Implementing Supplemental Educational Services

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Implementing Supplemental Educational Services
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Presented by

• Anne Just, Ph. D.
• Administrator, Title I
• Policy and Partnerships Office (TIPP)
• California Department of Education
• Linda Wyatt, Ed.D.
• Education Program Consultant
• TIPP, California Department of Education

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Supplemental Educational Services (SES)

• Title I, Part A, Section 1116(e)

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S E S

• Title I Schools in Years 2-5 of Program
  Improvement must offer Supplemental Educational
  Services (SES).

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What Does SES Mean?

• Additional academic instruction
• Tutoring
• Remediation
• Small Classes
• Outside Regular
• School Day

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SES Content Requirements

• Must be aligned with California state content
  standards and instructional material.
• Must be aligned with each districts curriculum.
• Must be research-based.
• Must be designed to increase student academic
  achievement.

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SES Eligibility

• Only students who are low income are eligible.
• To decide whos low income, use same method for
  allocating Title I, Part A funds among schools
  (e.g., eligibility using free or reduced price
  lunch information).

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Funding

• Unless a lesser amount is needed, an LEA must
  spend up to an amount equal to 20 percent of its
  Title I, Part A allocation, before any
  reservations, on
• 1. Public school choice-related
• transportation (choice)
• 2. SES or
• 3. A combination of (1) and (2).

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Funding (continued)

• To meet funding requirements, an LEA can use
  non-Title I funds (i.e. other federal, state,
  local, and private sources) to meet Choice and
  SES requirements.

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SES Per-Student Rate

• The statute sets expenditure for each student at
  the lesser of
• LEA's total Title I, Part A allocation, divided
  by number of children aged 5-17 from families
  below the poverty level
• or
• Actual cost of services a student receives.

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Finding SES Providers

• Must be state-approved.
• See approved provider list at
• www.cde.ca.gov/ta/ac/ti/ap/sspsearch.asp

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Choosing SES ProvidersRemember Parents Choose
Providers!

• LEAs identify each SBE-approved provider willing
  to serve the district
• LEAs notify parents annually before the beginning
  of the school year about the availability of SES.
• LEAs share provider information so parents can
  choose
• LEAs enter into a agreement/
• contract with providers selected by parents.

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LEA Contracts with SES Providers

• CDEs Advice
• Based on Californias Title 5 regulations and
  Request for Applications (RFA)
• Includes but not limited to the following items

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LEA Agreements/Contracts with SES Providers
(contd)

• Copy of the SDE-approved SES provider application
  in the contract
• Statement that the SES provider will implement
  the program per the SBE approved application.

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LEA Agreement/Contract with SES Providers (contd)

• Date by which SES must start
• Required fingerprinting, TB testing, and staff
  background checks (CDE recommendation Interpol
  clearance for off-shore tutors)
• Protection of student privacy
• Schedule of SES provider reports of student
  progress

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LEA Agreements/Contracts with SES Providers
(contd)

• Limit on student incentives/rewards
• Payment schedules, rates, and facility user fees
• Per-student rate and SES providers hourly rate
• Insurance (liability and other district-required
  insurance and amounts)

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LEA Agreements/Contracts with SES Providers
(contd

• Required auditing, record keeping, and retention
  of records
• Provider notification to LEA about changes in
  tutoring/instructional staff
• LEA complaint procedures
• Details about student transportation arrangements
  by the SES provider

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LEA Agreements/Contracts with SES Providers
(contd)

• Names of LEA and SES provider contact persons
• Required provider collaboration with LEA staff
  and student parent/guardian in developing
  individual student learning plans

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LEA Agreements/Contract with SES Provider (contd)

• Description of how the LEA will allow SES
  providers access to confidential student data

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LEA Agreements/Contracts with SES Providers
(contd)

• SES provider cooperation and compliance with LEA
  monitoring in the following areas
• - secular, neutral, and non-ideological
  instructional content
• - issuance of student progress reports as
  specified

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LEA Agreements/Contracts with SES Providers
(contd)

• - sufficient level of staff, fiscal,
• equipment, and facility
• resources
• - compliance with health, safety,
• and civil rights laws and
• regulations

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LEA Agreements/Contracts with SES Providers
(contd)

• - Appropriate level of services to
• English learners and students
• with disabilities

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LEA Agreements/Contracts with SES Providers
(contd)

• SES provider assurances
• - provider not removed for cause
• from SBE-approved list
• - provider to meet all required
• elements of the SBE-approved
• application while under contract with
• the LEA

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LEA Agreements/Contracts with SES Providers
(contd)

• Provisions for contract termination
• - Provider failure to provide
• instructional program as
• described in its SBE-approved
• application

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LEA Agreements/Contracts with SES Providers
(contd)

• - Provider failure to meet all
• required elements of the SBE-
• approved application
• - Provider failure to start SES
• services by date specified in
• contract with LEA

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Individual Student Learning Plans

• LEA must develop individual student learning
  plans in consultation with SES providers, parents
  and students, if appropriate.
• Plan must include the following elements
• Achievement goals specific to the students needs
• How the students progress will be measured

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Individual Student Learning Plans (contd)

• When students progress will be measured
• Timetable for improving achievement
• For a student with a disability, these items must
  be consistent with his/her IEP.

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Individual Student Learning Plans (contd)

• LEA must ensure each parent/
• guardian has a copy of his/her
• childs individual learning plan.
• Appropriate SES provider and
• pertinent LEA staff also should receive copies
  of the individual student learning plan.

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Resources on Web Site

• Legal and other resources for public school
  choice transportation and SES
• are available at
• http//www.cde.ca.gov/ta/ac/ti/schoolchoice.asp
• http//www.cde.ca.gov/ta/ac/ti/supplemental.asp
• http//www.cde.ca.gov/ta/ac/ti/documents/regsfromo
  al.doc
• http//www.cde.ca.gov/ta/cr/cc/cpmuinstruments.asp

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Contact Information

• Anne Just
• Email ajust_at_cde.ca.gov
• [phone]
• Jerry Cummings
• Email jcumming_at_cde.ca.gov
• [phone]
• Linda Wyatt
• Email lwyatt_at_cde.ca.gov
• [phone]
• Lana Zhou
• Email lzhou_at_cde.ca.gov
• [phone]