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ESEA Private Schools, N or D, Title II, Part A

Consolidated Application Part I and II ESEA, Private Nonprofit School, Neglected or Delinquent, and Title II, Part A High Quality Teachers legal assurances for fiscal year 2011-12.
ESEA, Participation of Private Nonprofit School Students
  1. The LEA shall, after timely and meaningful consultation with appropriate private school officials, provide to those children and their teachers or other educational personnel, on an equitable basis, special educational services or other benefits that address their needs under the following programs:
    Title I, Part A; Title I, Part B (subparts 1 and 3) and C; Title II, Parts A, B, and D; Title III, Part A; Title IV, Parts A and B; and Title V, Part A. (20 USC §6320(a)(1), (b)(1)(A-H); §7811(a)(1), (b)(1)(A-H); PL 107-110, §1120(a)(1); §9501(a)(1), (b)(1)(A-H))

    For Title I, Part A, the LEA must also provide parents with these services or other benefits. (20 USC §6320 (a)(1); PL 107-110, §1120 (a)(1))
  2. Educational services for private school children, teachers and other educational personnel shall be equitable in comparison to services and other benefits for public school children, teachers, and other educational personnel participating in the program and shall be provided in a timely manner. (20 USC §6320(a)(3); PL 107-110, §1120(a)(3), §9501(a)(3))
  3. To ensure timely and meaningful consultation, the LEA shall consult with appropriate private school officials during the design and development of such agency's programs under this part, on issues such as:
    • how the children's needs will be identified;
    • what services will be offered;
    • how, where, and by whom the services will be provided;
    • how the services will be academically assessed and how the results of that assessment will be used to improve those services;
    • the size and scope of the equitable services to be provided to the eligible private school children, and the proportion of funds that is allocated under subsection (a)(4) for such services;
    • the method or sources of data that are used under subsection (c) and Section 1113(c)(1) to determine the number of children from low-income families in participating school attendance areas who attend private schools;
    • how and when the agency will make decisions about the delivery of services to such children, including a thorough consideration and analysis of the views of the private school officials on the provision of services through a contract with potential third-party providers; and (H) how, if the agency disagrees with the views of the private school officials on the provision of services through a contract, the LEA will provide in writing to such private school officials an analysis of the reasons why the LEA has chosen not to use a contractor. (20 USC §6320; PL 107-110, §1120(b)(1))
  4. The Title I expenditures for educational services and other benefits to eligible private school children shall be equal to the proportion of funds allocated to participating school attendance areas based on the number of children from low-income families who attend private schools, which the LEA may determine each year or every 2 years. (20 USC §6320; PL 107-110, §1120(a)(4))
  5. In the provision of Title I, Part A services, any employee, individual, association, agency, or organization shall be independent of the private school and of any religious organization, and such employment or contact shall be under the control and supervision of the public agency. (20 USC §6320; PL 107-110, §1120(d)(2)(B))
  6. Title I services or other benefits, including materials and equipment, shall be secular, neutral, and non-ideological. (20 USC §6320; PL 107-110, §1120(a)(2))
  7. The LEA maintains and will provide upon request to the State educational agency a written affirmation signed by officials of each participating private school that the consultation required by ESEA, Title I, Part A, by Section 1120(b) of the ESEA Act of 2001 has occurred. (20 USC §6320(b)(4); PL 107-110, §1120(b)(4))


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ESEA, Title I, Part A, Neglected, and Part D, Delinquent Students Program
  1. Each student who has been identified for funding purposes is served by a LEA, from 5 to 17 years of age, and, in a local neglected or delinquent institution program for a minimum of 20 hours per week. (20 USC §6432(a)(1)(A)(ii); PL 107-110, §1412(a)(1)(A)(ii))
  2. The needs of students are assessed upon enrollment and periodically thereafter, to identify students at risk of failing to meet State standards. Assessment results for students are on file at each participating site and/or custodial agency. (20 USC §6312(b)(1), §6436, §6431; PL 107-110, §1112(b)(1), §1416, §1431)
  3. A procedure for evaluating the effectiveness of the program has been established, and is addressed in the LEA Plan. (20 USC §6456; PL 107-110, §1426)
  4. The LEA will provide for the allocation of time and resources for maximum coordination of Title I services with the regular instructional program and other State and federal agencies as well as special education. (20 USC §1423(B)(3)-(13); PL 107-110, §1423(B)(3)-(13))


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ESEA, Title II, Part A, Preparing, Training, and Recruiting High Quality Teachers and Principals
  1. The LEA conducted a comprehensive and collaborative needs assessment that involved teachers, paraprofessionals, principals, parents and other relevant school personnel. The results are used to create a plan that increases the number of highly qualified teachers in every classroom in core academic subjects, increases the percentage of teachers participating in high quality professional development including training on effective instructional strategies, and use of State academic content standards and assessments. (20 USC §6622(c); PL 107-110, §2122(c))
  2. The LEA developed a plan for ensuring that all core academic subject classes are taught by highly qualified teachers by the end of the 2005-06 school year and will annually report progress made toward meeting the annual measurable objectives established by the state educational agency for the LEA as a whole and each of the schools services by the LEA. (20 USC §6319(a)(3); §6319(b)(1)(A); PL 107-110, §1119(a)(3); §1119(b)(1)(A))
  3. All teachers hired into a Title I funded position on or after the first day of the 2002-03 school year shall be highly qualified. The LEA has set aside a minimum of 5 percent of its Title I, Part A funds for professional development activities to ensure that all teachers who are not highly qualified become so by the end of the 2005-06 school year. The LEA requires the principals of Title I schools to attest that their schools are in compliance with the ESEA requirements for teachers and paraprofessionals. (20 USC §6319(a)(1); §6319(i)(1) and (1); PL 107-110, §1119(a)(1); §1119(i)(1) and (1))
  4. Schools in Program Improvement will use no less than 10 percent of their Title I, Part A funds to provide the schools’ teachers and principals with high quality professional development. (20 USC §6316(b)(3)(A)(iii); PL 107-110, §1116(b)(3)(A)(iii))
  5. LEAs identified for Program Improvement will use no less than 10 percent of their Title I, Part A funds for professional development, to include the funds reserved for schools in Program Improvement but excluding the funds reserved for professional development under Section 1119. (20 USC §6316 (c)(7)(iii); PL107-110, §1116(c)(7)(iii))
  6. The LEA will notify parents of each student that they may request information about the professional qualifications of their children’s teachers. The LEA will notify parents in a timely way if a teacher who is not highly qualified has taught their children for four or more consecutive weeks. (20 USC §6311(h)(6)(A), §6311(h)(6)(B)(ii); PL 107-110, §1111(h)(6)(A), §1111(h)(6)(B)(ii))
  7. The LEA will consult in a timely and meaningful way with appropriate officials at eligible private schools located in the the LEA and, when requested, will provide teachers of those schools services or activities comparable to those provided to teachers in the public schools within the LEA. The LEA will maintain written affirmations signed by officials of each participating private school that the consultation has occurred. (20 USC §7881(a)(1),(3); PL 107-110, §9501(a)(1),(3))
  8. The LEA plan, and authorized activities, targets Title II Part A funds to schools that:
    1. have the lowest proportion of highly qualified teachers;
    2. have the largest average class size; or
    3. are identified for school improvement. (20 USC §6622(b)(3)(C); PL 107-110, §2122(b)(3)(C))
  9. All paraprofessionals, hired after January 8, 2002 and working in a program supported with Title I Part A funds, shall be qualified as defined by the LEA. All paraprofessionals, hired before January 8, 2002 and working in a program supported with Title I Part A funds, shall be qualified as defined by the LEA by January 8, 2006. The LEA will annually report its progress in meeting the annual measurable objective establish by the State Education Agency for the LEA as a whole and each school served by the LEA that uses Title I funding in this way. (20 USC §6319(c) and §6319(d); PL 107-110, §1119(c) and §1119(d)). Policy adopted by the State Board of Education June 2003.
  10. The LEA will use funds to meet the requirements contained in Title II, Part A, and all other applicable provisions of the ESEA Reauthorization of 2001 and will submit necessary documentation of compliance with requirements upon request to the CDE. (20 USC §6621; PL 107-110, §2121)
  11. This agreement represents the agreed-upon activities and use of funds for the current school year in accordance with the provisions of Title II, Part A, Section 2141 of the ESEA, as follows:
    1. Development and utilization of professional development strategies and activities based on scientifically based research, which will be used to meet AMO as described in ESEA Section 1119(a)(2).
    2. Strategies and activities in this agreement shall be developed in conjunction with teachers and principals.
    3. Auditable expenditure reports and fiscal records shall be kept on file and available for review.
    4. In the event that no progress is made towards meeting AMO and AYP for the current school year, this agreement shall remain in effect for the following school year.

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