1. Title I-A Coordinators Conversation
February 17, 2015

2. Agenda Introductions National Title IA Updates OMNI Circular Update
Reauthorization???
OMNI Circular Update
Schoolwide & Targeted Assistance Planning
Odyssey Conference
Topics from Coordinators

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

4. National Title IA Conference Updates
Reauthorization & New EDGAR rules

5. Reauthorization of ESEA (Alexander)
Title I money, formula
Supplement, not supplant (but modified)
Charter school grants
Focus on States with laws more open to charters
Requirement to have some kind of standards and assessments
Requirement to have some kind of school ratings/intervention
Limitation on Secretarial waiver, decision-making authority
What’s In
Level of federal involvement overall
Especially in interventions, school ratings
Annual testing in grades 3-8
Science assessments
Additional requirement to take grade-level assessments
Comparability
Survival of small competitive grant programs
What’s Up In the Air

6. Reauthorization of ESEA (Alexander)
Highly Qualified Teachers requirements
Teacher Evaluations
Develop & implement state or local teacher eval systems
What’s Changing?

7. EDGAR rules (aka Omni Circular)
Written procedures and policies
Increase monitoring of sub recipients
Review regulations by summer 2015
Similar BUT there are changes
Training provided

8. EDGAR impacts on Districts
Districts may want to brush up on their own policies and procedures pertaining to
Travel
Contracting/Procurement
Cost Controls
Grant expenditures
Time and Effort
Tracking Inventory

9. Indistar Transition Oct 1, 2016 All SWP & TAS plans will be Indistar
All new schoolwide (SWP) plans
All new targeted assistance (TAS) plans
Last year of transition
Oct 1, 2016
All SWP & TAS plans will be Indistar

10. Indistar Transition Survey
ODE Survey & Support
Indistar Transition Survey
Review & feedback of submitted plans
Increased training opportunities
Regional and individual technical assistance, as requested
School-level R&R’s (coming soon)
Support from ODE

11. SEA Annual Review Process of Title IA Plans
Schools input / transition plans into Indistar
Districts review plans annually & submit their reviews in Indistar using the SEA District School Level Plan Review form.
SEA reviews district submissions of plans
If District DOES NOT SUBMIT a review of a plan
SEA will review the plan and the district will have 60 business days to submit a review addressing the SEA’s comments of the plan.
In addition, this non submission will INCREASE the district’s risk factor in being monitored for the upcoming year.
If Districts review is INCOMPLETE or DOES NOT DEMONSTRATE a sufficient review.
In addition, this would be a CONSIDERATION when determining the district’s risk factor for being monitored for the upcoming year.
If District’s review is COMPLETED and provides sufficient feedback
SEA may review the plan to look for exemplars in planning
In this case, a district’s risk factor for being monitored would be LOWER.

12. Schoolwide & Targeted Assistance
Schoolwide & TAS
Schoolwide & Targeted Assistance
rubrics for Indistar
are located at

13. Updates Upcoming Title IA Coordinators Conversations
April 15th, 9:00-11:00am webinar
Odyssey Conference
Portland (August 11-13th)
Sunriver (August 18-20th)

14. Topics from Coordinators?

15. 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

16. Questions? PowerPoint & Webinar will be posted at