Progran Description Handbook 2012-2013
OFFICE OF P-12 EDUCATION
PROGRAM: Migrant Education
DESCRIPTION:
Funds are used to meet the unique needs of migrant students during the summer and regular school year.
Educational and support 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; 5
AUTHORITY:
Federal Statute:
Federal Regulation:
State Statute: Chapter 53 of the Laws of 2001
State Regulation:
FUNDING SOURCE(S):
State- 100%
Federal-
Special Revenue-
Total- $89,000
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: 5,143
CONTACT OFFICE: Office of Accountability - Title I School and Community
Services
TELEPHONE: (518) 473-0295 FAX: (518)
486-1762
PROGRAM: National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs
DESCRIPTION:
Public school districts, nonprofit, nonpublic schools and residential childcare institutions are eligible to participate in these Programs. Federal and State reimbursement is provided monthly for meals served to children that meet federal meal pattern requirements. The amount of reimbursement for each meal is based on the family's eligibility for free, reduced price or full priced meals, which is determined by an annually approved application, direct certification letter or computer match with the local Department of Social Services or the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance. In addition, $.2275 in donated foods is available per day per lunch to each school food authority.
School Breakfast Programs
Chapter 537 of the Laws of 1976 mandated that school breakfast programs be instituted in all public schools in the City School Districts of Buffalo, New York City, Rochester, Syracuse and Yonkers.
Chapter 798 of the Laws of 1980 required funding levels of $.11 for each free breakfast, $.12 for each reduced price breakfast and $.0025 for each full price breakfast. Chapter 53 of the Laws of 1988 raised the State subsidy an additional $.05 for each reduced price breakfast to $.17.
Chapter 798 of the Laws of 1980 also authorized the reimbursement of all approved costs exceeding revenues associated with the federal school breakfast programs to school districts during their first year of operation, payable in the following year ("full cost reimbursement").
Section 389 of Chapter 57 of the Laws of 1993 added a new Subdivision c to §1 of Chapter 537 of the Laws of 1976 to require school districts to establish school breakfast programs no later than September 1, 1993 in public elementary schools categorized as "severe need."
Chapters 614 and 615 of the Laws of 1993 further amended the provisions for mandated school breakfast programs by extending the requirements to all public "severe need" schools beginning September 1, 1994 and to all elementary schools that were in the National School Lunch Program on or after January 1, 1993 no later than September 1, 1995. Schools may obtain an annual exemption if they can document lack of need, economic hardship or other good cause.
State reimbursement was cut 2 percent for the breakfast program for the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 school years and another 1.1 percent for claims paid after September 16, 2010.
National School Lunch Program
The Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981 (PL 97-35) changed the State Revenue Matching Requirement for the National School Lunch Program. For each school year, beginning with school year 1981-1982, the State Revenue Matching Requirement is equal to 30 percent of all federal §4 funds provided for reimbursement of lunches served to children in the school year 1980-1981, unless the §4 funds in a succeeding year exceed the amounts paid in 1980-1981.
State reimbursement was cut for the lunch program for the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 school years, and another 1.1 percent for claims paid after September 16, 2010.
Projections for the breakfast and lunch programs will vary from year-to-year based on when holidays fall. Both the days of the week of the holidays and the fiscal year where Easter occurs affect how schools allocate vacation time, which in turn impacts on days of service.
REGENTS GOALS: 2; 5
AUTHORITY:
Federal Statute: National
School Lunch Act, Child Nutrition
Federal Regulation: 7 CFR 210,
220, 245
State Statute:
State Regulation:
FUNDING SOURCE(S):
State- 5.4%
Federal- 94.6%
Special Revenue-
Total- $617m
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: Annually - Breakfast 95 million; Lunch 301 million (Average Daily Participation - Breakfast 560,000 and Lunch 1.7 million)
CONTACT OFFICE: School Operations and Management Services - Child
Nutrition Program Administration
TELEPHONE: (518) 473-8781 FAX: (518)
473-0018
PROGRAM: New York State Center for School Safety
DESCRIPTION:
The New York State Center for School Safety is funded for the primary purpose to help make schools safer through its leadership that is consistent with the intent of the SAVE legislation. This includes the following:
Review updated school safety plans and provide technical assistance
and staff development to schools in helping them complete safety plans.
Review updated school codes of conduct and provide technical assistance
and staff development to schools in helping them complete the codes.
Provide safety and crisis management technical assistance to schools
upon request of the school and/or the Department.
Conduct selected site reviews with SED staff for schools and charter
schools designated as Persistently Dangerous (PD) as well as those
identified for coordinated site visits.
Provide technical assistance to school districts, including staff development
on the reporting procedures for Violent And Disruptive Incident Reporting
(VADIR), the Dignity for All legislation, and the use of VADIR and
other student conduct data to develop safer learning environments.
Inform practice through publication of online research briefs that
reflect best practices in the field.
Respond to crisis situations and provide technical assistance to school
staff to handle situations relating to school safety.
Respond to crisis calls from school staff and other providers.
Maintain regular and consistent communication with the Department regarding
school safety issues.
Provide training and technical assistance to schools, under the direction
of the State Education Department, on implementing the Safe Schools
Against Violence in Education (SAVE) legislation and the Dignity for
All legislation. Work collaboratively and cooperatively with the Student
Support Services Regional Centers, the Statewide School Health Services
Center and the Statewide Center for Student Support Services to review
updated school safety plans and codes of conduct.
Support corrective action plan development for Schools identified as “Persistently
Dangerous.”
REGENTS GOALS: 4
AUTHORITY:
Federal Statute:
Federal Regulation:
State Statute: Safe School Against Violence Education
Act Chapter 181, Laws of 2000
State Regulation: 8NYCRR
155.17; 100.2(L)(2); 100.2(dd); 100.2(gg)
FUNDING SOURCE(S):
State- 100%
Federal-
Special Revenue-
Total- $0.466m
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: n/a
CONTACT OFFICE: Office of School Innovation - Student Support Services
TELEPHONE: (518) 486-6090 FAX: (518)
474-8299
PROGRAM: Nonpublic Mandated Services Aid
DESCRIPTION:
Reimbursement of mandated services to nonpublic schools may be made for the actual costs related to complying with certain State mandates, if eligibility requirements are met. To be eligible for reimbursement, the school must:
- Provide instruction in all required subjects according to §3204
of the Education Law.
- Require pupils to attend full-time instruction according to §3205
of the Education Law.
- Not be the recipients of other State or local aid, directly or indirectly
(e.g., tuition payments for the disabled).
- Be a not-for-profit institution.
The administrator should keep track of and be able to document the amount of time spent by faculty and staff in complying with State mandates. Expenses incurred in fulfilling mandates are reimbursable. These include, but are not limited to, the following activities:
- BEDS forms.
- Pupil attendance records.
- Elementary school tests.
- Regents Exams.
- Regents Competency Tests.
- Regents Scholarship applications.
- Registration of high schools.
- Graduation reports.
- Documentation of incorporation of home and career skills, technology
education and library and information skills into other courses.
- Comprehensive School Improvement Plan (for schools identified by the
Commissioner as having to develop a Plan).
REGENTS GOALS: 1; 2; 4
AUTHORITY:
Federal Statute:
Federal Regulation:
State Statute: Chapter 53 of the Laws of 2003
State Regulation: 8NYCRR
Part 176
FUNDING SOURCE(S):
State- 100%
Federal-
Special Revenue-
Total- $109.1m
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: 1,385 nonpublic schools
CONTACT OFFICE: School Operations and Management Services - Grants
Management
TELEPHONE: (518) 474-3936 FAX: (518)
474-1983
PROGRAM: Postsecondary Education Aid for Native Americans
DESCRIPTION:
Education Law, §4118, provides funding for Native American students for attendance at approved, accredited institutions within New York State. Student aid is granted annually for up to four years to each Native American student who qualifies. Students enrolled in programs requiring five years to complete, for example, architecture, can be funded for five years. Student aid is granted for less than four years if the duration of the postsecondary program is less than four years. Eligible students must complete an application form and submit proof of tribal enrollment showing they are a tribal member or a child of an enrolled member, be a State resident, a high school graduate or GED recipient, and be accepted to an accredited New York State institution. As of May 2006, full-time students (12 or more credit hours) are eligible to receive $1,000 per semester. Part-time students (less than 12 credit hours) are eligible to receive aid pro-rated at $85.00 per credit hour. Students must maintain at least a 2.0 semester grade point average in order to continue receiving aid. Aid provided is a grant available for students to use for any educational related expense. Approximately 300-400 students each semester are awarded this grant. All eligible students meeting application requirements and filing deadlines will be funded.
REGENTS GOALS: 1; 3; 4
AUTHORITY:
Federal Statute:
Federal Regulation:
State Statute: Education Law §4118
State Regulation:
FUNDING SOURCE(S):
State- 100%
Federal-
Special Revenue-
Total- $0.598m
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: n/a
CONTACT OFFICE: School Operations and Management Services - Native
American Education Office
TELEPHONE: (518) 474-0537 FAX: (518)
474-3666
PROGRAM: Race to the Top
DESCRIPTION:
The U.S. Department of Education indicated that it
will only consider RTTT applications from states that define a comprehensive
and coherent set of policies and practices in four education reform
areas, commonly referred to as the Four Assurances:
● Adopting internationally-benchmarked
standards and assessments that prepare students for success in college
and the workplace
● Recruiting, developing,
retaining, and rewarding effective teachers and principals
● Building instructional
data systems that measure student success and inform teachers and
principals how they can improve their practices
● Turning around
the lowest-performing schools
Ninety-one percent of New York’s public school districts submitted a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) confirming their support for, and their intent to participate fully in, New York’s RTTT plan. Choosing to participate in the State’s plan represents a commitment by districts and public charter schools to join the Regents in pursuing an ambitious education reform plan embodied in State law and Commissioner’s regulations, including the newly enacted Teacher and Principal Evaluation Law. The breadth of support for the State plan was an important factor in New York securing a RTTT grant award.
New York’s RTTT application incorporated reforms enabled by legislation passed May 28, 2010 and signed into law by the Governor. The legislation (1) establishes a new teacher and principal evaluation system that makes student achievement a substantial component of how educators are assessed and supported, (2) raises New York’s charter school cap from 200 to 460 and enhances charter school accountability and transparency, (3) enables school districts to enter into contracts with educational partnership organizations for the management of their persistently lowest-achieving schools, and (4) appropriates $20.4 million in capital funds to the State Education Department to implement its longitudinal data system.
REGENTS GOALS: 1;2;3;4
AUTHORITY:
Federal Statute: American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)
Federal Regulation:
State Statute:
State Regulation:
FUNDING SOURCE(S):
State-
Federal- 100%
Special Revenue-
Total- $696m
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED:
CONTACT OFFICE: Administrative Support Group
TELEPHONE: (518)486-4662 FAX: (518)486-1027
PROGRAM: School Bus Driver Safety Training Program
DESCRIPTION:
The School Bus Driver Safety Training Program is a comprehensive education program for school bus drivers, monitors, attendants, and school bus driver instructors (SBDIs) in the latest techniques and information concerning safe pupil transportation. The program utilizes a statewide network of approximately 65 master instructors who assist the Department in the development of the annual Professional Development Seminar (PDS). The curriculum developed for this day long training seminar for SBDIs focuses on two to three major topics each year and provides SBDIs with the opportunity to improve their teaching skills. Each year the Department establishes a different safety campaign. SBDIs disseminate the training and information provided in the PDS to all school bus drivers, monitors and attendants when they conduct the two required refresher training sessions for these employees each year.
For the 2012-13 school year SED intends to issue a Request for Proposals (RFPs) to school districts, boards of cooperative educational services (BOCES), and nonprofit agencies to develop new school bus safety training curricula for students in grades kindergarten through twelve, including teenage drivers, walkers and parents. In addition we will issue RFP's to create Internet Versions of the Basic Course of Instruction for Drivers and the Professional Development Seminar for SBDIs, and others to provide for annual updates of the Basic Course and District Safety Review. SED also intends to continue funding for existing contracts for the PDS Curriculum Materials, contract extensions with Safety Rules for new Basic, Advanced, Pre-Services and SBDI Courses, existing contracts for the PDS Program Delivery, SBDI Newsletter and School Bus Driver Database Contracts with Pupil Transportation Safety Institute.
REGENTS GOALS: 1
AUTHORITY:
Federal Statute:
Federal Regulation:
State Statute: Chapter 53 of the Laws of 2008
State Regulation:
FUNDING SOURCE(S):
State- 100%
Federal-
Special Revenue-
Total- $0.4m
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: 300K
CONTACT OFFICE: School Operations and Management Services -
Educational Management Services
TELEPHONE: (518) 474-6541 FAX: (518)
474-1983
PROGRAM: Special Milk Program
DESCRIPTION:
This Program is available to schools that do not participate in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs and for children in half-day pre-kindergarten and half-day kindergarten classes that are in schools with the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs, but who do not have access to the programs. The federal subsidy, per 8 ounces of milk, keeps milk costs lower to families and helps farmers by encouraging the consumption of milk.
REGENTS GOALS: 2; 5
AUTHORITY:
Federal Statute: U.S.
Child Nutrition Act PL 89-642
Federal Regulation: 7 CFR, Chapter
II, Part 215
State Statute:
State Regulation:
FUNDING SOURCE(S):
State-
Federal- 100%
Special Revenue-
Total- $0.62m
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: 3.7 million annually; 22,000 daily
CONTACT OFFICE: School Operations and Management Services - Child
Nutrition Program Administration
TELEPHONE: (518) 473-8781 FAX: (518)
473-0018
PROGRAM: Statewide Longitudinal Data System Recovery Grant
DESCRIPTION:
The creation of a Longitudinal Data System supports the following
education goals for the state:
1. The Expansion of the Current LDS to include student-teacher matching
along with the collection of a new set of data elements to support
continuous improvement.
2. The creation of the “building blocks” for a full P20
system, including a re-engineering of the current P12 system, the creation
of Longitudinal Data Systems for the state’s public university
systems, and an outreach to State Agencies housing workforce, health,
and social service data.
3. The creation of an Instructional Support system providing teachers
and other education professionals with information to support continuous
improvement.
4. The creation of a Data Base to support research and policy analysis.
5. The creation of a system for tracking student progress and outcomes
over time, including students’ preparation to meet the demands
of postsecondary education, the 21st century workforce and the Armed
Forces.
6. The creation of processes to ensure quality and integrity of data
across all systems. The outcomes, products, and processes that will
result from these activities will provide New York State and its residents
with a rich resource. Properly deployed and supported this resource
will enhance the education of children in the state, create an environment
for supporting research and policy analysis, and form a foundation
for the continuous analysis and improvement of the state’s education
structure.
REGENTS GOALS: 1,2
AUTHORITY:
Federal Statute:
Federal Regulation:
State Statute:
State Regulation:
FUNDING SOURCE(S):
State-
Federal- 100%
Special Revenue-
Total- $7.8M
$19.7M
ARRA
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: n/a
CONTACT OFFICE: Information and Reporting Services
TELEPHONE: (518 474-7965) FAX: (518) 474-4351
PROGRAM: Statewide Longitudinal Data System Recovery Grant - ARRA
DESCRIPTION:
The creation of a Longitudinal Data System which supports the following
education goals for the state:
1. The Expansion of the Current LDS to include student-teacher matching
along with the collection of a new set of data elements to support
continuous improvement.
2. The creation of the “building blocks” for a full P20
system, including a re-engineering of the current P12 system, the creation
of Longitudinal Data Systems for the state’s public university
systems, and an outreach to State Agencies housing workforce, health,
and social service data.
3. The creation of an Instructional Support system providing teachers
and other education professionals with information to support continuous
improvement.
4. The creation of a Data Base to support research and policy analysis.
5. The creation of a system for tracking student progress and outcomes
over time, including students’ preparation to meet the demands
of postsecondary education, the 21st century workforce and the Armed
Forces.
6. The creation of processes to ensure quality and integrity of data
across all systems. The outcomes, products, and processes that will
result from these activities will provide New York State and its residents
with a rich resource. Properly deployed and supported this resource
will enhance the education of children in the state, create an environment
for supporting research and policy analysis, and form a foundation
for the continuous analysis and improvement of the state’s education
structure.
REGENTS GOALS: 1,2
AUTHORITY:
Federal Statute:
Federal Regulation:
State Statute:
State Regulation:
FUNDING SOURCE(S):
State-
Federal- 100%
Special Revenue-
Total- $19.7M
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: n/a
CONTACT OFFICE: Information and Reporting Services
TELEPHONE: (518) 474-7965) FAX: (518) 474-4351
PROGRAM: Summer Food Program
DESCRIPTION:
For the past twelve years, New York State has provided additional per meal reimbursement each spring to Summer Food Program sponsors. The reimbursement is for breakfasts, lunches, suppers and/or snacks for each meal that meets meal pattern requirements. In addition, camps and migrant sites receive only this State reimbursement for “fourth meal supplements” which are not eligible for federal reimbursement.
REGENTS GOALS: 2; 5
AUTHORITY:
Federal Statute:
Federal Regulation:
State Statute: Chapter 53 of the Laws of 2004
State Regulation:
FUNDING SOURCE(S):
State- 100%
Federal-
Special Revenue-
Total- $3.05m
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: approximately 325,000 per day
CONTACT OFFICE: School Operations and Management Services - Child
Nutrition Program Administration
TELEPHONE: (518) 432-5068 FAX: (518)
432-5069
PROGRAM: Summer Food Services Program (SFSP)
DESCRIPTION:
On October 1, 1998, the New York State Education Department assumed responsibility for all schools and government entities in New York State participating in the SFSP. On October 1, 2002, the Education Department began administering the SFSP for sponsors that are private, nonprofit organizations and residential camps. The Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act of 2004 reauthorized funding for SFSP through fiscal year 2009. This was extended through 2010 and is currently available through December 5, 2010.
The SFSP provides nutritious meals for low-income children in the summer when school is not in session. In 2010 in New York State, 302 sponsors served approximately 325,000 children in 3,035 sites. The SFSP in New York State is the largest in the Country.
The 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, commonly called the Welfare Reform Act, reduced federal subsidies that sponsors receive for meals served and eliminated the federal subsidy for a fourth daily meal provided in summer camps and programs that primarily service migrant children. Since 1997, the New York State Legislature has appropriated $3.3 million for SFSP sponsors every year to help offset the federal cuts in reimbursement. In 2008, the amount was reduced to 3,234,000. It was also reduced 1.1 percent for claims after September 16, 2010.
There is a growing concern that despite outreach initiatives, on average, only one in six children eligible for free and reduced priced meals during the school year participates in SFSP.
The State Education Department focuses its attention on increasing the number of sponsors and sites in both urban and rural areas to encourage increased participation by needy children throughout the State. The State Education Department also focuses on increasing the number of service days by existing sponsors. A variety of outreach initiatives including subway posters and public service announcements in English and Spanish are implemented. A variety of strategies are used to target low-income families to make them aware of the nutrition benefits available for their children so they return to school in September well nourished and ready to learn.
REGENTS GOALS: 2; 5
AUTHORITY:
Federal Statute: National
School Lunch Act
Federal Regulation: 7 CFR 225
State Statute:
State Regulation:
FUNDING SOURCE(S):
State- 7%
Federal- 93%
Special Revenue-
Total- $41m
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: 16 million
CONTACT OFFICE: School Operations and Management Services - Child
Nutrition Program Administration
TELEPHONE: (518) 432-5068 FAX: (518)
432-5069
PROGRAM: The Children's Institute (formerly the Primary Mental Health Project)
DESCRIPTION:
The Children’s Institute has developed and provided prevention-oriented programs based on sound research to children since 1957. Several structured prevention and early intervention programs are provided to students, including:
- Primary Project - A program developed for the early detection
and prevention of school adjustment and learning problems in primary
grade children.
- A.C.T.- For the Children (Assisting Children Through Transition) -
An interdisciplinary parent education program designed to provide separating
parents with information and skills to reduce the stress of family change and
protect their children from ongoing conflict.
- Resiliency Program - A program that uses the results of research in
factors affecting resiliency to address the needs of children placed at risk
by their environment.
- Study Buddy Program - A program that pairs primary grade students for
class work.
- Pre-K Preliminary Project - An extension of Primary Project that has
been adopted for four-year-old children.
The Children’s Institute has proven effective at both improving educational achievement and behavioral adjustment. Using a prevention-oriented approach, the Children’s Institute emphasizes:
- A focus on young children before problems root.
- The provision of active screening to identify children experiencing
significant early school adjustment problems.
- Services to identify children through the use of carefully selected,
trained and supervised nonprofessional help agents.
REGENTS GOALS: 5; 9
AUTHORITY:
Federal Statute:
Federal Regulation:
State Statute: Chapter 53 of the Laws of 2002
State Regulation:
FUNDING SOURCE(S):
State- 100%
Federal-
Special Revenue-
Total- $0.89m
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: n/a
CONTACT OFFICE: Office of School Innovation - Student Support Services
TELEPHONE: (518) 486-6090 FAX: (518)
474-8299
PROGRAM: Teacher Resource and Computer Training Centers
DESCRIPTION:
Teacher Resource and Computer Training Centers were established by the New York State Legislature in 1984 to provide systematic, ongoing professional education services to the State's teachers. The initial appropriation of $3.5 million established 44 Teacher Centers throughout the State. The 2009-2010 allocation of $40 million supports 133 Centers, which serve some 662 public school districts, 35 boards of cooperative educational services (BOCES), and over 1,000 nonpublic and charter schools across all regions of the State. More than 250,000 educators have access to Teacher Centers’ services. The benefits they derive are passed on in the form of improved education for some 2,500,000 students across New York State.
Teacher Centers are unique in their approach to providing professional development, since they are governed by a policy board, which by law, is composed of at least 51 percent teachers. Each Center provides services to its constituents based on locally determined needs.
REGENTS GOALS: 3
AUTHORITY:
Federal Statute:
Federal Regulation:
State Statute: Education Law §316
State Regulation: 8NYCRR
Part 81
FUNDING SOURCE(S):
State- 100%
Federal-
Special Revenue-
Total- $10.2m
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: 250,000 teachers/educators
CONTACT OFFICE: Office of Curriculum and Instructional Support - Planning
and Professional Development
TELEPHONE: (518) 473-7155 FAX: (518)
486-5295
PROGRAM: Title I, Part A - Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Education Agencies
DESCRIPTION:
The purpose of Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) is to ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education and reach, at a minimum, proficiency in challenging State academic achievement standards and State academic assessments. It provides financial assistance through State education agencies to local educational agencies to meet the educational needs of children who are failing, or are most at risk of failing the State’s challenging academic achievement standards and State academic assessments in schools with high concentrations of children from low-income families.
REGENTS GOALS: 1; 2; 3; 4
AUTHORITY:
Federal Statute: NCLB
2002 PL 107-110
Federal Regulation:
State Statute:
State Regulation:
FUNDING SOURCE(S):
State-
Federal- 100%
Special Revenue-
Total- $1.09b
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: approximately 950,000
CONTACT OFFICE: Office of Accountability- Title I School and Community
Services
TELEPHONE: (518) 473-0295 FAX: (518)
486-1762
PROGRAM: Title I, Part A - School Improvement -Accountability
DESCRIPTION:
Title I School Improvement funds are to be used to support local educational agencies (LEAs) that:
- Serve the lowest achieving schools.
- Demonstrate the greatest need for such funding.
- Demonstrate the strongest commitment to ensuring that such funds are
used to enable the lowest achieving schools to meet the progress goals in their
school improvement plans.
A portion of the Title I allocation (4 percent) is set aside, as required by federal legislation, for this purpose in order to increase the opportunity for all students in such schools to meet New York State’s high content and student performance standards. The law further requires that the State education agency allocate funds to the LEAs for schools identified as Priority and Focus Schools.
The funding is for designated LEAs and schools to support the implementation of the goals identified in the required District Comprehensive Improvement Plans (DCIP) and School Comprehensive Education Plans (SCIP) under the Elementary and Secondary Education (ESEA) Act, §1116(b), as modified by the ESEA Flexibility Waiver (May 2012) .
REGENTS GOALS: 1; 2; 3; 4
AUTHORITY:
Federal Statute: ESEA
Act of 2001, PL 107-334, §Title I, 1003(a)
Federal Regulation: 34 CFR Parts
200, 201, 203, 205 and 212
State Statute:
State Regulation:
FUNDING SOURCE(S):
State-
Federal- 100%
Special Revenue-
Total- $39.2m
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: n/a
CONTACT OFFICE: Office of Accountability - Title I School and Community
Services
TELEPHONE: (518) 473-0295 FAX: (518)
486-1762
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.
Educational and support 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- $10.1m
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: 8,000
CONTACT OFFICE: Office of Accountability - Title I School and Community
Services
TELEPHONE: (518) 473-0295 FAX: (518)
486-1762
PROGRAM: Title I, Part G Advance Placement Test Fee Program
DESCRIPTION:
The purposes of this part are —
(1) to support local efforts to raise academic standards through advanced
placement programs, and thus further increase the number of students
who participate and succeed in advanced placement programs;
(2) to encourage more students who take advanced placement courses
each year but do not take advanced placement exams each year, to demonstrate
their achievements through taking the exams;
(3) to build on the many benefits of advanced placement programs for
students, which benefits may include the acquisition of skills that
are important to many employers, Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores
that are 100 points above the national averages, and the achievement
of better grades in secondary school and in college than the grades
of students who have not participated in the programs;
(4) to increase the availability and broaden the range of schools,
including middle schools, that have advanced placement and pre-advanced
placement programs;
(5) to demonstrate that larger and more diverse groups of students
can participate and succeed in advanced placement programs;
(6) to provide greater access to advanced placement and pre-advanced
placement courses and highly trained teachers for low-income and other
disadvantaged students;
(7) to provide access to advanced placement courses for secondary school
students at schools that do not offer advanced placement programs,
increase the rate at which secondary school students participate in
advanced placement courses, and increase the numbers of students who
receive advanced placement test scores for which college academic credit
is awarded;
(8) to increase the participation of low-income individuals in taking
advanced placement tests through the payment or partial payment of
the costs of the advanced placement test fees; and
(9) to increase the number of individuals that achieve a baccalaureate
or advanced degree, and to decrease the amount of time such individuals
require to attain such degrees.
The
REGENTS GOALS: 1,2
AUTHORITY:
Federal Statute: No
Child Left Behind Act of 2001 PL 107-110, Sect 1702
Federal Regulation:
State Statute:
State Regulation:
FUNDING SOURCE(S):
State-
Federal- 100%
Special Revenue-
Total- $2.6M
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: n/a
CONTACT OFFICE: Office of Curriculum, Instruction, and Field Services
TELEPHONE: (518)474-5922 FAX: (518)473-4884
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 32,000
CONTACT OFFICE: Office of Accountability- Title I School and Community
Services
TELEPHONE: (518) 473-0295 FAX: (518)
486-1762
PROGRAM: Title I, Section 1003(g)
DESCRIPTION:
In April 2010, the United States Department of Education (USDE) awarded the New York State Education Department (SED) over $308 million in School Improvement Grant (SIG) funds under Section 1003(g) to support dramatic school change efforts in New York’s Persistently Lowest Achieving (PLA) schools. In May of 2012, USDE approved SED’s Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Flexibility Waiver. This waiver allowed SED to revise the state’s accountability system, replacing schools in improvement, corrective action, restructuring and persistently lowest achieving schools, with Focus Schools and Districts, and Priority Schools.
To be eligible for funding, districts and schools must identify and
commit to implement one of four USDE prescribed intervention models
in Priority Schools:
Turnaround
Restart
Transformation
School Closure
Districts that can demonstrate the ability to fully and effectively implement one or more of the school intervention models are awarded 1003(g) School Improvement implementation grants for three school years, in an amount of up to $2 million per approved school, per school year.
More information on the intervention model requirements, as well as guidance on implementation, can be found at: http://www.p12.nysed.gov/accountability/T1/titleia/sig1003g/home.html.
REGENTS GOALS: 1, 2, and 3
AUTHORITY:
Federal Statute: No
Child Left Behind Act of 2001 PL 107-110
Federal Regulation:
State Statute:
State Regulation: Commissioner’s
Regulation 100.2(p)
FUNDING SOURCE(S):
State-
Federal- 100%
Special Revenue-
Total- $39.3m
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: Currently, 96 schools
CONTACT OFFICE: Office of Accountability- 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- $183.9m
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: 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 Accountability
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- $7.6m
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: For 2010-11: 2,810 participants in the statewide program included teachers, administrators, and non-teaching coaches; participants were affiliated with 1,161 public schools and 40 non-public schools. Almost all the public school participants came from high-need schools.
CONTACT OFFICE: Office of Curriculum, Assessment, and Educational Technology—Curriculum and Instruction
TELEPHONE: (518) 474-5922 FAX: (518) 486-1385
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- $52.7M
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: n/a
CONTACT OFFICE: Office of Accountability - Bilingual Education
TELEPHONE: (518) 474-8775 FAX: (518)
473-4678
PROGRAM: Title IV, Part B - 21st Century Community Learning Centers
DESCRIPTION:
The 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program is authorized under Title IV, Part B, of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. The purpose of this competitive grant Program is to create community learning centers that provide academic enrichment opportunities to students who attend high-poverty and low-performing schools so that they can meet State and local standards in core academic areas. In addition, these centers will offer a broad array of enrichment activities that can complement the regular academic program, and promote social and emotional development, as well as provide literacy and other educational services to families of students who participate in this Program. Services must be offered during non-school hours or periods when school is not in session, including before school, after school, evenings, weekends and during the summer. SED oversees the administration of 185 programs hiring 507 sites that serve 55,000 students.
REGENTS GOALS: 1
AUTHORITY:
Federal Statute: No
Child Left Behind Act PL 107-110, Title IV, Part B
Federal Regulation:
State Statute:
State Regulation:
FUNDING SOURCE(S):
State-
Federal- 100%
Special Revenue-
Total- $82.9m
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: n/a
CONTACT OFFICE: Office of School Innovation - Student Support Services
TELEPHONE: (518) 486-6090 FAX: (518)
474-8299
PROGRAM: Title VI, Part B, Subpart 2 - Rural and Low-Income School Program
DESCRIPTION:
The purpose is to improve student achievement. Funds may be used to support a variety of activities, including:
- Teacher recruitment and retention.
- Teacher professional development.
- Educational technology.
- Parental involvement activities.
- Title I School Improvement.
- Other activities authorized under Title I-Part A, Title III-
Part A; Title IV-Part A.
REGENTS GOALS: 1; 2; 3
AUTHORITY:
Federal Statute: No
Child Left Behind PL 107-110
Federal Regulation:
State Statute:
State Regulation:
FUNDING SOURCE(S):
State-
Federal- 100%
Special Revenue-
Total- $1.2m
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: formula allocations for rural LEA's meeting specified geographic, demographic, and fiscal criteria
CONTACT OFFICE: Office of Instructional Support and Development-Teacher
Quality and Professional Development.
TELEPHONE: (518) 473-7155 FAX: (518)
486-5295
PROGRAM: Title X, Part C - Homeless Education
DESCRIPTION:
The purpose of the McKinney-Vento Education of Homeless Children and Youth Act is to ensure that all homeless children have equal access to the same free appropriate public education, including public preschool education, provided to children and youth who are permanently housed. The Education of Homeless Children and Youth program provides funds to school districts to develop and implement strategies and model programs which “facilitate the enrollment, attendance and success in school of homeless children and youth.” Funds may be used for educational services (including tutoring); expedited evaluations; awareness training; health services; excess cost of transportation; early childhood programs; record keeping; parent programs; coordinating services; violence prevention; providing supplies, services and learning environments at shelters and other temporary housing facilities.
REGENTS GOALS: 1; 4
AUTHORITY:
Federal Statute: No
Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Title X, Part C
Federal Regulation:
State Statute: Education Law §§1502 and 3602
State Regulation:
FUNDING SOURCE(S):
State-
Federal- 100%
Special Revenue-
Total- $3.8m
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: SY 2010-11; 41,670 (Number of students served by 34 programs that include174 LEAs funded by the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act)
CONTACT OFFICE: Office of Accountability - Title I School and Community
Services
TELEPHONE: (518) 474-0295 FAX: (518)
486-1762