What's Next in Federal Programs after - PowerPoint Presentation

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What's Next in Federal Programs after ESSA

Corina Ene

Director of Policy – Office of Federal Programs

Bo Merritt

Director of Finance -

Office of Federal ProgramsSlide2

ESEA

Amended

as ESSA

Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965 was amended through P.L. 114–95, enacted December 10, 2015 and known as

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA

)

.Slide3

New

Title Names

of Federal Programs Under ESSATITLE I, PART A

– Improving Basic Programs Operated by State and Local Educational Agencies

TITLE I, PART C

– Education of Migratory Children

TITLE I, PART D

- Prevention and Intervention Programs for Children and Youth Who are Neglected, Delinquent, or At-riskSlide4

New

Title Names

of Federal Programs Under ESSA (cont.)

TITLE

II, Part A

—Preparing

, Training,

and

Recruiting High-quality Teachers, Principals,

and

Other School Leaders

TITLE

III, Part A

—Language Instruction For English Learners and Immigrant Students

TITLE IV -

21st Century Schools

Part A

—Student Support And Academic Enrichment Grants

Part B

—21st Century Community Learning Centers

Part C

—Expanding Opportunity Through Quality Charter

Schools

Part D

—Magnet

Schools Assistance

Part E

— Family Engagement In Education Programs

Part F

— National ActivitiesSlide5

New

Title Names

of Federal Programs Under ESSA (cont.)

TITLE V

— Flexibility

and

Accountability

Part A

— Funding Transferability For State

and

Local Educational Agencies

Part B

— Rural Education Initiative

TITLE VI

— Indian, Native

Hawaiian, and

Alaska Native Education

Part A

— Indian Education

TITLE VII

— Impact Aid

TITLE IX, Part A

– Education for the Homeless and Other LawsSlide6

Moving

Forward

ESEA flexibility waiver is null and void and has no legal effect on or after August 1, 2016

.

[

ESSA, Sec.4(c

)]Slide7

Transitioning from

No Child Left Behind

(NCLB) to Every Student Succeeds Act

(ESSA)

School Year 2016-2017 is considered a transitional year from NCLB to

ESSA.Slide8

Do’s

and

Do Not’s

for

2016-2017

During the transition year, States

will be absolved from certain NCLB requirements, while more time will be allowed to develop new policies required under the new ESSA.Slide9

States

or

LEAs do not

need to comply

during the

2016-2017

school year

with the following provisions which are

not continued under ESSA:

1) Section

1111(h)(1)(C)(ii) and (h)(2) of the ESEA, as amended by NCLB, which require each State and LEA to

report performance against

AMOs.

2

) Section 1111(h)(6)(B)(ii) of the ESEA, as amended by NCLB, which requires a school to

notify parents

when their child has been assigned to, or has been taught for four or more consecutive weeks by, a teacher who is not

highly

qualified. Slide10

States and LEAs

do not

need to comply during the 2016-2017

school year

with the following provisions which are

not continued under ESSA:

3) Section

1119 of the ESEA, as amended by NCLB, which requires that each LEA

hire highly qualified teachers

; that each State and LEA

report on progress toward all teachers being highly

qualified.

4

) Section 2141 of the ESEA, as amended by NCLB, which requires an

LEA not making progress toward all teachers being highly qualified to create and implement an improvement plan

and requires the State to provide technical assistance to such

LEA. Slide11

States or LEAs

do not

need to comply during the 2016-2017

school year with the following provisions which are not continued under

ESSA (cont.):

5) Section

3122(a) of the ESEA, as amended by NCLB, which requires each State to

establish annual measurable achievement objectives

(AMAOs

).

6

) Section

3302(b) of the ESEA, as amended by NCLB, which requires each LEA receiving Title III funds that fails to meet one or more of the AMAOs to

provide notice to parents

of such

failure. Slide12

States that were

implementing ESEA

flexibility in 2015-2016 do not

have to ensure in

2016-2017

that:

LEAs

provide

supplemental educational services, public school choice, or the attendant parental notice

requirements

;

LEAs

are no longer required to provide a

parent

of a student in a school identified as in improvement, corrective action, or restructuring

with the notice

described in section 1116(b)(6) of the ESEA, as amended by NCLB. Slide13

T

o

continue implementing

appropriate

interventions,

priority or focus

schools

do not

have to comply in

2016-2017

with

the following requirements

:

Section

1114(a)(1), which requires that a school have at least a 40 percent poverty rate to be eligible to operate a schoolwide program;

Sections 1113(a)(3)-(4) and (c)(1), which require an LEA to rank and serve eligible schools according to poverty and allocate Title I funds to schools in rank order of poverty. Slide14

Other allowable actions for 2016-2017

100% transfer of Title II A funds into Title I A funds

School choice or SES set-asides are optional

Use REAP and RLIS funds

for any authorized purpose regardless of whether the LEA makes

AYP

Use Schoolwide flexibility in Title I schoolwide schools

Consolidate Title I A, II A, and III A funds under Project 785Slide15

Do

–State certification and licensure requirements

All teachers and paraprofessionals working in a program supported with

federal funds must meet

applicable State certification and licensure requirements, including any requirements for certification obtained through alternative routes to certification

.Slide16

Do

– Parent Notification

LEAs

are required to continue

to comply with

section 1111(h)(6)(A) of the ESEA, as amended by NCLB, which requires an LEA to

notify parents

that they may request and the LEA will provide certain information regarding the

professional qualifications

of the student’s

teachers and paraprofessionals

, as appropriate.

LEAs have to provide timely parent notification that

the student has been assigned, or has been taught for 4 or more consecutive weeks by, a teacher who does not meet applicable

State certification or licensure requirements at the grade level and subject area

in which the teacher has been

assigned.Slide17

Do

– Parent

Notification Regarding

I

dentification of EL Students

LEA must continue to comply with the

parental notification

requirements in section 3302(a) of the ESEA, as amended by NCLB through the 2016-2017 school year, which requires that an LEA provide notice to the parent or parents of a student identified as an

English

Learner

within 30 days of the start of the school year (or for students

identified later in the school year, within two weeks) that includes, for example, the reason for identification, parents’ rights, and other important information. Slide18

Do

- Comparability

Comparability requires that LEAs be able to document that services provided with state and local funds in Title I schools are comparable to those provided in non-Title I schools.

ESSA

, Sec. 1118(c)(1)(A

) requires that “A local educational agency may receive funds under this part only if State and local funds will be used in schools served under this part to provide services that, taken as a whole, are at least comparable to services in schools that are not receiving funds under this part

.”Slide19

Comparability Reminder:

In calculating comparability, an LEA may include only

instructional staff

paid with State and local

funds

, and exclude

staff paid with private or Federal funds

.

Instructional staff

may include teachers and

other

personnel

assigned to schools

who provide direct instructional services

, such as music, art,

and

physical

education teachers, guidance counselors, speech therapists, and librarians, as well

other

personnel

who provide services that support instruction, such as

paraprofessionals, social

workers

and

psychologists.

Aides

not involved in providing instructional support

will not be included in comparability

determinations.Slide20

Do - Maintenance of Effort

A

local educational agency may receive funds under this part for any fiscal year only if the State educational agency involved finds that the local educational agency has maintained the agency’s fiscal effort in accordance with section 8521”

[ESSA,

Sec.1118(a

)].Slide21

Maintenance of Effort

Reminder:

Maintenance of Effort (MOE) is a provision which requires that an LEA maintain a 90 percent level of its expenditures for public education from

State and Local funds

from one year to the next. Slide22

Looking

Forward

More ESSA flexibility will be implemented in

2017-2018.

A new Consolidated State Plan is under

development.

SEA is working collaboratively with LEAs to develop the

Consolidated

State Plan that will help

e

very student in Oklahoma succeed.Slide23

Contacts for the Office of Federal Programs

Gloria.Bayouth@sde.ok.gov

– Executive Director of Federal Programs

Bo.Merritt@sde.ok.gov

–Director of Finances

Corina.Ene@sde.ok.gov

–Director of Research and Policy Implementation

Kay.Townsend@sde.ok.gov

– Financial Analyst