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Training for Principals of Schools Implementing the 2017-2018 Title I Schoolwide Program 1 1

Welcome and Introductions Mr. Edgardo L. Reyes Administrative Director, Title I Administration and Federal/State Fiscal Operations Department of Title I Administration 2

Title I Schoolwide Program Training Overview Training Modules  Title I Program Goals  Legislative Updates  School-level Compliance and Accountability  Parent and Family Engagement  Fiscal Responsibilities  Property Management  Audits 3

Title I Program Goals 4

Title I Program Goals  To ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high- quality education  To provide services that improve the achievement of students who are failing or most at-risk of failing to meet challenging academic achievement standards and who reside in public school attendance areas with high concentrations of students from low-income families • Additional teachers • Professional development • Extended learning opportunities • Activities to increase parent and family engagement • Initiatives in support of improving the graduation rate • Other activities designed to narrow the achievement gap 5

Legislative Updates 6

Legislative Updates Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Overview  Signed into law by President Obama on December 10, 2015  Reauthorizes the 52-year-old Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)  Expands educational opportunity and improves student outcomes  Replaces the previous version of the law, the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001  Effective Fall 2017 7

Legislative Updates (Contd.) ESSA Overview (Contd.) Major provisions of the ESSA include:  Repeals adequate yearly progress and replaces it with a statewide accountability system  Maintains important information about student performance  Affirms state control of standards  Helps states to improve low-performing schools  Improves accountability for learning outcomes for all students  Targets funds to at-risk children  Helps states increase teacher quality  Supports at-risk populations  Provides greater funding flexibility to enhance support for students and schools  Promotes high-quality choices for parents  Maintains and strengthens critical programs 8

Legislative Updates (Contd.) ESSA Overview (Contd.) Funds allocations under ESSA:  Fiscal Year 2016-2017: Under ESSA’s transition guidelines, formula funds were awarded/allocated and administered in accordance with NCLB provisions  Fiscal Year 2017-2018: All ESSA allocation of funds regulations (including the new requirement for the allocation of the proportional share of funds for private schools) are being fully implemented effective July 1, 2017  Annual determination is based on the percentage of students eligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch (FRPL) - Miami-Dade County Public Schools where 75% or more of the students ( ages 5-17 ) are eligible for FRPL are provided with a Title I Schoolwide Program allocation ( 317 schools for FY 2017-2018) 9

Legislative Updates (Contd.) ESSA Overview (Contd.) Title I Financial & Fiscal Impact:  The Title I, Part A formula remains the same and ESSA sustains the existing one (1) percent reservation for state administration of the Title I, Part A program  States must reserve seven (7) percent of the Title I, Part A funds to carry out school improvement interventions and technical assistance. Ninety-five percent of that amount must be awarded to districts for comprehensive support authorized under ESSA  States may reserve up to three (3) percent of the Title I allocation to provide competitive grants to Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) to provide Direct Student Services  The private schools proportional share of funds shall be determined based on the total amount of funds received by the local educational agency under this part prior to any allowable expenditures or transfers by the LEA  Cover any costs associated with transporting children in foster care to their school of origin 10

Legislative Updates (Contd.) ESSA Overview (Contd.) Eligible children under ESSA as per the ESEA of 1965 (As amended through P.L. 114-95, enacted December 10, 2015):  Economically disadvantaged  Disabilities  Migrant  English Learners  Pre-school  Neglected or Delinquent  Homeless  Foster Care 11

Legislative Updates (Contd.) ESSA Overview (Contd.) ESEA Important Sections: TITLE I, PART A—IMPROVING THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE DISADVANTAGED TITLE I, PART C—EDUCATION OF MIGRATORY CHILDREN Sec. 1001. Statement of purpose Sec. 1301. Program purposes Sec. 1002. Authorization of appropriations Sec. 1302. Program authorized Sec. 1003. School improvement Sec. 1303. State allocations Sec. 1003A. Direct student services Sec. 1304. State applications; services Sec. 1004. State administration Sec. 1305. Secretarial approval; peer review Sec. 1306. Comprehensive needs assessment and plan Sec. 1307. Bypass Sec. 1308. Coordination of migrant education activities Sec. 1309. Definitions TITLE I, PART D—PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH WHO ARE NEGLECTED, DELINQUENT, OR AT-RISK Sec. 1401. Purpose and program authorization Sec. 1402. Payments for programs under this part Consultation and Complaint:  Parent Advisory Councils  Complaint Procedures 12

Legislative Updates (Contd.) House Bill (HB) 7069 1011.69 Equity in School-Level Funding Act (Signed into law on June 15, 2017 effective July 1, 2017)  For purposes of this subsection, an eligible school is a school that is eligible to receive Title I funds, including charter schools  The threshold for identifying eligible schools may not exceed the threshold established by a school district for the 2016-2017 school year or the statewide percentage of economically disadvantaged students, as determined annually  Prior to the allocation of Title I funds to eligible schools, a school district may withhold funds only as follows: • One percent for parent involvement, in addition to the one percent the district must reserve under federal law for allocations to eligible schools for parent involvement • A necessary and reasonable amount for direct administration, which includes the district's indirect cost rate, not to exceed a total of eight (8) percent 13

Legislative Updates (Contd.) House Bill (HB) 7069 (Contd.) • A reasonable and necessary amount to provide: • Homeless programs • Delinquent and neglected programs • Prekindergarten programs and activities • Private school equitable services • Transportation for foster care children to their school of origin or choice programs  All remaining Title I funds shall be distributed to all eligible schools in accordance with federal law and regulation. An eligible school may use funds under this subsection to participate in discretionary educational services provided by the school district  Title I, Part A, Basic funds have been allocated to schools above the 75 percent poverty threshold, in accordance with the ESSA and HB 7069 14

Legislative Updates (Contd.) House Bill (HB) 7069 (Contd.) Other Important Provisions:  Modifies the following charter school provisions: • Open enrollment procedures • Standard application and charter contract, administrative fees, reporting requirements, and the calculation and authorized uses of charter school capital outlay • Requires school districts to share local millage revenue with charter schools  Authorizes high-performing charter schools to: • Establish more than one charter school in any year if it operates in the area of a persistently low-performing school • Replicate its schools in any school district in the state and specifies application requirements 15

Legislative Updates (Contd.) House Bill (HB) 7069 (Contd.) Other Important Provisions (Contd.):  Creates the Schools of Excellence Program  Authorizes the establishment of “Schools of Hope”  Modifies School Improvement  Modifies K-12 Assessments requirements  Revises teacher certification provisions  Revises eligibility requirements for virtual education 16

Legislative Updates (Contd.) Title I Pillars 17

Legislative Updates (Contd.) Title I Pillars (Contd.): Supplement, Not Supplant  Federal Title I funds must supplement, and may not supplant, state and local funds  Title I funds are additive and do not take the place of state and local funds in low-income schools  Highest need students receive the additional financial resources necessary to help them succeed 18

Legislative Updates (Contd.) Title I Pillars (Contd.): Maintenance of Effort (MOE)  The current requirement maintaining effort at 90 percent of prior funding is continued, and federal funding is reduced if a state also fails to meet the MOE requirement  The Secretary can waive the MOE requirement in the case of exceptional or uncontrollable circumstances like a natural disaster or change in the organizational structure of the state, or precipitous decline in the financial resources of the state Comparability  A district may receive Title I funds only if it uses state and local funds to provide services in Title I schools that, taken as a whole, are at least comparable to the services provided in non-Title I schools 19

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