Federal and State Programs

Title I, Part A provides supplemental resources to local educational agencies (LEAs) to help schools with high concentrations of students from low-income families provide high-quality education that will enable all children to meet the state student performance standards. The intended program beneficiaries are students who experience difficulties mastering the state academic achievement standards. Title I, Part A funds are to be expended for programs, activities, and strategies that are scientifically based on research and meet needs (identified in the campus’ comprehensive needs assessment process) that are listed in the Campus Improvement Plan. For Title I Schoolwide campuses, Title I, Part A funds can be used for activities that are part of the Campus Improvement Plan to improve student performance and upgrade the entire educational program. In a schoolwide program (SWP), the amount of Title I, Part A funding on the campus must be supplemental.

District reservation fiscal amounts to be used at Title I Schoolwide campuses include parent involvement activities to encourage academic achievement, Title I, Part A services to eligible private school students, district-wide professional development activities, and services to homeless students attending campuses not served by Title I, Part A.

The 10 components of a Title I Schoolwide Program include:

• The campus will conduct a comprehensive needs assessment.
• The campus will utilize scientifically research based schoolwide reform strategies.
• The campus will provide instruction by highly qualified teachers and professional staff.
• The campus will provide high quality and ongoing professional development for principals, teachers, and paraprofessionals.
• The campus will utilize strategies to attract and retain highly effective teachers.
• The campus will plan activities to increase parental involvement.
• Elementary campuses will provide transition from early childhood programs such as Head Start, Even Start, Pre-Kindergarten, etc. to local elementary schools.
• The campus provides measures to include teachers in the decision regarding use, selection, and development of assessments.
• The campus will provide effective strategies that support students who experience difficulty mastering standards set by the state.
• The campus will coordinate and integrate federal, state, and local services and programs.

The Title I, Part D, program (also called The Prevention and Intervention Programs for Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent or At Risk) was most recently reauthorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended in 2001. The Title I, Part D, Subpart 1 State agency N or D program was first authorized with P.L. 89-750, the Elementary and Secondary Amendments of 1966. The Title I, Part D, Subpart 2 local educational agency program came into being in its present form with the Improving America Schools Act of 1994.

Title I, Part D, is administered by the Office of Safe and Healthy Students (OSHS), under the federal Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE). Earl Myers is the Federal Program Manager for the Title I, Part D, Neglected, Delinquent or At-Risk Program.

The goals of Title I, Part D, are to

• Improve educational services for these children so they have the opportunity to meet challenging State academic content and achievement standards;
• Provide them with services to successfully transition from institutionalization to further schooling or employment; 
• Prevent youth who are at-risk from dropping out of school, and to provide dropouts and children and youth returning from correctional facilities with a support system to ensure their continued education.

• Title II, Part A funds are used to increase student academic achievement through improving teacher and principal quality and increasing the number of highly qualified teachers in classrooms and qualified principals and assistant principals in the district. The intended beneficiaries of Title II funds are teachers and principals, including assistant principals, and as appropriate, administrators, pupil services personnel, and paraprofessionals.

  Other Information

• U.S. Department of Education: Title II — Preparing, Training, and Recruiting High Quality Teachers and Principals

• Title III, Part A funds are used to provide supplemental resources to campuses to help ensure that children who are limited English proficient (LEP) attain English proficiency at high levels in core academic subjects and can meet state mandated achievement performance standards. Intended beneficiaries of Title III funds are LEP students, including immigrant children and youth.

  Other Information

• Texas Education Agency: Title III, Part A
• U.S. Department of Education: Title III — Language Instruction for Limited English Proficient and Immigrant Students