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NCLB
requires that a school district must spend an amount
equal to 20 percent of its Title I, Part A allocation
on a combination of the following: |
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Choice
related transportation |
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Supplemental
Education Services |
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A
combination of the above |
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However,
guidance from the US Department of Education requires
that an amount equal to 5 percent of the Title I, Part
A allocation MUST be set aside for SES. This means
that if a district is in danger of spending more than
15 percent of the allocation on choice transportation,
not all of the children who wish to choose may be provided
transportation. In this case, the district will give
priority to the lowest-achieving students from low-income
families. |
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Transportation
for SES may be provided by the school district, but
cannot be counted toward the 5% required to be spent
on SES. |
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However,
if the district does not incur any choice related transportation
costs, it may use its entire 20 percent for SES. |
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The
school district may use other federal monies to pay
for SES including: school improvement funds under Section
1003 or Local Innovative Education program funds from
Title V, Part A; Improving Teacher Quality State Grants
Title II, Part A; Educational Technology State Grants
Title II, Part D; and Safe and Drug Free Schools and
Communities State Grants, Title IV, Part A. |
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A
district may offer SES to students who are at risk
of failing to meet the State’s standards, but
who are not low-income. However, the district may NOT
count funds spent for non low-income students toward
meeting its 20 percent expenditure requirements. |
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A
school district may use other non-Title I resources
from Federal, State, local and private sectors to meet
the “equal to” provision of the law. |
