Federal Programs Planning for 2005-2006 School Year

• Team input on programs and use of funds
  • Consider needs of students on each campus
  • Consider success/problems of current year

Title I, Part A: Schoolwide Program

• Consider academic needs of students, especially at-risk of failing TAKS/low-income/minorities
• Teachers highly qualified (5% set aside)
• Paraprofessional Qualification requirements
• Parent Involvement
  • Opportunities for parents/yearly calendar of events
  • Schoolwide Compacts
  • Adopt policy for each campus
• Homeless students served

Title I, Part C: Migrant

• Serve migrant students and target priority of services students:
  • Migrant students failing or likely to fail
  • Migrant students whose education has been interrupted by moves

Title II, Part A: Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting (TPTR)

• Purpose: To increase student academic achievement in the following ways:
  • Improve teacher/principal quality
    • Determine needs for professional development and hiring
    • Coordinate professional development
    • Integrate with Title II, Technology
    • Private school participation to be equitable in professional development if they elect to participate
  • Reduce class size (target largest class size)
• REAP flexibility

Title II, Part D: Technology

• Technology needs
• Coordinate technology professional development with TPTR
• REAP flexibility

Title III, Bilingual/ESL

• Under $10,000 district must join a shared seervice arrangemenet (SSA)

Title IV, Part A: Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities

• Select scientifically based program based on needs of students
• Parent input and consultation to be on-going
• REAP flexibility

Title V, Part A: Innovative Program

• Supplementary funds for all students and all staff
• REAP flexibility
• 30 different areas
  • Library services and materials
  • Reduce class size
  • Professional development
  • Technology
  • Assessment and curricular materials
  • Reform/improvement projects
  • Gifted
  • Alternative Education programs
  • School safety
  • Early Childhood/Pre K
  • Adult literacy
  • Community service/community involvement
  • Health services
  • Title I, Part A: Schoolwide Programs

Title VI, Sect. 6211, REAP

• Program allows *funds to be redirected into Title I Program
• Program does not provide additional funds, but allows flexibility
  • Redirected funds are used like Title I dollars
  • Restrictions are same as Title I