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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) Program and Fiscal Handbook
Utah State Board of Education (USBE) Title I, Part A: Excess Carryover Waiver Form
Year-at-a-Glance 2020-2021
Title I, Part A: Monitoring and Compliance
Improving Basic Programs Operated by LEAs
United States Department of Education
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.
Application to Operate a Title I Schoolwide Program
Intent to Plan a Title I Schoolwide Program
Submit for Initial Approval
Title I, Part A Schoolwide Program Requirements and Request for Waiver of the 40% Poverty Threshold
Title I Schoolwide Program Plan Template
Optional planning template for existing schoolwide 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
Each year we will be updating it similar to the Title I Schools, where we'll add a new document for each year's allocations.
Preliminary Title IA Allocation 2020
Schools appearing on the lists below received Title I funding for the year specified. These lists should not be used to determine whether a teacher qualifies for loan forgiveness. To verify whether a school qualifies its teachers for loan forgiveness, refer to the Teacher Cancellation Low Income (TCLI) Directory located on the Federal Student Aid website.
Utah Title I Schools 2020-2021
Utah Title I Schools 2019-2020
Utah Title I Schools 2018-2019
Utah Title I Schools 2017-2018
Utah Title I Schools 2016-2017
Utah Title I Schools 2015-2016
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Committee of Practitioners Meeting Agenda
ESEA Committee of Practitioners
YouTube
ESEA Committee of Practitioners
Utah State Board of Education McKinney-Vento Program
Who Is Homeless? A Flowchart for Making Determinations for Education Services
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Distinguished, Reward, National Distinguished Schools
Utah Distinguished, Utah Reward, and National ESEA Distinguished Title I Schools
Committee of Practitioners
YouTube
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) 1003(A) School Improvement
Migration Education Program (MEP) Program Goal and Purpose, Who is Eligible?
School Fees Information Packet
Who is Homeless? A Flowchart for Making Determinations for Education Services
Committee of Practitioners
YouTube
21st Century Community Learning Center (CCLC) Grant: New Application Review Discussion
Competitive Grant Applications in Utah Grants
How 21st CCLC Reports to Congress
Title III Onsite Review Feedback
Utah State Board of Education 21st CCLC Grant: State Goals and Performance Indicators
Youth Program Quality Assessment and School-Age Program Quality Assessment
Committee of Practitioners the Correct One
YouTube
2018 National ESEA Distinguished Schools
Draft: Proposed Utah ESSA ELP Amendment
Federal Programs Committee of Practitioners
YouTube
21st Century Community Learning Center (CCLC) Grant: New Application Review Discussion
21st CCLC Grant Application Review
Title I Accountability: English Language Proficiency (ELP)
Utah Systems of Support for School Improvement
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:
The following guidance from the United States Department of Education are all still applicable and should be read and used together:
Equitable Services Complaint Form
Title I Equitable Services for Private Nonprofit (Nonpublic) School Students
March 9, 2018 Equitable Services Requirements Under Title I
YouTube
Global Family Research Project
Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP)
Introduction to Family Engagement in Education
Harvard University Online Learning
The Kids on the Web: Homework Tools
100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know
Empowering Families to Improve Student Learning
WestEd
How to Choose a Book to Read (English and Spanish)
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Specialist
Becky Peters
Executive Secretary
Phone: (801) 538-7712 | E-mail
Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 | Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
United States Department of Education
Utah State Board of Education Data Specifications and Validation Rules
Information Technology
Utah State Board of Education State of Utah Title I Complaint Form
Utah State Board of Education Title I Complaint Procedure
Each year, Utah has the opportunity to select two Title I Reward Schools to represent the State as National Title I Distinguished Schools. Utah State Board of Education asks local superintendents and charter school administrators to nominate their Title I Reward schools for this honor. A selection committee reviews the nominations. The two identified schools are provided with a supplemental Title I grant to enable the school principal and a team of teachers from the school to travel to the National Title I Conference where they are recognized publicly at an awards ceremony.
The National Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Distinguished Schools Program
ESEA Network
Utah National ESEA Distinguished Schools