No Child Left Behind Act of 2001

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No Child Left BehindAct of 2001

• By
• Lisa Batten
• Peggy Clements
• Matt Deal

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No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
Visiting Hamilton High School in Hamilton, Ohio,
Jan. 8, 2002 President George W. Bush signs into
law historic, bi-partisan education legislation.
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Why?

• The gap between disadvantaged and advantaged
  children

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President Bush
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Rod Paige
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Summary

• January 8, 2002 President Bush Signs The No
  Child Left Behind Act
• Goals of NCLB
• Accountability by standardized testing
• Flexibility at the State and Local levels by
  repealing current ESEA (Elementary and Secondary
  Education Act)
• Expanded options for parents of children from
  disadvantaged backgrounds

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Summary Continued

• Goals of NCLB Continued
• Emphasis of reading
• Strengthening teacher quality
• Confirming progress
• Promotion of English proficiency

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Title I Improving The Academic Achievement of
the Disadvantaged

• Grants to Local Education Agencies
• Reading First
• Early Reading First
• Even Start Family Literacy Program
• Improving Literacy Through School Libraries
• Education of Migratory Children

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Title II - Preparing, Training, And Recruiting
High Quality Teachers And Principals

• Improving Teacher Quality State Grants
• Mathematics and Science Partnership
• Troops-to-Teachers
• Transition to Teaching

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Title III - Language Instruction For Limited
English Proficient And Immigrant Students

• Focuses on What Works
• Reduces Bureaucracy and Increases Flexibility
• Increases Accountability for Student Performance
• Empowers Parents

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Title IV - Safe Drug Free Schools

• Allows students who attend a persistently
  dangerous school, or who become a victim of
  violent crime to transfer to a safe school

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Title IV - Safe Drug Free Schools

• Requires States to report school safety to public

http//www.ncreportcards.org/src/
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Title IV - Safe Drug Free Schools

• Requires school district to implement drug
  violence prevention programs of demonstrated
  effectiveness
• Provides academic enrichment activities to
  students at low performing schools.

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Title V

• Charter Schools
• Voluntary Public School Choice
• Magnet Schools

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Title V

• Funds for the Improvement of Education
• School Counseling Programs

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Title V

• Character Education

• Smaller Learning Communities

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Title VI - Grants for State Assessments and
Related Activities

• Develops challenging state academic content
  student achievement standards assessments for
  subjects other than reading
• Developing or improving assessments of English
  Language Proficiency.

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Title VI - Grants for State Assessments and
Related Activities

• Improve the alignment of state curriculum
• Expand accommodations for students with limited
  English Proficiency, disabled students, as well
  as improve rates of inclusion.

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Title VII American Indians

• Permits Consolidation of funds
• Indian Preference in Contracting
• In-Service Training for Teachers
• Accountability

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Title VII Native Hawaiians

• Consolidation of Programs
• Native Hawaiian Education Council
• NHEC Grants

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Title VII Alaska Native

• Program Consolidation
• New Activities new construction, mandated grants

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Title VIII Impact Aid program

• Reauthorizes the existing Impact Aid program
  providing financial assistance to LEA (Local
  Educational Agencies) affected by Federal
  activities.

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Title IX General Provisions

• Constitutionally protected prayer
• Boy Scouts of America
• Right to Safe Schools

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How does the No Child Left Behind Act affect NC?

• The new federal education law, No Child Left
  Behind Act used North Carolina's accountability
  program as a model.

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The No Child Left Behind Act Is Good News for
Children and Families of North Carolina

• Benefits an estimated 1.2 million North Carolina
  public school children, 2,148 North Carolina
  public schools, and 80,390 North Carolina
  teachers
• Increases federal education funding for North
  Carolina to more than 1 billion to help local
  schools ensure that no child is left behind -
  nearly 143 million more than last year, and a
  36.6 percent increase over 2000 levels

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The No Child Left Behind Act Is Good News for
Children and Families of North Carolina

• Increases Title I funding to more than 249.8
  million to boost the quality of education for
  disadvantaged children of North Carolina - nearly
  57 million more than last year, and a 50.2
  percent increase over 2000 levels
• Provides more than 20.7 million in funding for
  Reading First to ensure that every public school
  child in North Carolina learns to read at or
  above grade level by the third grade

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The No Child Left Behind Act Is Good News for
Children and Families of North Carolina

• Requires every classroom in North Carolina to
  have a highly-qualified teacher and provides more
  than 61.9 million to train and retain skilled
  educators
• Provides an estimated 10.9 million to help
  ensure safe and drug-free schools in North
  Carolina
• Provides an estimated 6.2 million to fund
  after-school programs for at-risk children in
  North Carolina

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The No Child Left Behind Act Is Good News for
Children and Families of North Carolina

• Provides more than 8.6 million in funding to
  help
• North Carolina school districts assess how well
• children are learning and schools are teaching
• Increases Pell grant funding to an estimated
  234.4 million - 15.6 million more than last
  year, and a 24.6 percent increase over 2000
  levels - to ensure greater access to a college
  education for deserving North Carolina
  students from disadvantaged backgrounds

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Useful Web Links

• http//www.ed.gov/legislation/ESEA02/107-110.pdf
• http//www.nclb.gov/
• http//www.ed.gov/index.jsp
• http//www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/reference.html
• http//www.ed.gov/inits/backtoschool/teachers/titl
  epage.html
• http//www.ncpublicschools.org/accountability/test
  ing/eog/g3/samples/SampleItems.asp
• http//www.ncpublicschools.org/nclb/03_nclb_v3.ppt