Title I

Part A: Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational Agencies

News & Announcements

June 29, 2012, News Release – NCLB Waiver Approved by US Department of Education – Flexibility Plan Does Away with Complex & Unrealistic "AYP" Objectives

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Virginia’s ESEA Flexibility

Under the U.S. Department of Education flexibility from certain requirements of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), states were granted waivers from 10 provisions of ESEA, and several other optional waivers. Among the waivers are the following:

Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Methodology

The requirements in ESEA Section 1111(b)(2)(E)-(H) that prescribe how a state must establish annual measurable objectives (AMOs) are waived. The waiver allows the state to develop new ambitious but achievable AMOs in reading/language arts and mathematics in order to provide meaningful goals that are used to guide support and improvement efforts schools and student subgroups.

School Improvement Requirements, Including Public School Choice and Supplemental Educational Services (SES)

The requirements in ESEA Section 1116(b) to identify Title I schools for improvement that fail to meet AYP and take certain improvement actions are waived.

Divisions no longer have to offer public school choice in Title I schools identified for improvement, with the exception being that divisions must allow students who were previously transferring under the choice provision to continue to transfer.

Divisions no longer have to offer SES in Title I schools in Year 2 or beyond of school improvement. As well, the state will no longer review or approve SES provider applications, and the list of providers previously approved is considered inactive.

More about Supplemental Educational Services (PDF)
More about Virginia's ESEA Flexibility

Title I, Part A provides financial assistance through state educational agencies to school divisions and public schools with high numbers or percentages of poor children to help ensure that all children meet challenging state academic content and achievement standards.

School divisions target the Title I funds they receive to public schools with the highest percentages of children from low-income families. Unless a participating school is operating a schoolwide program, the school must focus Title I services on children who are failing, or most at risk of failing, to meet state academic standards. Schools enrolling at least 40 percent of students from poor families are eligible to use Title I funds for schoolwide programs that serve all children in the school.

VDOE Guidelines, Procedures, and Resources

USED approves Virginia's Science Standards and Assessment

Virginia's Science Standards and Assessment Approval Letter (PDF)

Title I Applications

All ESEA/NCLB Title applications, the Local Consolidated Application, OMEGA video modules, and technical assistance documents can be found on the Applications for Federal Funds page.

School Improvement and Title I

Schoolwide Programs
Title I School Improvement Resources
- List of Title I Coordinators (PDF)
- 1003(a)
- 1003(g)
  - 1003(g) FY 2008 School Improvement Allocations (PDF)
Title I School Accountability Status

Instructional Interventions to Satisfy Provisions in the Standards of Accreditation
Recognized for Raising Achievement
- Schools and School Divisions Recognized for Raising Achievement of Economically Disadvantaged Students – April 30, 2009
School Improvement Implementation Survey (SIIS)
- Reporting Title I School Improvement through SIIS (PPT)
- SIIS Reference Guide (PDF)

Ensuring Equitable Services to Private School Students (ESEA Section 1120)

Separate provisions govern private school participation requirements under Title I, Part A. Fourteen (14) Virginia school divisions participate in a bypass provision, under which the U.S. Department of Education directly provides Title I, Part A, equitable services to private school students and teachers through a third-party provider. With the exception of these 14 divisions, all other school divisions must inform officials of private schools located within the division's boundary that eligible children attending private, nonprofit schools are eligible to participate on an equitable basis in Title I, Part A, services. See: Equitable Services to Private Schools