21st Century Community Learning Centers New Mexicos Regional Listening Forums

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21st Century Community Learning CentersNew
Mexicos Regional Listening Forums
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Why After School Programs?95 of those
participating in a national survey say After
School Programs should be available for the
following reasons

• Helps working families
• Keeps kids safe
• Supports academic achievement

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What is 21st CCLC?

• A competitive grant program that provides
  opportunities for
• communities to establish community learning
  centers that
• - provide opportunities for academic enrichment
• - offer students a broad array of additional
  services
• (e.g. youth development activities,
  drug and
• violence prevention programs, counseling
• programs, art, music and recreation
• programs, technology education programs,
• and character education programs) and
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• - offer families of students opportunities for
  literacy and
• related educational development.

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The Focus Student Achievement

• Programs are for students and their families.

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 made
several significant changes to the program.
These changes ensure that the program focuses on
helping children in high-needs schools succeed
academically through the use of scientifically
based practice and extended learning time. The
new legislation allows community learning centers
to serve adult family members of students but not
community members at-large.
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• Programs must take place in a safe and easily
  accessible facility.

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Expanding the range of locations in which local
programs may take place.

• The new legislation provides for services for
  children and their families in elementary or
  secondary schools or in any other location that
  it is at least as available and accessible as the
  school.

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What is a community learning center?

• A community learning center offers academic,
  artistic, and cultural enrichment opportunities
  to students and their families when school is not
  in session. Services must focus on helping
  students meet State and local academic standards
  in core academic subjects such as reading and
  mathematics, by providing the students with
  opportunities for academic enrichment.

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What is a community learning center? (continued)

• Centers also provide students with a broad array
  of other activities such as drug and violence
  prevention, counseling, art, music, recreation,
  technology, and character education programs.

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Who is eligible?

• Local Education Agencies (LEAs),
  community-based organizations, other public or
  private entities, or a consortium of two or more
  of such agencies.

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Are schools that already receive Federal 21st
CCLC program funds eligible for new State funds?

• Yes. However, local applicants should be aware
  that new funds must be used in a manner
  consistent with all the requirements of the new
  statute and must be used only to supplement, not
  supplant any Federal, State, or local dollars.
  Funds may be used to expand or enhance current
  activities or to establish programs in
  non-participating schools within an LEA that has
  a 21st CCLC grant.

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May school districts that have received 21st CCLC
awards that have ended, or are ending this year,
apply to the State for funds to continue those
programs?

• Yes. The supplanting provision does not prohibit
  Federal funds from being used to continue 21st
  CCLC programs that have ended or will end this
  year.

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Are Charter Schools eligible?

• Yes. Charter schools are eligible for 21st CCLC
  funding either as a public school within an LEA
  or separately as an independent public
  organization.

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Absolute Priority

• The new legislation requires States to make
  awards only to applicants that will primarily
  serve students that attend schools with a high
  concentration of poor students.

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Competitive Priorities

• States must give priority (extra points) to
  applications for projects that will serve
  children in schools identified for improvement
  under Title I and that are submitted jointly by
  school districts receiving Title I funds and at
  least one public or private community
  organization.
• Although the statute provides an exception to
  this requirement for LEAs that do not have
  qualified community organizations within
  reasonable geographic proximity, such LEAs would
  still have to propose to serve students attending
  schools identified for improvement to qualify for
  the priority.

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21st CCLC Allocation to New Mexico

• 2002 Total to NM 2,381,312
• 5 for Administration
• and Technical Assistance 119,066
• Total Available for Subgrants 2,262,246

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Combining 02 and 03 Funding

• New Mexico will combine 21st CCLC 2002 and 2003
  funding to increase the number of centers that
  may be funded
• 2002 2,262,246 (16.5 centers at 135,000 per
  center)
• 2003 estimated 4,164,032 (30.8 centers at
  135,000 per center)

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What is the award amount?

• The minimum award is 50,000.

• USDE recommends about 125,000 per center per
  year.

New Mexicos subgrant awards will be 50,000 -
200,000 per center per year.
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What is the length of the award period?

• USDE Not less than 3 years
• and not more than 5 years
• The New Mexico award period will be 5 years

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What are new features of 21st CCLC as a result of
reauthorization?

• Awarding of Funds
• The program was moved from direct administration
  by the USDE to administration by States.

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What are new features of 21st CCLC as a result of
reauthorization?

• Supplement not Supplant
• Grantees must use program funds to supplement
  and not supplant other Federal, State, and local
  funds.

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What are new features of 21st CCLC as a result of
reauthorization?

• Emphasis on Providing Academic Enrichment
  Opportunities
• The purpose of the program is to provide academic
  enrichment activities to help students meet
  standards.

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What are new features of 21st CCLC as a result of
reauthorization?

• Targeting
• The program will target applicants that will
  serve students from schools with concentrations
  of students from low income families.
• Schools identified for improvement under Title I
  will be a priority.

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What are new features of 21st CCLC as a result of
reauthorization?

• Extends Eligibility to Additional Organizations
  
• In addition to LEAs, community-based
  organizations, faith-based organizations, and
  other public and private entities are eligible
  for funding through the 21st CCLC program.

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Accountability
Local Programs must meet principles of
effectiveness grantees must periodically assess
their programs to determine progress and
effectiveness.

• Federal
• Up to 1 of
• program funding
• must be reserved
• for national
• evaluation
• activities.

• State
• Each State
• must develop
• performance
• indicators and
• measures that
• will be used to
• evaluate
• programs.

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State Assurances

• NMSDE will award grants to eligible entities that
  
• serve students who primarily attend
• a) schools eligible for Title I school-wide
  programs
• b) schools that serve a high percentage of
  students from low-income families and the
  families of those students 4203(a)(3)

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More State Assurances

• NMSDE will make awards for a period of 3 to 5
  years 4203(a)(8)(A)
• Eligible entities will be required to submit a
  plan describing how they will continue to fund
  community learning centers once the grant funds
  end 4203(a)(8)(B)
• Funds will supplement, not supplant, other
  Federal, State and local public funds
  4203(a)(9)

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Still More State Assurances

• Eligible entities will describe in their
  applications how transportation needs of students
  will be addressed 4203(a)(10)
• The State application was developed in
  consultation and coordination with appropriate
  State officials and stakeholders 4203(a)(11)
• Timely public notice of intent to file
  application application available for public
  review after submission 4203(a)(14)

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New Mexico Process
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New Mexico Process
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New Mexico Process

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NMSDE 21st CCLC Contact

• Jennifer Yahn, Director
• NMSDE Comprehensive School Reform
• 505 827-6565
• jyahn_at_sde.state.nm.us

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Web Resources

• Check www.sde.state.nm.us/fedpro and open the
  link to 21st CCLC to obtain additional
  information.
• The Federal 21st CCLC site is
  http//www.ed.gov/21stcclc/