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Page 1: Federal Programs and the SC Public Charter School District

Federal Programs and the SC Public Charter School

District

Robert Compton, Ph.D., Director of Federal Programs

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Agenda• Federal Programs Staff• Federal Programs and Your Charter School• Title I • Title III• Title IX• Title II

• To be discussed tomorrow:• IDEA• Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act

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Federal Programs

Wayne Brazell,Superintendent

Tasha Robinson,Director of Finance

Robert Compton,Director of Federal Programs

Vamshi Rudrapati (Mr. V), Assistant Director of Federal Programs

Beckie Davis,Director of Special Education

Regional Special Education Coordinators

Zenobia Ealy,Special Education Data Manager (Assistant Director of Technology)

(40%)

Who’s Who

Title I – Mr. V Title II – RobbieTitle III – Mr. VTitle IX - TraciIDEA – Beckie/RobbieSection 504 - Robbie

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Federal Programs and Your Charter School

• Simply put, the SC Charter School Law cannot (does not) supersede federal law. This means, that your school must meet all applicable federal and state regulations.

• The district (authorizer), since we’re considered a/your LEA, is the one who is held responsible for your school meeting the obligation of the applicable federal programs.

• Additionally, federal and state regulations require that the district (authorizer) oversees and monitors federal programs (and federal funds) since we’re considered the LEA and the one who signs the district assurances associated with these funds.

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Designing a Quality Title I Program

Presented by:Vamshi Rudrapati (Mr. V)Assistant Director of Federal Programs

South Carolina Public Charter School District

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What is Title I?Title I, Part A provides federal funding to more than 90% of the nation’s school districts to offset the effects of poverty on the educational opportunities of low performing children in high-poverty schools.

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How does the SCPCSD determine the Poverty Percentage of the schools?

To determine poverty counts for eligibility, South Carolina Public Charter School District (SCPCSD) uses the number of students who receive free and reduced-priced lunches in each school.

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How do we collect Lunch Data?Schools collect the lunch data using lunch forms and code them in

PowerSchool.

EVERY parent should complete a Lunch Form for the students enrolling in your school.

Even if you choose not to provide lunch at your school, you still require parents to complete a lunch form.

Yes, Virtual schools also collect lunch data.

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District of ResidenceAs it is very important component schools need to pay more attention when entering the District of Residence information. The schools need to use the student educational records, transcripts received from the transferring school/district to determine the DOR. The SCPCSD will verify the DOR information provided in PowerSchool at the beginning of the school year.

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When do we know that we qualify for Title I Funds?

The South Carolina Public Charter school District official Title I allocations are based upon the schools official 5th day count obtained by PowerSchool. This report is run by the SCPCSD Director of Technology Services.

Schools at or above the poverty rate of 45% are eligible for assistance and to operate as a school wide program.

Pages 4 -5: SCPCSD Title I Policies and Procedures

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Title I School wide Programs• Seek to close the achievement gap for all students• Plan for comprehensive, long term improvement• Provide continuous learning for all entities• Seek to strengthen the school’s internal structures• Consolidate resources to achieve the goals• Engage in continuous self-assessment for the purpose

of improvement

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Establish a School wide Planning Team

Suggested membership• Administration team• Teacher representatives from the school’s grade span• Special education teacher• Related arts teacher• Paraprofessional• Parents  • Student representative (high school)• Community representative• Business partner

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Establish Priorities•Review the root causes

•Prioritize the major concerns

•Focus on what you can actually change

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Let’s Summarize

WHAT to Improve

HOW to Improve

GOALS STRATEGY

Objective Action step

Objective Action step

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Title I Plan

• Eligible schools assigns one person as the School Title I coordinator. • Once you are eligible to operate a school wide Title I Program, your

school’s Title I Coordinator will receive instructions to develop your school Title I Plan.• Once the Plan is approved by the district it will be submitted to the

State. • You can submit for reimbursements after the plan is approved by

the State.• Amendments can be made to the plan if needed. Page 8 & 12: SCPCSD Title I Policies and Procedures

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Title I Resources

SCPCSD Title I Policies and Procedureshttp://sccharter-web.sharepoint.com/Pages/Title1Resources.aspx

District of Residencehttp://southcarolina.hometownlocator.com/schools/index.cfmhttp://www.schooldistrictfinder.com/

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Title IIIESOL: English for Speakers of Other LanguageELL: English Language Learners

The purpose of this federal grant program is to provide funds to improve the education of limited English proficient students, including immigrant children and youth, by assisting the children and youth to learn English and meet challenging state academic content and student academic achievement standards.

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How do we identify an ELL Student?A home language survey is completed at the time of enrollment for every student who enters your school to determine if there is an influence of a language other than English.

Please add a question to your enrollment packet, for the parent to provide the school on what language they prefer the notifications to be sent.

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A Home Language Survey MUST given to every student that enrolls at your school and the

Home Language Survey is a part of each students file.

Resources available on SharePoint

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TITLE II

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Title II• Contact:• Robert Compton, Director of Federal Programs

• The purpose of ESEA Title II, Part A is to help states and school districts ensure that all students have effective teachers; that is, teachers with the subject-matter knowledge and teaching skills necessary to help all children achieve to high academic standards, regardless of individual learning styles or needs. In this regard, the program provides substantial funding to help states and districts recruit, train, reward, and retain effective teachers.

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Title II Funding• For this school year, only non-Title I schools were able to submit a Title II professional

development request, however, all schools had access to participate in the “district initiated” Title II activities (i.e. Praxis and tuition reimbursement).

• Like other federal programs, once approved, the school accesses these funds through reimbursements.

• Looking ahead:• We’ll conduct a needs assessment (survey) then have a meeting with school leaders and other

stakeholders (teacher) in the early Fall about the use of Title II funds and what the focus should be.

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TITLE IX

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Title IX – Gender Equity • Contact:• Traci Bryant-Riches, Director of School Development (District’s Title IX Coordinator)• Robert Compton, Director of Federal Programs

• Title VI of the Civil Rights Act prohibits discriminate on the basis of race, gender, disability, age, religion, immigrant status, or national origin in its educational programs and employment practices.

• Non-discrimination Policy- Title VI requires every school to post a nondiscrimination statement on its website, handbook and on any information available to the general public. It also requires each school to appoint a 504 and Title IX Coordinator who are appropriately trained.

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Title IX – Gender Equity• Title IX ensures gender equity and prohibits discrimination based on sex in admission

to and participation in all programs.

• This Act requires all schools to do age- appropriate sexual harassment training.

• Assigning Title IX Coordinators - If you have not already assigned someone this responsibility please do so before the school year begins. While it doesn’t have to be a person of authority it is best if it is as this person should be included in any staff/student or student/student sexual harassment claims.

• The district will follow-up with information regarding Title IX training in the early Fall.

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Other Federal Programs• Questions

• To be discussed on Thursday:• IDEA• Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act