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What is Title 1? |
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Title 1 of the No Child Left Behind Act
of 2001 (formerly known as ECIA, ESEA or Chapter 1) is the largest
federally funded educational program. Authorized by
Congress, this program provides supplemental funds to school districts to assist
schools with the highest student concentrations of poverty to meet
school educational goals. This district received around
$38 million in 2004-2005 for this purpose. |
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Which schools are Title 1
schools for 2005 - 2006? |
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See this list of Title I Schools
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How do schools qualify to
receive Title 1 funds? |
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Schools qualify based on demonstrating
that the K-12 membership has a sufficiently high percentage of
economically disadvantaged students. In Duval County, Title 1 funds
go to schools with at least
62% of the elementary level student enrollment and 70% of
middle school level are
eligible to receive a free or reduced price meal. Schools continuing to meet or exceed this poverty index qualify for funding for the following year.
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Why are Title 1 funds allocated
exclusively to high poverty schools? |
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Research studies conclusively show that
schools with high concentrations of economically disadvantaged
students generally demonstrate lower levels of achievement than schools with lower concentrations. As a result, Congress, under the No Child Left Behind Act of
2001, requires districts to allocate Title 1 funds to schools with the highest concentrations of such students. Districts may
extend Title I benefits to schools lower than 75%, yet not below the
district average percentage of free/reduced price meals.
Duval
County's district average is
XX% |
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How are schools
allocated Title 1 funds? |
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Once a school qualifies,
funds are then allocated in the spring based on a district developed formula developed
that projects the number of qualifying
children for the following year. Occasionally, a
further adjustment is made after the first month of school the year
funds are allocated, to ensure that schools receive funds
proportionate with the number of qualifying children enrolled. |
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Do Title I Funds
follow the child if he moves to another school? |
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No, the funds are
allocated to the school, not the student. |
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What level of financial impact
have schools benefited from in the past? |
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For 2004-2005, schools received $500 per
qualifying K-12 student. |
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Do Private
Schools also receive Title 1 Assistance? |
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Federal regulations
require that districts provide access to academic support services
in private schools that qualify to receive Title 1 funds. Assistance
is limited to remedial reading and/or mathematics tutorial services
that support the regular instructional program for certain students
in qualifying private schools.
Additional information regarding Non-public school support. |
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Are there
restrictions on using the funds to hire staff? |
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The state prohibits the
expenditure of Title I funds in school level clerical,
administrative or school safety personnel. The intent of the law is
to use funds to acquire "highly qualified staff" (professionals, i.e.
teachers, psychologists, social workers, etc.). Although the law permits the use of funds for other staff, the
primary focus is for "highly qualified". Schools proposing
to hire non-professional staff with Title 1 funds must request
clearance from the district Title 1 office. |
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How can Title 1
funds be used at the school? |
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Promote high academic/achievement for all children;
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Teaching and learning
focus;
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Improved linkages among schools, parents and communities.
In general, funds cannot be used to
purchase/lease/rent or improve facilities or provide routine
transportation costs for the transport of students to and from
school or supplant funds the school is already entitled to from
other sources. To
Find out additional information in our "Overview" section. |
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What can Title 1
funds NOT be used for at the school? |
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- To supplant funds the school is already
receiving from
other sources
- To
purchase/lease/rent or improve facilities
- Provide routine transportation
costs
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