Title I-A Coordinators Conversation April 15, 2015

Agenda Introductions & ODE Updates ESEA Update Testing & Title IA Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) Allocations Topics from Coordinators

Introductions (Who’s online & in the room?)

Updates & Changes at ODE Saying Goodbye to Dave Cook, Interim Director Jesse Parsons, Education Specialist & Please Welcome Theresa Richards, Director (moving from Educator Effectiveness)

ESEA Reauthorization update New Bill introduced by Alexander & Murray Every Child Achieves Act of 2015 Bill summary at: http://www.titlei.org/c/tit lei/files/Association/2015 /Committees/AdvocReaut h/2015Alexanderbillsum mary.pdf Highlights for Title IA Eliminates HQT Changes in Rank & Serve Must fund/serve all schools at 75% and above AND Must fund/serve all secondary school > 50% Parent Involvement Set- Aside increases to 15%

Title IA Funds & Testing Title IA funds MAY NOT be used for State Testing Excerpt from previous announcement: “Several districts asked whether staff funded solely out of Title I-A may administer Oregon's statewide assessments. The answer is no, these staff may not administer statewide assessments because it is considered supplanting. Since administering state assessments is required under state law, a teacher solely paid out of Title I-A funds could not administer these tests.  State assessments need to occur during a student's core academic instructional time, not during their supplemental/intervention time.  An allowable strategy that districts may follow to enable staff who are otherwise funded by Title I-A to administer state tests would be to pay for the portion of the teacher's salary dedicated to testing out of general funds rather than Title I-A funds.”

Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) New guidance regarding CEP & Title IA located at http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=548

Preliminary Title IA Allocations http://www. ode. state. or 70% of all districts received a reduction in their preliminary Title I-A allocations for 2015-2016

Reminders Data Collections Odyssey Conference Homeless May 14 – June 30 (Homeless Ed Website) CDPR Odyssey Conference Portland (August 11-13th) Sunriver (August 18-20th)

Topics from Coordinators?

Federal Systems Team Director: Dave Cook Education Specialists: Melinda Bessner, Title I-A, Monitoring, REAP, RLIS, Schoolwide Planning, Budget Narrative Approvals for districts E-P Dona Bolt, Title X (Homeless Education) Jesse Parsons, Title I-A, Monitoring, Budget Narrative Approvals for districts A-D Pete Ready, 21st Century Community Learning Centers Russ Sweet, Monitoring, Titles I-A & I-D, Private Schools, Budget Narrative Approvals for districts Q-Z Support Staff Emily Swope Stacie Ankrum Ann Kaltenbach

Questions? PowerPoint & Webinar will be posted at http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=1939