Title I and EIASCE Funding

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Title I and EIA-SCE Funding

• Angela Hewlett-Bloch
• Categorical Programs Advisor
• Presented to District B CEAC and BAC Advisory
  Councils

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• Title I Elementary and Secondary Education Act
  of 1965
• EIA-SCE Economic Impact Aid - State Compensatory
  Education

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Purpose of Title I and EIA-SCE

• Meet the educational needs of low-income
  children.
• Provide supplemental funds to raise the
  achievement level of K - 12 grade students in the
  four targeted curricular areas
• Language Arts
• Mathematics
• Social Studies
• Science
• Provide quality educational opportunities for all
  children in public school.

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EIA-SCE - Economic Impact Aid - State
Compensatory Education

• State funding source. (This is the states
  contribution to Title I.)
• EIA-SCE for the 2000/2001 school year was funded
  at 36 per student. Schools received an
  additional 50 per student last Nov/Dec 2000.

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Title I - Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965

• Federal funding source.
• Title I schools received 269 per student for
  the 2000/2001 school year. Schools received an
  additional 53 per student last Nov/Dec 2000.

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How Do Schools Receive Funding?

• The district is required by federal law to rank
  schools with the highest concentration of
  children from low-income families.
• The ranking is used to establish eligibility in
  the compensatory education program.

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What criteria is used to rank schools?

• of AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent
  Children) children actually attending the school.
• This information is provided by the federal
  government.
• of free- and reduced-priced meal eligibility
  students actually attending the school.
• Schools are responsible for updating this
  information in the School Information System
  (SIS).

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Then What?

• All schools at or above 65 concentration of
  poverty will receive Title I funding.
• All schools at or above 65 concentration of
  poverty are eligible to participate in a
  schoolwide program.

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What is a Title I Schoolwide Program (SWP)?

• Reform effort of Title I.
• Focus is on the entire school program.
• Goal is to define a coherent program for all
  students.
• Title I funds may be used along with other funds
  to improve the schools entire educational
  program.
• Schools participate in a year-long planning
  process.

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What is a Targeted Assistance School (TAS)?

• In a Targeted Assistance School
• The school has chosen not to participate in a
  Schoolwide Program.
• Funding and services are targeted only for
  identified children.

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CALL US!

• Santa Calderon 755-5386
• Angela Hewlett-Bloch 755-5395