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Presented by: Illinois State Board of Education Division of Grants & Programs
Dana Kinley, Principal Consultant
Program Definitions
Targeted Assistance School Program
(TASP)
A TASP is a school that receives Title I, Part A funds, yet is ineligible or has chosen not to operate a SWP, and provides supplemental educational services to eligible children identified as having the greatest need for special assistance
A SWP is a comprehensive reform model used to upgrade the entire educational program in a Title I school, and it has the primary goal of ensuring that all students, particularly those who are low-achieving, demonstrate at least proficient levels of achievement of the Illinois Learning Standards 3
Presentation Objectives:
1. Explain the similarities and differences between targeted assistance school programs and schoolwide programs
2. Explain the requirements to implement a schoolwide program 3. Explain the process to become a schoolwide program
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5. Explain the benefits of operating a schoolwide program 6. Explain the role of the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) regarding schoolwide plans
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Program Similarities
Targeted Assistance Program Schoolwide Program
to improve teaching and learning to enable participating students to meet the Illinois Learning Standards
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Must be eligible to receive Title I, Part A funds Must use scientifically proven effective methods and instructional strategies
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Must provide instruction by highly-qualified teachers Must implement strategies to increase parental involvement Must be used to supplement educational services and not supplant
Schoolwide Program
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Program Similarities
Targeted Assistance Program Schoolwide Program
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Program Differences
Targeted Assistance Program Schoolwide Program
Staff use Title I funds to provide supplemental educational services only to a select group of children identified for failing, or most at risk for failing, to meet the Illinois Learning Standards
Uses Title I funds to meet the needs of all students in the school. Individual students are not identified as eligible to participate
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Staff use multiple measures of student academic achievement to determine which students are eligible to participate in Title I program
No requirement
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Children in preschool through grade 2 are assessed for eligibility using criteria such as
teacher judgment interviews with parents developmentally appropriate measures (subjective)
No requirement
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Children in grades 3 12 are assessed for eligibility using multiple, educationally related, objective criteria established by the school district
No requirement
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Staff must equitably apply the same selection criteria to determine eligibility for participation to children who are/have:
economically disadvantaged disabilities migrant limited English proficiency
No requirement
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Staff must serve the following children by virtue of their status regardless of their performance against the eligibility criteria:
Homeless children attending any school in the district Children living in local institutions or attending day programs for neglected or delinquent youth
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Must serve children who, at any time in the 2 years preceding the year for which Title I services are available, participated in:
educational programs for migratory children Head Start, Even Start, Early Reading First, or in preschool services funded with Title I
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Title I funds may be used to employ staff who serve only those students who have been identified with multiple measures as eligible for participation by being the most at-risk of not meeting the Illinois Learning Standards
No distinctions are made between staff members paid with Title I funds and staffers who are not All school staff work toward upgrading the entire educational program and improving the achievement of all students, particularly 19 those who are low achieving
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Records must be maintained documenting that Title I funds are spent on activities and services for only eligible and participating students
No requirement
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Individual program funds are limited to the intent and purpose of each grant
School may consolidate funds from Title I and other federal education program funds and resources administered by the U.S. Department of Education to improve the entire educational program of the school with the intended purpose of raising academic 21 achievement for all students
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Title I funds may be used for children under the age of six who reside in the schools attendance area and are selected for participation on the basis of criteria such as teacher judgment, interviews with parents, and developmentally appropriate measures
Consolidated funds may be used to pay for prekindergarten programs for all children under six years of age who reside in the schools attendance area
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A school planning to operate with schoolwide authority must conduct and write a comprehensive needs assessment that:
identifies the schools strengths and challenges in key areas that affect student achievement,
reveals the priority areas on which the program will focus, and
guides the development of the comprehensive schoolwide plan
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high-need schools
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Component 10:
Coordination of Federal, State, and Local Programs
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Write the Schoolwide Plan Describe how the school will implement the ten (10) required components
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Describe how the school will provide individual student academic assessment results in a language the parents can understand, including an interpretation of those results, to the parents of children who take the Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) or the Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE)
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comparability of services
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Make the plan available to the LEA, parents, and the general
public. To the extent practicable, the information contained in the plan must be understandable to parents and other constituents including publication in an understandable language
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are blocked because they are not allowable costs. In a school operating with schoolwide authority, however,
both the white and gray-filled cells are accessible and reflect allowable expenditures. The blackened cells across all budgets are blocked for all schools and cannot be opened for any reason.
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15,000
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1,000
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Supporting Resources
www.isbe.net/grants/html/title1.htm
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Objective #7:
Supporting Resources
Statute by Section www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/esea02 /index.html
Section 1111 Section 1112 Section 1114 Section 1115 Section 1116 Section 1117 Section 1118 Section 1119
State Plans Local Educational Agency Plans Schoolwide Programs Targeted Assistance Programs
Academic Assessment & LEA and School Improvement School Support and Recognition Parental Involvement Qualifications for Teachers & Paraprofessionals
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Contact Information
Dana Kinley, Principal Consultant Illinois State Board of Education Division of Grants and Programs Springfield Office 217.524.4832 dkinley@isbe.net
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