BilingualESL Budgets

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Bilingual/ESL Budgets

• Presented by
• Wanna Giacona

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Title III, Part AEnglish Language
Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic
Achievement Act
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• Title III, Part A provides supplemental resources
  to local education agencies to help ensure that
  children who are Limited English Proficient
  attain English proficiency at high levels in core
  academic subjects to meet state mandated
  achievement performance standards.

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How is Title III, Part A funding determined?

• The USDE distributes Title III, Part A funds to
  states according to a formula that provides 80
  of the funds based on the number of LEP students
  and 20 based on the number of immigrant students.

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Purposes of Title III, Part A

• Increase the English proficiency of limited
  English proficient children by providing
  high-quality language instruction educational
  programs that are based on scientifically based
  research demonstrating the effectiveness of the
  programs in increasing-
• A) English Proficiency
• B) Student academic achievement in the core
  academic subjects

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Purposes of Title III, Part A

• Provide high-quality professional development to
  classroom teachers to
• Improve the instruction and assessment of limited
  English proficient children

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Title III Planning Amounts

• 2006 2007 - 556,693.00
• 2007 2008 - 579, 706.00

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Where funds are allocated

• Payroll-6100
• Salaries for campus staff, district adm. staff,
  extra duty for tutoring, substitutes for
  absences/staff development, and summer school
  extra duty
• Contracted Services 6200
• Consultants, student tuition, copies

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Where funds are allocated

• Supplies and Materials- 6300
• Supplies for campuses, NAC, SIOP training, Mini
  Grant supplies, Camp CATE,
• Other Operating Cost 6400
• Transportation, refreshments

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Title I, Part C Migrant Funds

• 2006 2007 - 154, 775.00
• 2007 2008 - 154,039.00

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Program Purposes

• To reduce educational disruptions and other
  problems that result from repeated moves
• To ensure appropriate educational services
• To ensure opportunity to meet state and content
  standards and student performance standards

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Identification Recruitment

• School personnel and teachers are involved in
  giving each student a yellow migrant survey,
  whether parent/student check yes or no in
  migratory history. This survey is provided to
  each campus by the MEP and is sent back to the
  District Recruiter to determine eligibility.
• Note All students enrolled in GPISD must be
  given this yellow migrant survey every school
  year. In identifying and recruiting a child,
  recruiters rely on credible information furnished
  by a parent or guardian. No documented proof of
  migratory work is required by Texas Education
  Agency.

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Eligibility

• Children mean preschool children from ages 3
  to 21 who are entitled to a free education
  through grade 12. Eligibility lasts for three
  years, from date of their last Qualifying
  Arrival Date on their Certificate of
  Eligibility (COE), a Texas Education Agency
  certificate that qualifies children for Migrant
  Education Program (MEP).

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Seven Areas of Focus

• Migrant Service Coordination
• Early Childhood Education
• New Generation System
• Parental Involvement
• Identification and Recruitment
• Graduation Enhancement
• Secondary Credit Exchange and Accrual

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Where funds are allocated

• Payroll-6100
• Salaries for district adm. staff, extra duty for
  tutoring, and summer school extra duty
• Contracted Services 6200
• Consultants, student tuition, copies, medical
  vouchers

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Where funds are allocated

• Supplies and Materials- 6300
• School supplies students, school uniforms for
  students, summer school supplies, reading
  materials
• Other Operating Cost 6400
• Transportation, refreshments, snacks

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Bilingual/ESL Budget

• Funding for the Bilingual Education Program is
  provided through the regular education program
  allotment.
• 10 of the amount per student provided to the
  district under the regular education allotment

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Allowable Expenditures

• Funds MUST be used in providing bilingual
  education or special language programs.
• The bilingual education allotment may ONLY be
  used for program and student evaluation,
  instructional materials and equipment, staff
  development, supplemental staff expenses, salary
  supplements for teachers and other supplies
  required for quality instruction.