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Springville Alabama | I'm an AP at a school and it can get interesting. Here's a link to the Elementary and Seconday Education Act:
http://www2.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/esea02/index.html
When you wake up from the nap (coma) that reading that caused:
Here's the abbreviated version:
http://www.state.nj.us/education/titles/
Here's my version:
Title I: Provides additional funding and teachers to schools that have 40% or more students on free or reduced lunch.
Title II: Professional Development funds and teacher recruitment/retention.
Title III: Provides funds for teachers and equipment to teacher ELL (English Language Learners) and ESL (English as a Second Language) students.
Title IV: Safe and Drug Free Schools: Provides funding for Security systems (cameras and recorders), SRO's (School Resource Officers) and in some districts drug testing programs (athletics).
Title V: Innovative Programs: Magnet Schools, Gifted Teachers, Community Education (GED classes),
Title VI: Flexibility Program: Allows states to use these funds in rural areas as needed. Often called the Rural Education Initiative.
Title VII: Indian, Hawaiian, and Alaskan Native Education: Funds for schools that teach these students
Title VIII: Funds for schools located on Federal Property (Reservations etc....) These schools don't have state or local taxes to fund them.
Title IX: Unsafe school option: Funds to allow students in an "unsafe" school to transfer to another school within the district.
Title X: Homeless students: funds in Title X can be used to assist students and their families that are Homeless.
Historically the funding and running of schools has been left to the states, but with the first Bush administration the level of federal involvement has gotten greater with the passing of No Child Left Behind in 2001.
Under No Child Left Behind (NCLB) by 2014, 100% of students have to perform at grade level on standardized testing. That means that all students that can hold a pencil, regardless of disability have to perform on grade level in standardized testing. If a school doesn't perform at 100% then the school and/or district will loose federal funding. Which is a pretty good chunk of money.
Other programs that are funded by the federal government include the Child Nutrition Program. http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oii/nonpublic/childnutrition....
Ex: Commodity meats, cheese, dairy, nuts, fruits. Free and reduced lunches.
As of now federal funding is spread equally among the school districts in the country based on student population. The Obama administration has gotten the bright idea to make qualifying for federal funding a competitive grant process called Race to the Top. http://www2.ed.gov/programs/racetothetop/index.html
The problem is that poor school districts (the ones that federal funding are meant for) can't afford to hire the grant writers to secure these funds.
Chris
Edited by firefighter9208 11/3/2010 14:38
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