1. Shelton School District
Title Programs
Gail Straus, Assistant Director, Special Services

2. Presentation Overview
Programs
Title I-A
NCLB Impact
Q and A .

3. Title Programs managed by Special Services
Title IA - Improving Basic Programs
Title IB – EvenStart Family Literacy - competitive grant
Title IC – Education of Migrant Children – not entitlement
Title III – Limited English Proficient
Title III – Emergency Immigrant – competitive grant
Title X – Education for Homeless – competitive grant

4. Title IA – largest Title allocation to District
Funds allocated to districts based on poverty (census data)
Funds allocated to buildings based on poverty (free/reduced lunch)
Allocation to district has decreased the past 4 years, although district free/reduced rate has increased.

5. Allocation and Free/Reduced Comparison
Allocation Comparison District Free/Reduced
$747,186 Nov %
$756, %
$768, %
04-05 $779, % .

6. Title IA is used at our 3 elementary buildings
Purpose of $ is to help students at greatest risk of not meeting state standards, particularly in reading and math
Allocations to buildings are proportional to their free/reduced count
All students in each elementary eligible for Title I assistance via the “Schoolwide Model”

7. Free/Reduced Chart for BDX, MTV, EVG

8. Grant funds for ’07-’08 pay for:
6.2 FTE in teachers
80.75 hours in Educational Assistants per day
Training
Materials
Parent involvement

9. NCLB Impact
Because state and school districts receive Title I dollars, sanctions for not making AYP apply to our district and Title I schools
District AYP (all schools)
School AYP (Reported for all schools. Financial and other sanctions apply to Title I schools)

10. NCLB Impact (continued)
District did not make AYP for 1st time this year
70 areas were measured
56/70 areas met AYP

11. District Areas Not Making AYP
Grade
Reading
Math
Other
Elementary
(grades 3, 4, 5)
Hispanic students
Limited English
students
Special Education
N/A
Middle
(grades 6, 7, 8)
Low Income
High School
(grade 10)
All students
Not meeting
graduation rate
standard
Participation rate of
students taking
WASL Reading

12. Possible Sanction for Fall 2008
After 2nd year of not making AYP
Development of a District Improvement Plan
10% of Title I budget must be allocated to address Professional Development needs

13. NCLB Impact BDX – yes (19 areas) MTV – yes (17 areas)
Title I Schools and AYP
BDX – yes (19 areas)
MTV – yes (17 areas)
EVG – no (23 areas,
18 “yes” and 5 “no”)

14. Evergreen Areas Not Making AYP
Reading
Math
All students
Hispanic students
Limited English
students
Low Income students

15. School Sanctions After 2nd year of not making AYP
Development of a School Improvement Plan
“School Choice”: Parents can enroll child in another school (in district) making AYP
10% of school Title I budget must be spent on professional development

16. Q and A