No Child Left Behind - Banning Unified School District
No Child Left Behind - Banning Unified School District
No Child Left Behind - Banning Unified School District
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Title I – <strong>No</strong> <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Left</strong> <strong>Behind</strong> (NCLB)<br />
Purpose and Uses of Title I NCLB Funds<br />
The purpose of the NLCB Title I, Part A funds is to ensure that all students have a fair,<br />
equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education and reach, at a<br />
minimum, proficiency on the State Board adopted content and achievement standards, as<br />
specified in the statue and regulations. <strong>District</strong>s and schools receiving funds are to ensure<br />
that they are meetings the educational needs of low-achieving students in low income<br />
schools funded by Title I or in schools receiving the funding and are closing the<br />
achievement gap between high and low-performing students, especially the achievement<br />
gaps between minority and non-minority students and between socioeconomically<br />
disadvantaged students and their more advantaged peers.<br />
<strong>School</strong>wide Program<br />
Because all of our schools are above the 40% poverty cut off set by the law, our district<br />
schools qualify for <strong>School</strong>wide Program status. <strong>School</strong> plans will be revised and<br />
amended to be in compliance with the new Title I NCLB provisions that took effect July<br />
1 of 2002. These plans will be based on comprehensive need assessments and student<br />
achievement data. Plans will identify opportunities for all students to meet state<br />
achievement standards. All schools will be required to revise/re-write school plans so as<br />
to be ready for 2003-2004. These plans will be reviewed by the district and approved by<br />
the <strong>School</strong> Board. Plans will be aligned to NCLB-Title I requirements. <strong>Banning</strong> <strong>Unified</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong> <strong>District</strong> schools are designated by the state according to poverty levels.<br />
Districwide we are at 85% poverty level.<br />
Highly Qualified Teachers and Paraprofessionals<br />
All of <strong>Banning</strong> <strong>Unified</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>District</strong> schools will use Title I funds to support<br />
instructional strategies which are effective with students who are at risk of not meeting<br />
state standards. Programs of high quality such as Focus on Achievement, SuccessMaker,<br />
and others are in place in <strong>Banning</strong> <strong>Unified</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>District</strong> and offer the strategies to<br />
ensure success in the Core Academic Program. Highly qualified teachers are placed in<br />
all our schools to provide instruction on a regular basis to all of our students.<br />
Paraprofessionals hired after January 8, 2002 must have;<br />
• Completed two years of study at any institution of English learning<br />
• Obtained an associates degree (or higher)<br />
• Be able to demonstrate through an academic assessment, knowledge and the<br />
ability to assist in the instruction of reading, writing, and math.
NCLB – Title I Requirements for Program Improvement <strong>School</strong>s<br />
The new legislation of Title I – NCLB prescribes the placement of current Program<br />
Improvement schools under the following requirements.<br />
Program Improvement <strong>School</strong>s in year 1 that fail to make Adequate Yearly Progress<br />
(AYP) will need to:<br />
• Revise their school plans,<br />
• Have it Board approved,<br />
• Set 10% of Title I allocation aside to provide professional development,<br />
• <strong>No</strong>tify parents of the schools identification of Program Improvement status,<br />
• Program Improvement (PI) schools must offer the parents the option to transfer to<br />
a non-Program Improvement school, and<br />
• Set aside 20% of its Title I allocation to cover transportation<br />
Program Improvement schools in year 2 who continue to fail in their Annual Yearly<br />
Progress (AYP) will in addition to the year 1 requirement will have to:<br />
• Provide professional development opportunities,<br />
• Offer option to transfer to non-Program Improvement school, and<br />
• Provide and pay for supplemental educational services for eligible students from a<br />
list of approved state providers.<br />
For Program Improvement schools in year 3 these schools must provide:<br />
• Staff development,<br />
• <strong>School</strong> choice,<br />
• Supplemental services, and<br />
• Must take at least one (1) of these following actions,<br />
--Replace school staff that is relevant to the school failure.<br />
--Institute and fully implement a new curriculum “researched based and effective”.<br />
--Decrease the school site management authority.<br />
--Appoint outside experts.<br />
--Extend school year or school day.<br />
--Restructure the internal organization structure of the school.
Parent Involvement Requirements<br />
Parents Right-to-Know<br />
<strong>District</strong>s are required to inform parents beginning with 2002-2003, that they can ask<br />
about the qualifications of their child’s classroom teachers. If parents ask, the district<br />
must let parents know:<br />
• If their child’s teacher has met state qualifications for the grade level(s) and<br />
subject area(s) taught;<br />
• If their child’s teacher is teaching under an emergency credential or provisional<br />
status;<br />
• If their child is receiving services from a paraprofessional and if so, their<br />
qualifications; and<br />
• The baccalaureate degree major of the teacher or any other graduate certification<br />
of degree held by the teacher and the field of discipline of the certification or<br />
degree.<br />
In <strong>Banning</strong> <strong>Unified</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>District</strong>, parents may get this information by:<br />
• The district informing parents about the level of their student’s achievement,<br />
• Whether the student has been taught four or more weeks by a teacher not<br />
considered “Highly Qualified”,<br />
• Demonstrating parent involvement requirements of NCLB through legal<br />
assurances (Consolidated Application Part I/Coordinated Compliance Review<br />
(CCR)) and must explain to parents:<br />
a) What the Program Improvement identification means,<br />
b) The reasons for the identification,<br />
c) What the school will do to address the problem of low achievement,<br />
d) What the district and state are doing to help the school,<br />
e) How parents can become involved,<br />
f) The option to transfer their child to another school in the district that is not a<br />
Program Improvement (PI) school with transportation provided if it does not<br />
violate the district’s open enrollment policy, and<br />
g) The availability for supplemental educational services for the child.