CoOp Directors Meeting September 27, 2006 Lake Tahoe, California

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Co-Op Directors MeetingSeptember 27, 2006Lake
Tahoe, California
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Language Policy and Leadership Office
UpdateVeronica Aguila, Title III State
Director/AdministratorDavid Almquist,Educationa
l Program Assistant
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2006 Accountability Institute for English
Learners and Immigrant StudentsNovember 5-7, 2006

• Hyatt Regency at the
• San Francisco Airport,
• Burlingame
• Theme
• Policies and Practices
• Supporting Systemic
• Program Implementation

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Keynote Speakers

• Sunday afternoon Dr. Pedro Noguera
• From the Margin to the Center
• How Educators Can Meet the Needs of Immigrant and
  
• English Language Learner Students.
• Monday morning Dr. Janet Zadina
• Using Brain Research to Energize and Enhance
• Language Instruction
• Monday lunch Luis Váldez
• 21st Century Education
• Accounting for the Past and the Future
• Tuesday brunch Dr. Aída Walquí
• Reciprocal Accountability in the Education of
  English
• Learners From Quality Teaching to Quality
  Systems

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Registration

• Fee 150 before October 6
• 190 after October 6
• All registrations must be received by October 20,
  2006
• No on-site registration
• Brochure is available online at
  http//www.cde.ca.gov/sp/el/t3

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• We look forward to seeing
• you November 5-7, 2006
• in Burlingame!
• Contact Nancy Zarenda for more information at
  nzarenda_at_cde.ca.gov

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BTTP Funding

• 2005-06 - - - - - - - 1,951,000
• Summer 2006
• Title II Supplement 500,000
• 2006-07 - - - - - - - 2,056,000

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More BTTP Information

• 14 BTTP sites statewide aligned with
  Superintendents regions
• Agencies provide professional development toward
  authorization and beyond . . .
• AB 825 Professional Development Block Grant,
  Title II, EIA, and Title III are all appropriate
  funding sources for authorization
• Teacher Authorization FAQs on CDE Web site
• http//www.cde.ca.gov/sp/el/

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Alternate Instrument Waiver

• EC Sections 52164.
• Special language assessment instruments
  designated by the Superintendent and in
  compliance with the requirements of subdivision
  (j) of Section 56001, may be used for special
  education pupils. . .
• Waiver not required
• CDE Guidance Provided in CELDT Assistance Packet

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Alternate Instrument Waiver

• CDE Guidance
• CELDT Assistance Packet
• http//www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/el/assistancepkt.asp
• Procedures
• Appropriate, approved, alternative assessment
  options for special education students

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Bilingual Tester Waiver

• Education Code (EC) Section 52164.1
• Primary language assessment required during
  initial identification process
• Superintendent may waive requirement of bilingual
  assessor
• Submit for each school year needed
• Based on prior year data of students who required
  initial identification assessment and for whom
  LEA did not have bilingual assessor (not R-30 s)
• Form can now be dowloaded from
• www.cde.ca.gov/sp/el

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CBET

• Community-Based English Tutoring Program
  2006-07 awards being prepared now
• Scheduled to sunset after 2006-07
• S.B. 368 passed legislature now to the Governor
  for consideration of signature
• New requirements include specific program plans
  approved by local boardevery 3 years minimum
  review of K-12 student data (attendance, CELDT,
  STAR) pretest and posttest of adult student
  reading achievement

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ELAP

• English Language Acquisition Program
• 100 per EL pupil grades 4-8 for supplemental
  services to improve English proficiency
• 2006-07 funded at 61M
• Award notices were sent mid-August and all 625
  applicants were funded
• Funding still available for late applicants
• Next expenditure report due October 15 (not
  available online)
• Funds may be carried over until spent there is
  no end date

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Refugee Grants

• Federally funded for 1.7 million in 2006-07
• Ten grantees
• Purpose To increase proportion of refugee
  children making progress toward meeting
  grade-level academic standards and to enhance
  self sufficiency of refugee families
• Activity examples include ESL support, after
  school tutorials, summer school programs, parent
  education and outreach, interpreter services,
  bilingual counselors and aides, specialized
  counseling and mentoring

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Two-Way Bilingual Immersion Directory Update

• 197 Two Way Programs
• 30 Counties
• 89 Districts
• Total students served changed to 36,359
• Currently available on line at
  http//www.cde.ca.gov/sp/el/ip/ap/directory.asp
• Online directory includes numbers of students
• Web sites
• Videos and materials

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2005-06 Title III Accountability Reports

• Reports released September 15
• Available on CDE Web site
• http//www.cde.ca.gov/sp/el/t3/acct.asp

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2005-06 Title III Accountability Reports

• Separate letters being sent to LEAs that did not
  meet AMAOs for
• One year-parent notification
• Two years-LEA improvement plan and parent
  notification
• LEAs that did not meet AMAOs in both 03-04 and
  04-05- Implementation of LEA plan

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AMAO Results Graph
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Title I and Title III Overlap
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AYP Updates

• As AYP Data is updated by the Policy and
  Evaluation Division,
• AMAO 3 needs to be updated as well to reflect any
  changes for the EL subgroup
• AYP Updates expected in October 2006 and February
  2007

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AYP Updates

• October 2006- AYP Update- late testing LEAs,
  appeal decisions, CAPA reallocations, CAHSEE data
  corrections
• February 07- Final PI status results- includes
  data corrections
• AYP questions- [phone] or
• [phone]

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2006-07 AMAOs

• Data for consortium members will be aggregated up
  to the consortium level in 2006-07
• The results for each consortium will be their
  initial results. If, as a consortium they fail
  AMAOs for two consecutive years they will need to
  develop an improvement plan.

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2006 Title III Biennial Evaluation

• Required by Title III Section 3121
• CDE submits to ED in December 2006
• CDE has much of the data required
• Biennial Survey will address areas where we need
  data from Title III subgrantees

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Biennial Survey

• Covers 2004-05 and 2005-06 school years
• Need responses from all Title III subgrantees
• Request your assistance to return surveys to LPLO
  no later than October 5, 2006.

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NCLB Title III Institute Part I

• LEAs that failed to meet one or more AMAOs for
  two consecutive years
• Session 1
• CDE Improvement Plan Addendum Title III
  accountability requirements
• Using the ELSSA
• Development and submission of IPA
• Web cast archive available in October

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NCLB Title III Institute Part I

• Session Two
• Two Day Institutes
• Collaboration with CACC at WestEd
• Incorporate systemic, research-based approaches
  in Title III improvement plan addenda
• Implementing plan with fidelity
• Online registration http//www.cde.ca.gov/sp/el/t3
  /acct.asp

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www.cde.ca.gov/sp/el/t3/acct.asp
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NCLB Title III Institute Part I
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NCLB Title III Institute Part IICollaborative
Roundtable

• LEAs that failed to meet one or more AMAOs for
  two consecutive years 2003-04 and 2004-05
• Attended Part I
• Highly interactive collaboration to create
  professional learning communities and sustained
  EL improvement
• Collaboration with CACC at WestEd, RSDSS, COEs
• Online registration http//www.cde.ca.gov/sp/el/t3
  /acct.asp

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Title III Update

• 166 M to California
• Authority to spend 148M in subgrants
• 10 M may be added to subgrant pool if budget
  adjustment is approved

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Title III

• High Risk Grantee
• State failed to comply with K-1 Reading and
  Writing Test on CELDT Arambula Bill not
  enrolled for governors signature
• New legislation will be drafted for 2007

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Title III LEP Indirect vs. Administrative
Charges

• Revised guidance from the U.S. Department of
  Education
• Beginning with fiscal year 2006-07
• LEA may charge approved indirect cost rate
  against direct program services
• May not charge indirect against administrative
  costs
• Administrative costs limited to 2 percent of award

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Title III LEP Update

• Administrative costs vs. indirect
• New grant plus carryover
• Then, subtract administrative costs not to exceed
  2
• Finally, on the remaining portion, assess the
  state approved rate indirect cost

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LEP/Immigrant

• We received many consortia lead applications with
  no members and insufficient student numbers to
  generate an award
• LEAs who submitted applications with fewer than
  125 were contacted
• Unfortunately, we cannot fund applications that
  do not fulfill the requirement

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Cash Management

• No quarterly expenditure reports 2006-07
• End Of Year report due in October
• The only report to be mailed
• Blank version will be on Title III Website
• Report on the Consolidated Application Part II
• Directly-funded LEAs
• Consortia Lead LEAs
• Both LEP and Immigrant
• Threshold is 80 of allocation released

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Consortia

• Memorandum of Understanding
• One for the entire consortia is recommended
• The lead LEA controls the funds this is not a
  pass through grant
• The member LEAs do not have spending authority
• Members receive program, products, and/or
  services from the LEA not vendors
• Remember only lead LEA to report Title III on the
  ConApp for the entire consortia

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SNOR

• October 4, 2006 or March 1, 2007
• First Wednesday in October or as of March 1,
  2007
• Do not report to CDE until April 2, 2007

Student National Origen Report (SNOR)
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Resources

• Available on web
• EL FAQs
• Clearinghouse Translation Documents
• Glossary for Educational terms (English/Spanish)
• ELSSA Tool
• Available through CDE press
• Title III Video
• Demographics Document
• Quality Indicators for Translation and
  Interpreting

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Contact Information

• Curriculum Framework and Instructional Resources
  Division
• [phone] (EL Materials)
• English Learner Accountability and Compliance
• [phone] (CPM, EIA funds)
• Language Policy and Leadership Office
• [phone] (Title III LEP/Immigrant, AMAOs,
  ELAP, Refugee, CBET, BTTP, SNOR, R-30, Primary
  Language Waivers)
• SAIT/PI
• [phone]
• Special Education Division
• [phone] (ELs)
• Standards and Assessment Division
• [phone] (CELDT/STS)