Serving Eligible Students
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
last updated: November 19, 2009
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