PROGRAM: Title I, Part C - Education of Migratory Children
DESCRIPTION:
Funds are to be used to meet the unique needs of migrant students during the summer and regular school year.
Services are provided to children of migrant workers whose schooling has been disrupted and who are failing or in danger of failing; preschool children who require services in areas of health, nutrition and early childhood to ensure that they enter school ready to learn; adolescents who require assistance in the areas of credit accrual, school-to-work and postsecondary school activities; to out-of-school migrant youth who require assistance in language development, employment opportunities and/or involvement in education settings; and to parents of all eligible migrant children.
REGENTS GOALS: 1; 2; 3; 4
AUTHORITY:
Federal Statute: No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
Federal Regulation: Title 34 CFR
State Statute:
State Regulation:
FUNDING SOURCE(S):
State-
Federal- 100%
Special Revenue-
Total- $9.2m
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: 8,000
CONTACT OFFICE: School Improvement and Community Services (NYC) - Title
I School and Community Services
TELEPHONE: (518) 473-0295 FAX: (518) 486-1762
PROGRAM: Title I, Part D - Prevention and Intervention Programs for Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent, or At-Risk, Subpart I - State Agency Programs and Subpart 2 - Local Agency Programs
DESCRIPTION:
The purpose of §1401 is:
- To improve educational services for children and youth in local
and State institutions for neglected or delinquent children and youth
so that such children and youth have the opportunity to meet the same
challenging State academic content standards and challenging State
student academic achievement standards that all children in the State
are expected to meet.
- To provide such children and youth with the services needed to make
a successful transition from institutionalization to further schooling
or employment.
- To prevent at-risk youth from dropping out of school, and to provide
dropouts, and children and youth returning from correctional facilities
or institutions for neglected or delinquent children and youth with
a support system to ensure their continued education.
REGENTS GOALS: 1; 2; 3; 4
AUTHORITY:
Federal Statute: No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 PL 107-110
Federal Regulation:
State Statute:
State Regulation:
FUNDING SOURCE(S):
State-
Federal- 100%
Special Revenue-
Total- $2.9m
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: approximately 180,000
CONTACT OFFICE: School Improvement and Community Services (NYC) -
Title I School and Community Services
TELEPHONE: (518) 473-0295 FAX: (518) 486-1762
PROGRAM: Title II, Part A - Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund (Formula)
DESCRIPTION:
The purposes of the Title II, Part A-Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund Program are to increase student achievement through intensive, sustained, and high quality teacher and principal professional development; to increase the recruitment and retention of highly qualified teachers in classrooms and highly qualified principal and assistant principals in schools; and to ensure that highly qualified and experienced teachers are equitably distributed to high poverty and minority students buildings, classrooms and districts across NYS (at rates equal to, or greater than, low-poverty and non-minority students).
REGENTS GOALS: 1; 2; 3
AUTHORITY:
Federal Statute: No Child Left Behind Act PL 107-110
Federal Regulation:
State Statute:
State Regulation:
FUNDING SOURCE(S):
State-
Federal- 100%
Special Revenue-
Total- $213.9 M for LEA formula allocations;
227.5M total NYS allocation includes SAHE competitive grants, Statewide
activities set-asides, and State administration funds
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: n/a; formula allocation provided to all NYS Districts and Charter Schools; and district allocations include equitable participation portion for non-public schools
CONTACT OFFICE: Office of Curriculum and Instructional Support-Planning
and Professional Development
TELEPHONE: (518) 473-7155 FAX: (518) 486-5295
PROGRAM: Title II, Part B - Mathematics and Science Partnerships
DESCRIPTION:
The Mathematics and Science Partnerships Program is intended to increase the academic achievement of students in mathematics and science by enhancing the content knowledge and teaching skills of classroom teachers. Partnerships between high-need school districts and the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) faculty in institutions of higher education are at the core of these improvement efforts. Other partners include public charter schools or other public schools, businesses, and nonprofit or for-profit organizations concerned with mathematics and science education.
REGENTS GOALS: 1; 2; 3
AUTHORITY:
Federal Statute: No Child Left Behind, Title II, Part B
Federal Regulation:
State Statute:
State Regulation:
FUNDING SOURCE(S):
State-
Federal- 100%
Special Revenue-
Total- $10.3m
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: 207,005 (including more than 8,000 teachers)
CONTACT OFFICE: Curriculum and Instructional Support - Curriculum,
Instruction and Instructional Technology
TELEPHONE: (518) 474-5922 FAX: (518) 486-1385
PROGRAM: Title II, Part D - Enhancing Education Through Technology (Formula)
DESCRIPTION:
The purpose of the Title II, Part D-Enhancing Education Through Technology Program is to improve student academic achievement through the use of technology in elementary and secondary schools. A secondary purpose is to close the digital divide by increasing access to and ability to use technology on the part of students in high-need schools. Activities include teacher professional development, establishment of online networks, and creation of online courses.
REGENTS GOALS: 1; 3; 4
AUTHORITY:
Federal Statute: No Child Left Behind Act PL 107-110
Federal Regulation:
State Statute:
State Regulation:
FUNDING SOURCE(S):
State-
Federal- 100%
Special Revenue-
Total- $10.3m
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: 2.8 million
CONTACT OFFICE: Curriculum and Instructional Support - Career and
Technical Education Team
TELEPHONE: (518) 486-1547 FAX: (518) 402-5114
PROGRAM: Title II Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Integrated English Literacy/Civics Education-did not receive
DESCRIPTION:
The growing demand for English literacy and civics education programs and services surpasses the availability of instruction, and additional services are needed to meet this high and increasing demand. Many adults with limited proficiency in English have never attended high school in the United States, and, therefore, have limited or no institutional civics education experience. For the purposes of this Program, civics education is defined as “an educational program that emphasizes contextualized instruction on the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, naturalization procedures, civics participation and U.S. history and government to help students acquire the skills and knowledge to become active and informed parents, workers and community members.”
As a recipient of these federal funds, the State Education Department is required to ensure that local educational agencies, institutions of higher education and other public and private nonprofit organizations serve adults and out-of-school youths who have limited ability in speaking, reading, writing and understanding the English language, and whose native language is a language other than English, or who live in a family or community environment where a language other than English is the dominant language.
In fulfilling its obligations under this Act, the State Education Department is responsible for designing and developing adult education programs and related activities serving immigrants and limited English proficient populations, ensuring that these programs integrate English literacy and civics education. The Department is also responsible for program assessment and evaluation, as well as reporting the success of these programs to the Federal government.
REGENTS GOALS: 1; 4
AUTHORITY:
Federal Statute: Workforce Investment Act, PL 105-220, Title
II
Federal Regulation: 20 CFR Parts 652 and Parts 660 through 671
State Statute:
State Regulation:
FUNDING SOURCE(S):
State-
Federal- 100%
Special Revenue-
Total- $8.5m
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: 10,000
CONTACT OFFICE: Curriculum and Instructional Support - Adult Education
and Workforce Development Team
TELEPHONE: (518) 474-8940 FAX: (518) 486-1751
PROGRAM: Title III Language Instruction for Limited English Proficient Students
DESCRIPTION:
With the reauthorization of the Bilingual Education Act as Title III of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, federal bilingual funding has been converted from a direct competitive grant program to a State formula program. Funds are provided to states on a formula based on 80 percent on the number of limited English proficient (LEP) children in the State and 20 percent on the number of immigrant children and youth in the State. NCLB Title III funds supplement local and State funds for bilingual education, and are intended to ensure that children and youth who are LEP develop high levels of academic achievement and proficiency in the English language. Similarly, the program is designed to help these students meet the same challenging State academic standards as all children are expected to meet.
At the programmatic level, Title III funds are intended to supplement local and State funding of high-quality professional development for their instructional programs and teachers, so that they are better prepared to identify and address the needs of LEP children and youth. This includes upgrading the qualifications and skills of non-certified educational personnel to enable them to meet high professional standards for education of these students. Professional development programs, as well as direct instructional programs for LEP students, must be based on scientifically based research that has proven to be effective in helping these students achieve at higher levels.
Funds are provided to local educational agencies (LEAs) to provide high-quality language instruction, educational programs, and high-quality professional development by carrying out one or more of the following activities:
- Language instruction programs and academic content instruction
programs.
- Locally designed activities to expand or enhance existing language
instruction educational programs and academic content instruction programs.
- Implementing, within an individual school, school-wide programs for
restructuring, reforming, and upgrading academic content instruction.
- Implementing, within the entire LEAs, district wide programs for
restructuring, reforming, and upgrading all relevant programs, activities
and operations relating to language instruction, educational programs
and academic content instruction.
NCLB Title III assessment and accountability requirements hold schools and districts accountable for achieving annual measurable objectives (AMAO's) for LEP/ELL students in attaining English proficiency. LEAs are required to provide informed parental notification (in the language that the parents understand) as to why their child is in need of placement in a specialized instruction program, and encourage parents to be active participants in their child's education.
LEAs are required to certify that all teachers in a language instruction
program for ELL/LEP students are fluent in English and in any other
language used by the program, including written and oral communication
skills.
LEAs are required to develop a local plan that addresses the requirements
of Title III and use funds to provide supplementary educational services
to LEP students consistent with CR Part 154 of the Regulations of the
Commissioner of Education.
LEAs experiencing unexpectedly large increases in the number of immigrant students are eligible for Title III Immigrant funds. In addition to assisting immigrant students to learn English and attain high academic achievement, funds under this section of Title III are intended to help these students successfully transition into American society. These funds may also be used to underwrite activities to help the parents of immigrant students become active participants in the education of their children. Additionally, these funds may also be used to support the provision of training to educational personnel targeted to meet the special needs of immigrant children and youth.
REGENTS GOALS: 1; 2; 3
AUTHORITY:
Federal Statute: NCLB 2001, Title III, §3001
Federal Regulation:
State Statute:
State Regulation:
FUNDING SOURCE(S):
State-
Federal- 100%
Special Revenue-
Total- $51.9m
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: n/a
CONTACT OFFICE: Office of Bilingual Education
TELEPHONE: (518) 474-8775 FAX: (518) 473-4678