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What
is Title I?
Title I is
part of the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994, a Reauthorization
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
Title I is
the largest federal education program that provides support
to our nation's schools. Its purpose is to provide opportunities
and services to students who attend schools with high levels
of poverty and who are at risk of meeting the state's challenging
performance standards.
Title I provides
supplemental support in reading, writing and/or mathematics
to identified students. Individual schools determine
the grade levels and specific subject areas to be served.
Counseling and parent liaison support may also be available
at specific sites.
Every Title
I school must create a specific plan that describes how funds
will be utilized in compliance with federal and state guidelines
and regulations. Title I serves children through Schoolwide
or Target Assistance Programs.
Title I also
provides support to private schools, homeless programs and
several neglected and delinquent programs in Spokane.
Do
all Title I schools have identical services?
Not necessarily. There is a commitment to encourage
instructional decisions at the school level to provide a specific
and individualized program to meet unique student needs and
populations. Principals, program personnel and basic
education staff are continually assessing the different components
of their program and determining appropriate program design.
A school may include all or part of the Program
Components.
What is the difference between Targeted Assistance
Schools and Schoolwide Programs?
Every school that accepts Title I funds must
have a school plan in place. Initially, a school becomes
a Targeted Assistance school, since
funds are used to target services to eligible students.
If a school has 50% or greater poverty and plans to become
a Schoolwide Programs, it must
complete at least a year of planning intended to upgrade the
entire educational program.
Phone:
(509) 354-7334
Fax: (509) 354-5914
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