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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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Title I, Part A: Location of Services

• Services can be onsite, including religious schools (1997 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Agostini v. Felton)
• Specific provisions of the law relating to this topic may be found in greater detail at: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/ServPrivate/part2.html#Part A

Notes:

Title I in Religiously-Affiliated Schools:

• The 1997 Supreme Court decision, Agostini v. Felton overturned the earlier Aguilar v. Felton decision and allows Title I services in private, religiously-affiliated schools.
• If services are offered on site at a religious school, they must be provided consistent with the law and in a manner that would not violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. (For example: No religious symbols permitted in the space used for Title I services, no religious instruction on the part of the Title I instructor/s, and no team teaching.) Refer to the Agostini v. Felton guidance that is available at http://www.ed.gov/legislation/ESEA/feltguid.html.