District/School Resources PK-16 Program Support
Title I

Title I Program Change Procedure: Targeted to Schoolwide

A school that will conduct a targeted assistance program in the coming school year but is planning to conduct a schoolwide program in the following year must meet certain eligibility and planning requirements.

Initiating the Change: The Planning Year

• Verify that the school serves or anticipates serving in the next school year an eligible school attendance area in which not less than 40 percent of children are from low-income families or not less than 40 percent of the children enrolled in the school are from such families.
• When applying for Title I funding for the next school year, designate the school's Title I program as Targeted Assistance Planning or "TAP" on Form 1, Column 3 of the district's Title I budget application (Budget Workbook)
• Consult federal and state guidance on designing schoolwide programs
  • Establish a Schoolwide planning team (including district's school business official), conduct a comprehensive needs assessment, and produce a plan that incorporates all ten required components of a Schoolwide program plan.

District Review: Authorizing the Plan

• Finalize the Schoolwide program plan by utilizing a rubric for monitoring and evaluation. A sample rubric can be found in Appendix VIII of the federal guidance on designing schoolwide programs referenced above.
• Sign Title I Schoolwide Program: Justification and Assurances
• Secure formal district adoption of the Schoolwide plan

Formalizing the Program Change: Submission to ESE

• Submit the district's Title I Budget Workbook designating the the school's Title I program as Schoolwide or "SW" on Form 1, Column 3 of the Title I Budget Workbook
• Submit Title I Schoolwide Program: Justification and Assurances with the Title I Budget Workbook