1. Title I in the FY19 ESSA Consolidated Grant Application
Federal Grant Programs Conference
May 30, 2018

2. Resources for completing Title I forms Questions
Agenda
Title I forms:
Private school services
(Districtwide strategies)
Title I narrative
Title I district reservations
Title I school funding
Resources for completing Title I forms
Questions

3. Private school services

4. Private school services

5. Districtwide strategies
List major districtwide strategies/initiatives and indicate funding sources

6. Districtwide strategies
Equitable Access to Excellent Educators – identify strategies to address gaps

7. Title I narrative
Part 1 of Narrative (activities included in districtwide strategies): :
Column A and B – pulls automatically from Districtwide Strategies (if Title I was selected as funding source)
Column C – enter description of activity
Column D – enter grades served by activity
Column E – what data/evidence prompted this activity (dropdowns)
Column F – what data/evidence will you use to determine progress (dropdowns)
Column G – space to enter ‘other’ for data categories

8. Title I narrative
Part 2 of Narrative (activities not included in districtwide strategies):
Column A – enter description of activity
Column B – enter grades served by activity
Column C – what data/evidence prompted this activity (dropdowns)
Column D – what data/evidence will you use to determine progress (dropdowns)
Column E – space to enter ‘other’ for data categories

9. Title I district reservations
Reservations for district-level activities (prior to school-level allocations)
Equitable services for private schools: amount pulled from private school worksheet, total of column F
Family engagement: districts with allocations greater than $500,000 must reserve at least 1% for family engagement activities
Neglected or Delinquent: allocation amount is indicated on district’s allocation notification, if applicable
Administration: cost of implementing program, including services to non-public students
Preschool: for supplemental assistance to targeted students
Homeless services: for additional support to meet needs of homeless students attending any school in the district (Title I served or not)
Foster care transportation: costs to transport to school of origin
Indirect costs: maximum is defined by agreement with the State
MTRS: optional reservation of MTRS contribution at district level
District Reservation worksheet must be completed before school allocations can be entered into School Funding worksheet.

10. Title I district reservations
Total includes funds flexed into Title I

11. Title I district reservations
Calculation of minimum per pupil spending on school level allocations will populate automatically once program types have been selected for all served schools on the School Funding worksheet (column 3b)

12. Title I school funding
District enters information in light yellow cells, gray cells will populate with data

13. Title I school funding Select low-income data source: March Eco Dis
March Eco Dis x 1.6
Other
Select method of qualifying Title I schools:
District-wide low income %
35% rule
Grade span grouping/district-wide %
Grade span grouping/35% rule
Grade span grouping/group-wide %
One school per grade or less than 1,000

14. Title I school funding New! Selecting eligible schools:
Districts must rank all schools by poverty
In general, rankings may be district-wide or by grade-span
Only after the district has served all of its schools with a poverty rate above 75 percent may the district serve lower-ranked schools
1b and 1c: indicate if applicable
3b: indicate schools served in FY19 – TA, SW, NT, CL

15. Title I school funding New! New!
Funds flexed into Title I are included in school allocations
Enter school allocations
Allocating funds to Title I schools:
All school allocations, except for the last served, must meet minimum per-pupil amounts as figured on District Reservation worksheet
Higher poverty schools must receive the same or greater amount per-pupil than lower poverty schools, barring allowable exceptions (i.e., districts containing one school per grade span or districts with a total enrollment of less than 1,000 students).

16. Title I FY19 allocations (available mid-July)
Resources
Title I RFP
Title I FY19 allocations (available mid-July)
Title I Quick Reference Guide new!
Instructions for completing Title I forms
Checklist & Reminders for completing Title I forms
Resources will be included within FY19 Title I RFP:

17. Questions?
Federal Grant Programs