Title VI, Part B, Subpart 2

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Title VI, Part B,Subpart 2

• Virginia Department of Education
• April 2009

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Title VI, Part B, Subpart 2, Rural and Low-Income
School Program

• Purpose
• To address the unique needs of rural school
• divisions that frequently
• lack the personnel and resources needed to
  compete effectively for federal competitive
  grants and
• Receive formula grant allocations in amounts too
  small to be effective in meeting their intended
  purposes.

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Title VI, Part B, Subpart 2

• Eligibility
• A school division is eligible to receive funds
  if
• Twenty (20) percent or more of the children ages
  5 through 17 years served by the division are
  from families with incomes below the poverty
  line and
• All of the schools served by the agency are
  designated with a local code of 6, 7, or 8.

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Title VI, Part B, Subpart 2

• Use of Funds
• An eligible school division may use the
  applicable
• funds to carry out local activities authorized
  under
• any of the following provisions
• Title I, Part A, Improving Basic Programs
  Operated by Local Education Agencies
• Title II, Part D, Enhancing Education Through
  Technology

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Title VI, Part B, Subpart 2(Continued)

• Title III, Part A, English Language Acquisition,
  Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement
  Act
• Title IV, Part A, Safe and Drug-Free Schools and
  Communities
• Teacher professional development, including
  programs that train teachers to utilize
  technology to improve teaching and to train
  special needs teachers

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Title VI, Part B, Subpart 2(Continued)

• Teacher recruitment and retention, including the
  use of signing bonuses and other financial
  incentives and
• Parental involvement activities.

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Title VI, Part B, Subpart 2

• Failure to Meet AYP
• If a school division fails to meet its states
  definition of adequate yearly progress (AYP)
  after three years of receiving these funds, it
  may only use these funds to carry out the
  requirements of Section 1116 of the ESEA.
  Section 1116 refers to division and school
  improvement.

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Contact Information

• Name Gabie Frazier
• Title Title I Specialist
• Phone Number 804-225-2907
• E-mail address
• Gabie.Frazier_at_doe.virginia.gov