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The Title I, Part A program provides financial assistance each year to Local Education Agencies (LEAs) and schools with high numbers or high percentages of children from low-income families to help ensure that all students have equitable opportunities to meet challenging state academic standards. Funds are used to provide supplemental educational services and resources to meet the needs of economically and educationally disadvantaged students.
Title I, Part A of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): A Program and Fiscal Handbook
Legislation
Improving Basic Programs Operated by LEAs
United States Department of Education
Schoolwide Title I Programs
Title I schools that serve percentages of students from low-income families of 40 percent or more may use Title I funds, along with other Federal, State, and local funds, to operate a "schoolwide Title I program" to enhance the instructional program for the whole school. Schoolwide Title I programs must use evidence-based instructional strategies and implement parental involvement activities.
Targeted Assistance Title I Programs
Title I schools with less than the 40 percent schoolwide low-income threshold or that choose not to operate a schoolwide program may offer a "targeted assistance Title I program" in which the school identifies students who are failing, or most at risk of failing, to meet the State's challenging academic achievement standards. Targeted assistance schools design an instructional program to meet the needs of those students. Schools that operate targeted assistance Title I programs must use evidence-based instructional strategies and implement parental involvement activities.
Title I Targeted Assistance and Schoolwide Schools: What is the Difference?
Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I Targeted Assistance School Program Approval Checklist
Title I Goals
Utah Title I Schools
2018-2019 | 2017-2018 | 2016-2017 | 2015-2016
June 15
21st Century Community Learning Center (CCLC) Grant: New Application Review Discussion Presentation
Federal Programs Committee of Practitioners
YouTube
Materials:
October 15
School Improvement Presentation
Committee of Practitioners the Correct One
YouTube
Materials:
November 13
Agenda
Presentations:
Handouts:
September 17
Agenda
Title I Director's Meeting and Utah Consolidated Applications (UCA) Grants Training
YouTube
Presentations:
Handouts:
March 1
Spring Meeting
Agenda
Title I Director's Meeting
YouTube
Presentations:
Handouts:
November 1
Fall Meeting
Agenda
Presentations:
Handouts:
September 18
New Directors Meeting
Agenda
Utah Title I Directors Meeting
YouTube
Handouts:
June 16
Spring Meeting
Agenda
Title 1 Meeting
YouTube
Handouts:
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Under Title I, Section 1117 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) as currently amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Local Education Agencies (LEAs) are required to provide equitable services to eligible private school students, their teachers, and their parents if they attend private non-profit schools that choose to participate in the Title I, Part A Program.
Additional ESEA programs are required to provide equitable services under the Uniform Provisions found in Title VIII Sections 8501-8504 of the ESSA. These programs include:
Guidance
The following guidance from the United States Department of Education are all still applicable and should be read and used together:
Webinar
Resources:
YouTube:
January 30 - February 2
National Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Conference
February 8-11
National Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Conference
Introduction to Family Engagement in Education
Harvard University Online Courses
Parent and Family:
Reading Resources for Parents:
Sheryl Ellsworth
Specialist
Phone: (801) 538-7733 | E-mail
Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)
Data Specifications and Validation Rules
Utah State Board of Education (USBE) Information Technology
State of Utah Title I Complaint Form
United States Department of Education:
Federal Loan Forgiveness Programs for Teachers and Prospective Teachers
Federal Student Aid:
Low Income Identified Schools (Utah):