Eligibility In Conclusion

• Thank you and have a great day.
• The Title I and School Support Team
• Department of Public Instruction