Part A

Supplemental Educational Services (SES)

Description of Supplemental Educational Services

Low-income families can enroll their child in supplemental educational services if their child attends a Title I school that has been designated by the state to be in need of improvement for more than one year. The term "supplemental educational services" refers to free extra academic help, such as tutoring or remedial help, that is provided to students in subjects such as reading, language arts, and math. This extra help can be provided before or after school, on weekends, or in the summer.

Each State Education Agency is required to identify organizations that qualify to provide these services. Districts must make a list available to parents of state-approved supplemental educational services providers in the area and must let parents choose the provider that will best meet the educational needs of the child.

Providers of supplemental educational services may include nonprofit entities, for-profit entities, local educational agencies, public schools, public charter schools, private schools, public or private institutions of higher education, and faith-based organizations. Entities that would like to be included on the list of eligible providers must contact their state education agency and meet the criteria established by the state to be considered for the list of eligible providers.

(Above was excerpted from Ed.gov)

Supplemental Educational Services are extra academic services, such as tutoring, offered outside of regular school hours free of cost to eligible students. Low-income students who are attending Title I schools that have not made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) in the same subject for three or more years are eligible. Services are designed to increase the academic achievement of low-income students, particularly in the areas of reading, language arts and mathematics.

Resources

Board of Education Criteria for the Providers of Supplemental Educational Services under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (PDF) (Approved by the Board of Education on July 25, 2002.)
Supplemental Educational Services Providers List
Supplemental Educational Services / Public School Choice Sample Letters to Parents
Supplemental Educational Services Providers Application (Word)
- Scoring Rubric (Word)
- Appeals Process (PDF)
SES Evaluations
August 1, 2007 - Letter from U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings authorizing Fairfax County, Fauquier County, Greene County, Hampton, Henrico County, Henry County and Newport News to offer Supplemental Educational Services to students in schools in Year One of Title I School Improvement during the 2007-08 school year (PDF)
Supplemental Educational Service Flexibility Agreement between U.S. Department of Education and Virginia Department of Education
- U.S. Department of Education's Flexibility Agreement with VDOE (PDF) (2005-2006)
- VDOE Technical Assistance Meeting: September 14, 2006
  - SES/Choice Reversal Pilot (2006-2007) (PPT) (September 14, 2006)
  - SES Implementation Requirements (PPT)
  - LEA Implementation of SES (PPT)
- Supplemental Educational Services Sample Letters to Parents
- Sample Provider Contracts (PDF)
- Supplemental Educational Services Handbook (PDF)
- Tutor-Parent Agreement (Word)
from the January 2006 Title I Technical Assistance Academy
- SES-Choice Reversal Pilot (PPT) (January 2006)
- Title I Parental Involvement (PPT)
- Developing Effective Parent Involvement Programs (PPT)
- Parental Involvement: A Practicing Process (PPT)
- Calculating Your Per Pupil Expenditure (PPE) (PPT)
- Ensuring Compliance with NCLB – Opening Doors to Opportunities: Going Schoolwide (PPT) (January 2006)

U.S. Department of Education Resources

Outside Resources

SES in Action: A Toolkit for Parents and Community Leaders

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