1. Shelton School District Special Services Presentation to the School Board Federal and State Compensatory Programs November 2008 Gail Straus Assistant Director, Special Services

2. Compensatory Programs  Title IA – Improving Basic Programs (Federal)  LAP – Learning Assistance Program (State) Title IC – Education of Migrant Children (Federal) Title III – Limited English Proficient (Federal) STBIP – State Transitional Bilingual Instruction Program (State) Title X – Education for Homeless (Federal) Early Learning Program - Infant/Toddler Early Intervention - Preschool Services * Children with Disabilities * ECEAP (State funded slots for 24 low income children) * Bilingual Preschool for 4-year-olds

3. Title IA: Largest Title allocation to the District 08-09 Allocation = $764,733 Funds allocated to districts based on poverty from census data Funds allocated to buildings based on poverty (free/reduced lunch)

4. Allocation Comparison 08-09$764,733 07-08$747,186 06-07$756,328 05-06$768,468 04-05$779,914

5. 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”

6. Free/Reduced Lunch Program 3 elementary schools

7. Free/Reduced Lunch Program 8-month average for schools

8. Title I funds for 08-09 pay for: 4.6 FTE in teachers (6.6 funded in 07-08) 81.20 hours in Educational Assistants per day (80.75 funded in 07-08) Training ($76,500 required for District Improvement Professional Development) Materials Parent Involvement ($7,650 required)

9. LAP (State $$) Big changes to LAP in past 3 years: Can only serve students scoring I or II on WASL Emphasis on adding remedial services for secondary students not “on course” to graduate Funds now include poverty factor (F/R data) Substantial increase in funds to our district in past 5 years

10. LAP 08-09 $788,618 07-08 $618,722 06-07 $508,346 05-06 $412,538 04-05 $382,502 + $406,116 since 04-05

11. 08-09 LAP funds used for: 7.0 teachers 31.5 Educational Assistant hours/day Building Allocations to pay for: - Before/after school tutoring - Supplies and materials - Training

12. LAP Services at the following schools: Bordeaux and Mt. View – Picked up 2.0 Remedial Teacher/Instructional Coach lost from Title I OMS – 2.8 Remedial Teachers.8 Reading and 2.0 Math OBJH – 1.4 Remedial Teachers 1.0 Math and.4 Reading/Language Arts SHS -.8 Remedial Teachers (Reading/ Language Arts) 31.50 hours/day Educational Assistant time spread out at OMS, OBJH, SHS and CHOICE

13. Purpose and Funding of Grants GrantFundsPurpose Title IC-Migrant (not entitlement) $91,068Federal $$ Funds supplemental services for home visitors, extended learning for highest needs students, professional development. Title III–Limited English Proficient (not entitlement) $44,115Federal $$ Funds extra costs for LEP students and families. Cannot use for staffing. Main emphasis is professional development, parent involvement and equal access for family involvement (ex: translating). STBIP apportionment ($904/student) @$239,658 (based on avg. monthly count of 265 K-12 students) State $$ Majority of this grant pays for bilingual teachers and EA’s at the secondary level. Title X-Homeless (competitive) $35,000Federal $$ Pays for a portion of required Homeless Liaison, required excess transportation costs, and help to families with school related expenses.