School Wide Title Programming

A school may operate a Title I school-wide program in order to upgrade the entire educational program of the school when at least 40 percent of the students in the school attendance area, or at least 40 percent of the students enrolled in the school, are from low-income families. The Superintendent or designee shall inform any such eligible school and the school's parents/guardians of the school's eligibility and its ability to consolidate funds from federal, state, and local sources for program purposes. 

Any participating school shall develop, annually review, and update a single plan for student achievement which incorporates the plan required by 20 USC 6314 for reforming the school's total instructional program and plans required by other categorical programs included in the state's consolidated application.

A school-wide program shall include:

 1. A comprehensive needs assessment of the entire school, including the needs of migrant students, which includes the achievement of students in relation to state academic content and achievement standards

2. School-wide reform strategies that: 

*Provide opportunities for all students to meet the state's proficient and advanced levels of achievement

*Use effective methods and instructional strategies, based on scientifically based research, that strengthen the school's core academic program, increase the amount and quality of learning time, help provide an enriched and accelerated curriculum, and include strategies for meeting the educational needs of historically under served populations.

*Include strategies to address the needs of all students in the school, but particularly the needs of low-achieving students and those at risk of not meeting state achievement standards who are members of the target population of any program that is part of the school-wide program.

 Such strategies may include counseling, student services, mentoring services, college and career awareness and preparation, and the integration of vocational and technical education programs.

*Address how the school will determine if student needs have been met

*Are consistent with and designed to implement state and local improvement plans, if any

3. Instruction by highly qualified teachers

4. High-quality and ongoing professional development for teachers, principals, paraprofessionals, and, if appropriate, student services personnel, other staff, and parents/guardians to enable all students in the school to meet state academic achievement standards

5. Strategies to attract high-quality, highly qualified teachers to high-need schools

6. Strategies to increase parent involvement

7. Plans for assisting preschool children in the transition from early childhood programs to elementary school programs

8. Measures to include teachers in decisions regarding the use of academic assessments to provide information on and to improve the achievement of inpidual students and the overall instructional program

9. Activities to ensure that students who experience difficulty mastering the proficient and advanced levels of academic standards shall be provided with effective, timely additional assistance, which shall include measures for timely identification of students' difficulties and provision of sufficient information on which to base effective assistance

10. Coordination and integration of federal, state, and local services and programs



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