Title I\u00a0of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA\/ESEA) is a federal funding program designed to close achievement gaps and ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education. The largest part of the Title I program, Part A allocates\u00a0funding to districts and other local educational agencies (LEAs) according to\u00a0a formula based on\u00a0numbers\/percentages of children from low-income families. LEAs\u00a0distribute much of the funding directly to individual public schools and use the rest to support\u00a0other efforts within the LEA that benefit\u00a0students needing additional academic support.<\/p>\n
The Title I, Part A Program makes it possible to expand the basic educational programs schools and districts offer with services and interventions that support struggling learners. Title I, Part A is one of many programs governed by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act or ESEA. There are two kinds of programs that schools can fund through Title I, Part A \u2014 schoolwide and targeted assistance.<\/p>\n
Hillcrest School is a schoolwide Title 1 school.<\/p>\n
ESEA directs schools and districts to notify parents about the following key requirements of a Title I, Part A program.<\/p>\n
Parents of children, who attend schools that receive Title I, Part A funding, have the right to request and receive information about the qualifications of the educators who teach their children core subjects\u2014reading, English language arts and mathematics. The same applies to paraprofessionals who instruct. At a minimum, the information you receive must explain these 3 essential components of an educator\u2019s qualifications.<\/p>\n
Districts employ paraprofessionals to provide instructional support\u2014 consistent with the instruction provided by the classroom teacher or teachers. In schools that operate a schoolwide program, all paraprofessionals who instruct must have special qualifications. In schools that operate a targeted assistance program, the paraprofessionals who instruct students served by the Title I, Part A program must also have earned these same qualifications.<\/p>\n
ESEA directs schools to send timely notice to parents and guardians IF their child has been assigned to, or taught for more than four consecutive weeks by\u2014a teacher of a core academic subject\u2014who is not highly qualified.<\/p>\n
You have a right to know how well your child is progressing. Schools that operate Title I, Part A programs must generate a report card for every student that explains how well that student scored on the state assessment in, at least, reading, English language arts and mathematics.<\/p>\n