No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 Title VI, Part B Initiative

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No Child Left Behind Actof 2001 Title VI, Part
B Initiative

• Presented by Amy C. Boyd
• REAP Program Manager

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Small, Rural Grant Program(Sections 6211 6213)
and
Rural and Low Income School Program(Sections
6221 6224)
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Title VI, Part B Initiative

• Both programs were designed to help rural
  districts that lack personnel and resources to
  compete effectively for federal grants
• Designed to assist rural LEAs in using Federal
  resources more effectively to improve the quality
  of instruction and student academic achievement

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Small, Rural School Grant Program
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What is REAP-Flex?

• Use of specific Federal Formula funds to support
  local activities to assist in addressing local
  academic needs more effectively
• Does not involve a transfer of funds from one
  program to another
• Gives LEA broader authority in spending
  applicable funding

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REAP Flex (Alternate Use of Funding)
Purpose To help eligible LEAs address local
academic needs more effectively by giving them
greater flexibility in the use of limited federal
resources

• Applicable Funding
• Title IIA
• Title IID
• Title IV
• Title V

• Uses of Funds
• Title IA
• Title IIA
• Title IID
• Title III
• Titile IVAB
• Title VA

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REAP Flex and SRSA

• Accountability
• Must administer PSSA
• After 3rd year participating in REAP-Flex and/or
  SRSA
• AYP status determined
• Failure to make AYPuse all applicable funding
  and SRSA grant funds to carry out District/School
  Improvement requirements of Title I-A (Section
  1116)

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Small, Rural School Grant Program

• Award information
• Award grants go directly to LEAs from the USDE
• USDE Secretary determines the award grant
• Funds may be used to carry out activities
  authorized under certain stated criteria

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Small, Rural School Grant Program

• Funds can be used to carry out activities
  authorized under one or more of the following
  federal programs
• Title I, part A
• Title II, parts A and D
• Title III
• Title IV, parts A and B
• Title V, part A

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Small, Rural School Grant Program

• Award Criteria
• Average daily attendance (ADA) is fewer than 600
• or,
• Total population density is fewer than 10
  persons per square mile
• and
• 2. All the schools served by the LEA have a
  school locale code of 7 or 8

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SRSG Allocation Formula

• The number of students in average daily
  attendance, minus 50
• Multiply this number by 100
• Add 20,000
• If the total is above 60,000, this amount is
  capped at 60,000
• Subtract the sum of the allocations received by
  the district during the prior fiscal year under
  Title II-A Title II-D Title IV-A and Title V-A

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Small Rural School Grant2006-2007
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Small, Rural School Grant Program

• Even eligible LEAs not receiving an allocation
  through the Small, Rural School Grant program may
  still exercise REAP-Flex authority!

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Rural and Low Income School Program
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Rural and Low Income School Program

• Award Criteria
• 20 or more of the children served by the LEA are
  from low income families
• All the schools in the LEA have a school locale
  code of 6, 7 or 8
• LEA is not eligible for a Small, Rural School
  Grant

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Rural and Low Income School Program

• Award Information
• Authorizes the USDE Secretary to award grant
  funds to states, which in turn award subgrants to
  eligible LEAs
• Award criteria is based on average daily
  attendance
• Funds may be used to carry out activities
  authorized under certain stated criteria

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Rural and Low Income School Program

• Funds can be used to carry out the following
  activities

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Rural and Low Income School Program

• Teacher recruitment and retention
• Teacher professional development
• Educational Technology as described in Title II,
  Part D
• Parental involvement activities
• Title I, Part A
• Title IV, Part A
• Title III

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2006-2007 School Districts Eligible for Rural and
Low Income School Program

• North Clarion County SD
• Oil City Area SD
• Shenandoah Valley SD
• Southeastern Greene SD
• Susquehanna Community SD
• West Greene SD

• Bethlehem-Center SD
• Carmichaels Area SD
• Mahanoy Area SD
• Marion Center Area SD
• Meyersdale Area SD
• Mount Union Area SD

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Word of Caution

• There is no guarantee an LEA that received funds
  under either program this year will receive the
  same amount next year, or at all.
• Also,
• There may be more LEAs eligible next year,
  therefore funds may be divided among more LEAs.

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Questions
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Contact Information

• Amy C. Boyd
• REAP Program Manager
• Division of Federal Programs
• Pennsylvania Department of Education
• Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• amboyd_at_state.pa.us