Serving Eligible Students
Public School Students
Each school receiving funds has the responsibility to select the eligible students to be served.
Schoolwide Programs: All students in Schoolwide programs are eligible, as these programs are designed to benefit all students. A comprehensive needs assessment is required. Targeted Assistance Programs: Eligible participants in Targeted Assistance schools are those identified as failing, or most at-risk of failing to meet the State's challenging student academic achievement standards on the basis of multiple, educationally related objective criteria established by the local education agency, and supplemented by the school. When resources are insufficient to serve all eligible students, they are rank-ordered and served on the basis of "most in need."
PK-2 Students: Students from preschool through grade 2 are selected solely on the basis of such criteria as teacher judgment, interviews with parents, and developmentally appropriate measures. Again, the "students most in need" must be treated as a priority for service within the available amount of resources. Special Populations: There are some categories of children recognized in the legislation as having a continuing high need for services due to the families' long-standing economic status or situation in life that have contributed to severe educational disruptions, placing them academically behind or failing. These are: Head Start, Even Start, or Early Reading First Children, Migrant Children, Neglected or Delinquent Children, and Homeless Children.
Districts must monitor student progress continuously to determine which participants in Schoolwide and Targeted Assistance schools are not attaining the required achievement levels. This monitoring will guide the instructional team regarding the need to modify instruction.
Federal Non-Regulatory Guidance on Serving Preschool Children Under Title I
Federal Non-Regulatory Guidance on Title I, Part C: Education of Migratory Children
Federal Non-Regulatory Guidance on Education for Homeless Children and Youth
Private School Students
Districts are required to provide eligible children attending private elementary and secondary schools, their teachers, and their families with Title I services or other benefits, such as professional development, parent involvement, or materials and supplies (on loan from the public schools), that are equitable to those provided to eligible public school children, their teachers and their families.
To be eligible for Title I services, a private school child must reside in a participating public school attendance area and must meet the requirements in Section 1115(b) of Title I, which required the district to use multiple, educationally related, objective criteria in selecting children to participate in the Title I program. Under that section, certain children may be identified as eligible solely by virtue of their status: for example, homeless children and children who in the preceding two years had participated in Head Start, Even Start, Early Reading first, a Title I preschool program, or a Title I, Part C (Migrant Education) program. In all cases, Title I services, materials and supplies, are to be supplementary and cannot supplant funds. Generally, to qualify for assistance under Title I, private school students must reside within the attendance area of a participating public school in a low-income area and be failing, or at risk of failing, to meet academic achievement standards.
Sample Letter of Notification to Private Schools
Five Steps: Providing Title I Services to Eligible Private School Children
Departmental Guidance on Generating Funds for Services to Eligible Private School Children
Federal Non-Regulatory Guidance on Equitable Services to Eligible Private School Students, Teachers, and Other Educational Personnel
Ensuring Equitable Services to Private School Children Tool Kit
Departmental Guide on Serving Private School Students
Private School Q&A
Neglected, Delinquent and At-Risk Youth
Title I Part D provides financial assistance to educational programs for youth in State-operated institutions (Subpart 1) and to support school districts' programs involving collaboration with locally operated community day programs and/or correctional facilities (Subpart 2). The federal government allocates funds to states based on an annual survey. These funds are then redistributed through district Title I grants or awarded directly to state agencies.
The goals of the program are to: (1) Ensure that youth who are neglected or delinquent have the opportunity to meet the same challenging State academic standards that all children are expected to meet; (2) Improve educational services for children and youth who are neglected, delinquent, or at risk of involvement with the juvenile justice system; (3) Provide children and youth who are neglected or delinquent with the services needed to make a successful transition from institutions to schools and/or employment; (4) Prevent youth who are at risk of academic failure from dropping out of school; and (5) Provide children and youth who have dropped out of school, or who are returning to school after residing in an institution, with a support system to ensure their continued education.
Subpart 1: State Agency Programs
Overview/ List of State Agency Programs in Massachusetts
Self-Assessment Compliance Tool for Subpart 1
The tool is not required and may contain sections that are not applicable to all facilities. It will be used, however, when the Department conducts on-site monitoring, and will be forwarded to state agencies prior to scheduled site visits for planning purposes.
Legislation
Annual Title I Survey of Youth in State Agency Operated Neglected or Delinquent Facilities - - for School Year 2010-2011
November 9, 2009 Memorandum
Survey Instrument
Survey Instructions
FY09-10 Title I, Part D Survey Definitions
Subpart 2: Local Agency Programs
Overview / List of Local Agency Programs in Massachusetts
Self-Assessment Compliance Tool for Subpart 2
The tool is not required and may contain sections that are not applicable to all facilities. It will be used, however, when the Department conducts on-site monitoring, and will be forwarded to state agencies prior to scheduled site visits for planning purposes.
Legislation
Annual Title I Survey of Children in Community Residential and County House of Correction Neglected or Delinquent Facilities - - for School Year 2010-2011
November 9, 2009 Memorandum
Survey Instrument
Survey Instructions
FY09-10 Title I, Part D Survey Definitions
General Resources
Federal Non-Regulatory Guidance on Title I, Part D: Neglected, Delinquent, and At-Risk Youth
National Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center for the Education for Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent or At Risk (NDTAC)
Associations and Organizations
Working with Families of Children in the Juvenile Justice and Corrections Systems: A Guide for Education Program Leaders, Principals, and Building Administrators
Materials from November 19, 2008 Title I Technical Assistance and Networking Session
last updated: November 19, 2009
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