ESEA Directors Institute 2014ESEA Directors Institute 2014 Title I District Reservations

Title I Set-Asides 2

Title I District Set-Asides 1) Mandatory District Set Asides 2) Optional District Set-Asides 3

LEA MUST Reserve or Set-aside  Homeless services for non-Title I schools  1% parental involvement  Administration: public and non-public school (or identify other resources)  Neglected & delinquent services if provided 4

5 Title I Set-Aside for Homeless  Title I requires a set aside to serve homeless students in non-Title schools  No required method for determining amount  No specific list of approved items except that funds must be used to support the academic achievement of the child

Set Aside for Parent Involvement  For LEAs with Part A allocations >$500,000  1% minimum reserved  Proportional amount to private students  95% of remainder to schools  5% of remainder kept at LEA  If above 1%, OK to keep at LEA level 6

Required Set Aside for Parent Involvement in ePlan  Required 1% is entered in the blue box below  Any additional amount being set aside (over the 1%) is entered in the Additional Parent Involvement section 7

Equitable Services for Non-public School Students 8

Equitable Services for Non-public Students 1) District-wide Instructional Programs 2) Parental Involvement 3) Instructional Services (PPA is put on PPA page, not set-aside page) 9

Reservation for District-wide Instruction  If LEA reserves for “district-wide instructional programs for public elementary and secondary”  Then proportional amount goes to nonpublic  34 CFR sect (a)(2)(i)(A) 10

Example  LEA reserves $500,000 for district-wide reading initiative  Of all low-income in LEA residing in participating attend areas, 5% are private  5% of $500,000 to private allocation 11

APPLIES TO:  Summer school  After school programs  Reading coaches  Professional Development DOES NOT APPLY TO:  Preschool  Services to only Focus and Priority Schools  Homeless set-aside 12

Example  LEA reserves 1% of $500,000 allocation for parental involvement, or $5,000.  Of all low-income families residing in participating attend area, 6% are private. Then 6% of $5,000 used for families of participating private school students. 13

LEA MAY Reserve:  Incentives to teachers in priority or focus schools  Professional development  Transportation for Choice  “other authorized activities” Summer school Preschool District-wide program Homeless budget for Title I schools 14

District Reservations  What reservations do you have in your district?  How were they decided? 15

District Reservations – Yes or No? 1) Coaches/Interventionists 2) PD 3) Salary and benefit differentials 4) Pre-K 5) Anticipated Carryover for upcoming year 6) Equipment 7) Substitute Teachers 8) RTI2 16

CAUTION: DON’T CIRCUMVENT “RANKING AND SERVING” RULES! 17

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