Providing Title I Services to Children Attending Private Schools

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Providing Title I Services to Children Attending
Private Schools
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Title I Services For Children Enrolled In Private
Schools

• California Co-operative Directors Association
  Fall Institute
• Embassy Suites Hotel
• South Lake Tahoe, California
• September 27, 2006

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Title I Services For Children Enrolled In Private
Schools

• Presenters
• Anne Just
• Administrator
• Title I Policy and Partnerships Office
• And
• Jyoti Singh
• Education Programs Consultant
• Title I Policy and Partnerships Office
• California Department of Education
• Title I Policy and Partnerships Office

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Title I Services For Children Enrolled In Private
Schools

• No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
• Title I, Part A, Section 1120
• Private School Participation

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Law and Resources on Equitable Participation

• Section 1120
• Final Title I regulations
• Non-regulatory guidance

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NCLB, Title I, Part A for Private School
Students

• Provisions in Title I include
• A written affirmation signed by officials for
  each participating school that the required
  consultation has occurred
• An option to determine poverty counts every two
  years
• Equitable participation requirement for private
  school teachers and families

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Program Elements

• Consultation
• Equitable participation
• Eligibility for funding
• Eligibility for services
• Supplemental

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Program Elements (continued)

• Professional development
• Parent involvement
• Program evaluation

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Consultation

• Timely
• Before decisions are made
• And meaningful
• Not unilateral local educational agency (LEA)
  offer without opportunity for discussion
• Final decision by LEA

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Consultation (continued)

• Students needs
• Types of services
• How, where, and by whom services will be provided
• Assessment of services
• Size and scope of equitable services
• Method and source of poverty data

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Consultation (continued)

• Third party providers
• Thorough consideration of private school
  officials views
• Written analysis from LEA for denying this
  delivery method
• Written record for appeal

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Consultation (continued)

• Services provided to students, teachers, and
  families
• Ongoing coordination between LEA Title I staff
  and private school staff

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Consultation (continued)

• Documentation
• Written affirmation signed by private school
  officials
• When planning and design of program completed

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Equitable Participation

• Equitability for funding
• Equitability for services
• Equitability for professional development and
  parent involvement

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Reservation of Funds and Equitability

• LEAs are required to reserve funds Off the Top
  of the Title I allocation for numerous
  district-wide activities.

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Reservation of Funds and Equitability

• If an LEA reserves funds for instructional and
  related activities, the LEA must also provide
  from these funds, as applicable, equitable
  services to eligible private school children.

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Reservation of Funds and Equitability

• Applies to reservations for
• - Professional development
• Parent involvement
• Summer school
• Instructional activities

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Reservation of Funds and Equitability

• Does not apply to reservations for
• - Supplemental educational services

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Reservation of Funds and Equitability

• If LEA reserves funds for parental involvement or
  professional development
• Then the LEA must allocate proportional amount to
  private schools

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Reservation of Funds and Equitability

• EXAMPLE
• LEA reserves 1 of 500,000 allocation for
  parental involvement, or 5,000.
• If 5 of low-income families are from private
  schools, then 5 of 5,000 must be used for
  families of participating private school
  students.

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Generating FundsFor Title I Services

• The private school child must
• Reside in a public school Title I attendance area
• And
• Meet the poverty criteria agreed upon during
  consultation

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Private School Poverty Data

• May be collected annually or biennially

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Private School Poverty Data

• LEA may use the following methods to obtain
  poverty data about private school children
• - Data from the same source used by the
  LEA
• - Comparable data, such as home survey

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Private School Poverty Data

• LEA may use the following methods to obtain
  poverty data about private school children
• - Survey with extrapolation
• - Proportionality

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Eligibility for Services

• The private school child must
• Reside in a public school Title I attendance area
• And
• Must be failing or at risk of failing to meet
  academic performance standards

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Eligibility for Services

• Poverty is NOT a criterion for receiving Title
  I, Part A services.

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Eligibility for Services

• Student selection for services based on
• Multiple
• Educationally related
• Developmentally appropriate criteria

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Services Must Be

• Secular
• Neutral
• Non-Ideological
• Supplemental

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Delivery of Services

• Who is responsible for providing these
  services?
• The LEA in which the child resides is
  responsible for providing Title I supplemental
  services.

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Delivery of Services

• Service delivery options include
• Direct services from LEA of residence
• Through a third party contractor
• Another LEA

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Types of Services (Examples)

• Direct instruction
• Extended day program
• Take home computers
• Computer-assisted instruction
• Family literacy

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Professional Development

• Title I, Part A, Sections 1119 and 1120
• Equitable participation of private school staff
  who work with private school Title I students
• Equitable participation of parents of private
  school Title I students
• Public school teachers who provide Title I
  services to private school students

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Parent Involvement

• Title I, Part A, Section 1118 requires
• Activities designed in consultation with private
  school officials and parents
• Annual parent Title I meeting
• Parent involvement activities
• Parent input on Title I program/school plan

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Annual Evaluation

• The LEA is accountable for the annual progress of
  Title I services at private schools.
• The LEA must assess all students receiving Title
  I services.
• Type of student assessment is determined during
  consultation.

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Annual Evaluation

• Test results are used for Title I purposes only.
• Results of the assessments are used to modify and
  improve Title I services.

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Annual Evaluation

• Evaluation Consultation Includes
• Assessment instrument to be used (Specify name of
  the test.)
• Determination of performance standards ( e.g.,
  test scores will increase by 5 percentile points)
• Annual progress measure (e.g., 70 of students
  served will gain 5 percentile points)

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Annual Evaluation

• Percent of students achieving the performance
  standard (e.g., 50 of the students served,
  gained 5 percentile points)
• Review and analyze data
• Modify Title I program per data analysis

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Annual Evaluation

• Evaluation Consultation
• Assessment instrument
• Performance standard
• Annual progress measure

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Public Control of Funds

• LEA retains control of
• Funds
• Materials
• Equipment
• Property

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Title I Funds May Not Benefit A Private School

• Funds must
• Provide supplemental educational services and
  not supplant the basic program
• Benefit students
• But not
• Meet general needs of a private school

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Complaint Process

• Title I, Part A, Section 1120 (b)
• A private school official shall have the right
  to complain to the State Educational Agency that
  the LEA did not engage in a meaningful and timely
  consultation or did not give due consideration
  to the views of the private school official.

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Complaint Process

• To file a complaint with California Department of
  Education (CDE), LEAs and private schools
• Follow Uniform Complaint Procedures
• Provide basis for complaint to CDEs Complaints
  Management Office

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Web Site http//www.cde.ca.gov/sp/sw/t1/privat
eschoolsvs.asp
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QUESTIONS

• Jyoti Singh
• Education Programs Consultant
• Title I Policy and Partnerships Office
• [phone]
• Jysingh_at_cde.ca.gov