A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n
Title I Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged -- Providing Services to Eligible Private School Children
Student Achievement and School Accountability Conference
October 2002
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Text (slide 17):
Title I, Part A: Identifying Children To Be Served
- Private school students who reside in participating public school Title I attendance areas AND are failing or most at risk of failing to meet high standards.
- Homeless, 2 preceding years in Head Start, Even Start, Early Reading First, Title I Preschool, Title I, Part C (Migrant Education)
- Selected on the basis of multiple, educationally-related, developmentally-appropriate criteria
- Poverty is NOT a criterion
- LEA selects students from the list of names of eligible students provided by the private school
Notes:
Criteria for Determining Eligibility for Title I Services:
- Students who are failing or are most at risk of failing to meet the State?s challenging student content and performance standards
- Homeless children and those who have participated in Even/Head Start for the preceding two years
Services for Private School Students:
- Must be equitable in comparison to services and benefits provided to public school counterparts
- Provided by public school employees or third party providers contracted by the LEA
- Developed in consultation with private school officials
- Title I program must give reasonable promise that students will make adequate progress toward achieving the State?s performance standards
