A r c h i v e d  I n f o r m a t i o n

Program Overview

Title VI of the reauthorized ESEA replaces Chapter 2 of Title I of the former ESEA (Chapter 2). Congress authorized Title VI to encourage SEAs and LEAs to focus upon the relationship between programs under Title VI and reform efforts under Goals 2000: Educate America Act (Goals 2000) as well as other State and local school reform efforts.

Programs under Title VI have the following purposes:

• assisting local educational reform efforts which are consistent with and support statewide reform efforts under Goals 2000: Educate America Act

• supporting State and local efforts to accomplish the National Education Goals

• providing funding to enable SEAs and LEAs to implement promising educational reform programs

• providing a continuing source of innovation, and educational improvement, including support for library services and instructional and media materials.

• meeting the special educational needs of at-risk and high cost students

These purposes should serve as the starting point for SEAs and LEAs in designing and implementing programs under Title VI.

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[Introduction]

[State and Local Roles]