No Child Left Behind - Banning Unified School District

Title I – No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
Purpose and Uses of Title I NCLB Funds
The purpose of the NLCB Title I, Part A funds is to ensure that all students have a fair,
equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education and reach, at a
minimum, proficiency on the State Board adopted content and achievement standards, as
specified in the statue and regulations. Districts and schools receiving funds are to ensure
that they are meetings the educational needs of low-achieving students in low income
schools funded by Title I or in schools receiving the funding and are closing the
achievement gap between high and low-performing students, especially the achievement
gaps between minority and non-minority students and between socioeconomically
disadvantaged students and their more advantaged peers.
Schoolwide Program
Because all of our schools are above the 40% poverty cut off set by the law, our district
schools qualify for Schoolwide Program status. School plans will be revised and
amended to be in compliance with the new Title I NCLB provisions that took effect July
1 of 2002. These plans will be based on comprehensive need assessments and student
achievement data. Plans will identify opportunities for all students to meet state
achievement standards. All schools will be required to revise/re-write school plans so as
to be ready for 2003-2004. These plans will be reviewed by the district and approved by
the School Board. Plans will be aligned to NCLB-Title I requirements. Banning Unified
School District schools are designated by the state according to poverty levels.
Districwide we are at 85% poverty level.
Highly Qualified Teachers and Paraprofessionals
All of Banning Unified School District schools will use Title I funds to support
instructional strategies which are effective with students who are at risk of not meeting
state standards. Programs of high quality such as Focus on Achievement, SuccessMaker,
and others are in place in Banning Unified School District and offer the strategies to
ensure success in the Core Academic Program. Highly qualified teachers are placed in
all our schools to provide instruction on a regular basis to all of our students.
Paraprofessionals hired after January 8, 2002 must have;
• Completed two years of study at any institution of English learning
• Obtained an associates degree (or higher)
• Be able to demonstrate through an academic assessment, knowledge and the
ability to assist in the instruction of reading, writing, and math.

NCLB – Title I Requirements for Program Improvement Schools
The new legislation of Title I – NCLB prescribes the placement of current Program
Improvement schools under the following requirements.
Program Improvement Schools in year 1 that fail to make Adequate Yearly Progress
(AYP) will need to:
• Revise their school plans,
• Have it Board approved,
• Set 10% of Title I allocation aside to provide professional development,
• Notify parents of the schools identification of Program Improvement status,
• Program Improvement (PI) schools must offer the parents the option to transfer to
a non-Program Improvement school, and
• Set aside 20% of its Title I allocation to cover transportation
Program Improvement schools in year 2 who continue to fail in their Annual Yearly
Progress (AYP) will in addition to the year 1 requirement will have to:
• Provide professional development opportunities,
• Offer option to transfer to non-Program Improvement school, and
• Provide and pay for supplemental educational services for eligible students from a
list of approved state providers.
For Program Improvement schools in year 3 these schools must provide:
• Staff development,
• School choice,
• Supplemental services, and
• Must take at least one (1) of these following actions,
--Replace school staff that is relevant to the school failure.
--Institute and fully implement a new curriculum “researched based and effective”.
--Decrease the school site management authority.
--Appoint outside experts.
--Extend school year or school day.
--Restructure the internal organization structure of the school.

Parent Involvement Requirements
Parents Right-to-Know
Districts are required to inform parents beginning with 2002-2003, that they can ask
about the qualifications of their child’s classroom teachers. If parents ask, the district
must let parents know:
• If their child’s teacher has met state qualifications for the grade level(s) and
subject area(s) taught;
• If their child’s teacher is teaching under an emergency credential or provisional
status;
• If their child is receiving services from a paraprofessional and if so, their
qualifications; and
• The baccalaureate degree major of the teacher or any other graduate certification
of degree held by the teacher and the field of discipline of the certification or
degree.
In Banning Unified School District, parents may get this information by:
• The district informing parents about the level of their student’s achievement,
• Whether the student has been taught four or more weeks by a teacher not
considered “Highly Qualified”,
• Demonstrating parent involvement requirements of NCLB through legal
assurances (Consolidated Application Part I/Coordinated Compliance Review
(CCR)) and must explain to parents:
a) What the Program Improvement identification means,
b) The reasons for the identification,
c) What the school will do to address the problem of low achievement,
d) What the district and state are doing to help the school,
e) How parents can become involved,
f) The option to transfer their child to another school in the district that is not a
Program Improvement (PI) school with transportation provided if it does not
violate the district’s open enrollment policy, and
g) The availability for supplemental educational services for the child.