Consultation with Private Schools

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Consultation with Private Schools
Paula Gaddis Private School Consultant TN
Department of Education paula.gaddis_at_state.tn.us
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Consultation

• Discussion between public and private school
  officials on key issues that affect the ability
  to eligible private school students to
  participate equitably in Title programs.

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Consultation Goal

• To design and implement a program that will
  provide equitable services and meet the needs of
  eligible private school student and/or teachers
  and other educational personnel

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Equitable Participation

• Should the private school choose to participate,
  NCLB requires the equitable participation of
  private school students, teachers and other
  educational personnel in some of its major
  programs.

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Programs Requiring Equitable Participation

• Title I Improving the Academic Achievement of
  the Disadvantaged
• Title II Preparing/Training/Recruiting High
  Quality Teachers and Principals

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Programs Requiring Equitable Participation

• Title III Language Instruction for LEP and
  Immigrant Students
• Title IV 21st Century Schools
• Title V Promoting Informed Parental Choice and
  Innovative Programs

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Consultation Process

• Initial Contact with Private Schools
• Letter sent to private school from LEA
• Meeting to explain the intent of Titles
• Must be done face-to-face or over the phone.
• Individual private school meetings to discuss the
  details of the equitable service delivery

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Consultation

• Such consultation shall occur before the LEA
  makes any decision that affects the opportunities
  of eligible private school children, teachers,
  and other educational personnel to participate.
• Consultation must continue throughout the
  implementation and assessment of
  services.

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Consultation (Section 9501(c))

• Timely and Meaningful consultation with private
  school officials is mandated during design and
  development of programs on the following issues

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Consultation Topics

• How the childrens needs will be identified
• What services will be offered
• How, where and by whom the services will be
  provided
• How academic progress will be assessed and how
  results will be used to improve services

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Consultation Topics

• The size and scope of the services to be
  provided
• Method and source of data used to determine
  eligible students poverty data
• Funds allocated for Parental Involvement and
  Professional Development Services
• Service delivery mechanism taking into
  consideration the views of the private school
  officials including third party provider option

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Consultation

• Where the LEA disagrees with the views of the
  private school officials on the provision of
  services through a contract, the LEA must provide
  a written explanation of the reasons why the
  local educational agency has chosen not to use a
  contractor.

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Consultation

• LEA remains in control of the federal funds and
  maintains title to materials, equipment and
  property purchased with such funds.
• LEA makes final decisions regarding services to
  private school students and teachers.

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Consultation Forms

• Checklist of Consultation Topics
• Intent to Participate
• Affirmation of Consultation
• Log of Contacts

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Equal Expenditures

• Expendituresshall be equal, taking into account
  the number and educational needs of the children
  to be served, to the expenditures for
  participating public school children.
• (Section 9501(a)(4))
• Ensures that funding is equal relative to the
  number of low income public and private school
  students

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Equitable ServicesResponsibilities

• The LEA
• assesses, addresses and evaluates the specific
  needs of private school students and teachers
• spends an equal amount of funds per student to
  provide services

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Equitable ServicesResponsibilities

• The LEA
• provides private school students and teachers
  with an opportunity to participate in activities
  equivalent to the opportunity provided public
  school students and teachers
• offers services that are secular, neutral and
  non-ideological

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Equitable ServicesResponsibilities

• The LEA
• As determined through consultation, the LEA may
  conduct activities in conjunction with the LEAs
  PD and parental involvement activities for public
  school teachers and families, or independently.

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Program Design and Service Delivery

• The LEA may provide the required services either
  directly using district personnel or indirectly
  through contracts with public and private
  organizations and individuals.
• The LEA may also make service delivery
  arrangements through another LEA, in order to
  meet the obligation to serve those eligible
  students who reside in one LEA but attend private
  school in a neighboring LEA.

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Program Design and Service Delivery (cont.)

• The educational services or other benefits,
  including materials and equipment must be
  secular, neutral, an non-ideological.
• Although the LEA maintains title and control. It
  may place equipment and supplies in a private
  school for the period of time needed for the
  program.
• Title I funds must be used in a supplement and
  not supplant manner.

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What is NOT Allowed

• Private school officials may not directly arrange
  for PD services for their teachers, nor may such
  officials handle associated funds.
• Teacher stipends must be paid directly to the
  private school teacher, not through their private
  schools.
• PD funds may not be used to pay for substitutes
  while private school attend training.
• Funds reserved for PD of private school teachers
  may not be used to train the public school
  employees who provide equitable services to
  private school students.

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U. S. Department of Education Resources

• Education Department
• General Administrative
• Regulations (EDGAR)
• Participation of
• Students Enrolled in
• Private Schools,
• Sections 76.650-76.677

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U. S. Department of Education Resources

• Ensuring Equitable Services to Private School
  children A Title I Resource Tool Kit
• http//www.ed.gov/programs/title1parta/ps/title1to
  olkit.pdf
• Order CD from ED Pubs ED002962C

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U. S. Department of Education Resources

• Title I Services to Private School Students
  (non-regulatory guidance)
• http//www.ed.gov/programs/title1parta/psguidance.
  doc

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Office of Non-Public EducationOffice of
Innovation and Improvement

• 400 Maryland Avenue, SW
• Washington, DC 20202
• Phone [phone]
• E-mail OIINon-PublicEducation_at_ ed.gov
• http//www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oii/
• nonpublic/index.html

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TITLE I, Part B, Subpart 1 Reading First

• K-3
• Funds must be used for reading programs,
  professional development, instructional
  materials, to administer screening, diagnostic,
  and classroom-based reading assessments, for
  collecting and reporting data, and promoting
  reading library programs

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TITLE I, Part B, Subpart 3Even Start Family
Literacy

• Unified family literacy programs, including early
  childhood education, adult basic education and
  literacy training, and parenting education
• Birth through age seven, and their families

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TITLE I, Part CMigrant Education

• Provides funds to establish and improve programs
  of education for children of migratory workers
• State provides services through subgrants to LEAs
  that qualify

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TITLE II, Part ATeacher and Principal Training
and Recruiting Fund

• Professional development for private school
  teachers and other educational personnel
• Equitable participation required to the extent
  the LEA uses funds to provide professional
  development, but at least to FY 2001 levels for
  non-public school teachers professional
  development

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TITLE II, Part BMathematics and Science
Partnerships

• To improve mathematics and science teaching
  through a variety of activities
• Activities include professional development,
  stipends and scholarships for advanced coursework
  in mathematics, science or engineering and
  programs to bring math and science teachers into
  contact with working scientists, mathematicians
  and engineers

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Title II, Part DEnhancing Education Through
Technology

• Equitable participation applies to
• both formula and competitive
• grants
• Benefits and services may
• include innovative initiatives
• using technology, increasing
• access to technology, hardware
• and software, and professional
• development

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TITLE III, Part AEnglish Language Acquisition,
Language Enhancement and Academic Achievement

• Teaching English to limited English proficient
  (LEP) children and helping them to meet State
  standards
• Funds must be used for increasing the English
  proficiency of LEP children by providing
  high-quality language instruction and
  high-quality professional development

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TITLE IV, Part ASafe and Drug-Free Schools

• Supports programs and strategies that promote a
  safe and secure learning environment where
  teachers can teach and students can learn.
  Examples of allowable expenditures include
  evidence-based social emotional programs such as
  bullying prevention, service learning,
  evidence-based character education, Positive
  Behavior Support, and drug prevention.

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TITLE IV, Part B21st Century Community Learning
Centers

• To increase students and communities access to
  school building services and to before and after
  school activities, including enrichment
  activities that help children meet state academic
  achievement standards
• SEAs required to make awards only to applicants
  that will primarily serve students who attend
  schools with concentrations of poor students

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TITLE IV, Part B21st Century Community Learning
Centers

• Private school children participate at a
  designated 21st CCLC location
• LEA is not required to pay for services to take
  place at the private school.

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TITLE V, Part AInnovative Programs

• Education improvement programs
• Instructional and media materials
• Library materials
• Professional development and training
• Other activities

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TITLE V, Part D, Subpart 6Gifted and Talented
Students

• For scientifically based research, demonstration
  projects, innovative strategies, and activities
  designed to enhance the ability of schools to
  meet the needs of gifted and talented students
• Targeted toward economically disadvantaged
  students who are gifted and talented

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Title VI Flexibility and Accountability

• Provides options for SEAs and LEAs to transfer
  federal education program funds from a designated
  program to other ESEA programs that better
  address their needs
• S/LEAs may not transfer any funds from Title I,
  Part A, to any other program