Overview of Consolidated Federal Programs

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Overview of Consolidated Federal Programs

• Presentation to the Charter School Institute
• September 16, 2007

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Programs Within NCLB

• Title IA Improving the Academic Achievement of
  the Disadvantaged
• Title IIA Preparing, Training and Recruiting
  High Quality Teachers and Principals
• Title IID Enhancing Education Through
  Technology
• Title III Language Instruction for
  Limited-English Proficient and Immigrant
  Students
• Title IV Safe and Drug Free Schools
• Title V Innovative Programs
• Title VIB Rural Education Initiative

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NCLB Programs Overview
Title IA
Title IIA
Title IID
Title III
Title IV
Title V

• Title I, Part A Improving the Academic
  Achievement of the Disadvantaged
• Purpose To ensure that all children have a fair,
  equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a
  high-quality education and reach, at a minimum,
  proficiency on challenging state academic
  achievement standards and state academic
  assessments.

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Title IA Principles

• Ensure high-quality academic assessments,
  accountability systems, teacher preparation and
  training, curriculum, and instructional materials
  are aligned with challenging state academic
  standards.
• Meet the educational reading and math needs of
  low-achieving children in our highest-poverty
  schools, limited English proficient children,
  migratory children, children with disabilities,
  Indian children, neglected or delinquent
  children, and young children

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Title IA Principles

• Close the achievement gap between high- and
  low-performing children.
• Hold schools, local educational agencies, and
  states accountable for improving the academic
  achievement of all students.
• Distribute and target resources.

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Title IA Principles

• Improve and strengthen accountability, teaching,
  and learning by using state assessment systems.
• Provide children an enriched and accelerated
  educational program, including the use of
  schoolwide programs or additional services that
  increase the amount and quality of instructional
  time.

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Title IA Principles

• Promote schoolwide reform and ensure the access
  of children to effective, scientifically based
  instructional strategies and challenging academic
  content.
• Significantly elevate the quality of instruction
  by providing staff in participating schools with
  substantial opportunities for professional
  development.

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Title IA Principles

• Coordinate services under all parts of this title
  with each other, with other educational services,
  and, to the extent feasible, with other agencies
  providing services to youth, children, and
  families.
• Afford parents substantial and meaningful
  opportunities to participate in the education of
  their children.

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NCLB Programs Overview
Title IA
Title IIA
Title IID
Title III
Title IV
Title V

• Title II, Part A Preparing, Training and
  Recruiting High Quality Teachers and Principals
• Purpose To increase student academic achievement
  by improving teacher and principal quality. This
  includes increasing the number of highly
  qualified teachers in classrooms, improving the
  skills of principals and assistant principals in
  schools, and increasing the effectiveness of
  teachers and principals.

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Title IIA Primary Activities

• Recruiting, Hiring, and Retaining Highly
  Qualified Teachers and Principals.
• Programs and activities designed to improve the
  quality of the teaching force.
• Teacher advancement initiatives that emphasize
  multiple career paths and pay differentiation.
• Professional development activities that improve
  the knowledge of teachers and principals
• Professional development programs that improve
  the quality of principals and superintendents
• Hiring highly qualified teachers to reduce class
  size

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NCLB Programs Overview
Title IA
Title IIA
Title IID
Title III
Title IV
Title V

• Title II, Part D Enhancing Education Through
  Technology
• Purpose Supports improved student achievement
  through use of technology in schools. The
  statutory goals are
• Every student technologically literate by end of
  eighth grade
• Effective integration of technology in curriculum
  and instruction
• Professional Development

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NCLB Programs Overview
Title IA
Title IIA
Title IID
Title III
Title IV
Title V

• Title III Language Instruction for
  Limited-English Proficient and Immigrant Students
• Purpose Focus existing programs on teaching
  English to limited English proficient (LEP)
  children, including immigrant children and youth,
  and holding States accountable for their LEP
  students attaining English.

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NCLB Programs Overview
Title IA
Title IIA
Title IID
Title III
Title IV
Title V

• Title IV Safe and Drug Free Schools
• Purpose To support programs that
• Prevent violence in and around schools
• Prevent the illegal use of alcohol, tobacco, and
  drugs
• Involve parents and communities and
• Are coordinated with related federal, state,
  school, and community efforts and resources
• In order to
• Foster a safe and drug-free learning environment
  that supports student academic achievement.

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Title IV-A, continued

• Program Staff
• Janelle Krueger, Principal Consultant (Program
  Director for Title IV-A)
• Cindy Wakefield, Principal Consultant
• Joyce Washington, General Professional III
• Tracy Sperry, Administrative Assistant II
• Supervised by Karen Connell

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NCLB Programs Overview
Title IA
Title IIA
Title IID
Title III
Title IV
Title V

• Title V Innovative Programs
• Purpose Increase the academic achievement of,
  and improve the quality of education for all
  students. States and Local Districts may use
  funds in a variety of ways.

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Grants Fiscal Staff
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Grants Fiscal Overview

• PurposeEnsures that State and Federal grant
  funds are administered in accordance with
  applicable State and Federal laws, regulations,
  EDGAR, Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
  circulars, and specific grant terms and
  conditions. The Unit
• Provides consistency across programs in the
  interpretation and application of State and
  Federal fiscal requirements
• Determines LEA allocations
• Provides technical assistance to program managers
  and grantees regarding Single Assurance
  requirements, budgets, fiscal reporting and
  funding projections.

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Thank you.This concludes the presentation.