A federal assistance program providing services in needy schools.
Title I is the largest and oldest federal program for funding education. Established in 1965, Title I serves as the cornerstone for the NO Child Left Behind Act of 2001(NCLB). The Department of Education serves over 50,000 Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) with Title I funds.
The goal of Title I is to ensure that all students, especially those from a lower economic status receive a fair, equal and significant opportunity to a acquire a high-quality education.
A Title I Schoolwide program is a method of delivering Title I services in eligible schools. It allows the school to address the educational needs of children living in the impoverished communities with comprehensive strategies for improving the entire school so every student achieves the high levels of academic proficiency.
Schoolwide programs have great latitude to determine how to organize their operations and allocate the multiple funding sources available to them. They do not have to identify particular children as eligible for services or separately track federal dollars. Instead, Schoolwide programs can use all allocated funds to increase the amount and quality of learning time. In this way, they can embrace a high-quality curriculum, according to a comprehensive plan that ensures that all children meet the state's challenging academic standards.
Schoolwide programs serve all children in a school. All staff, resources, and classes are part of the overall Schoolwide program. The purpose is to generate high levels of academic achievement in core subject areas for all students, especially those students most in need. This purpose is achieved through:
High quality instruction
Comprehensive reform strategies and methods that are based on the use of scientifically based research
Strategies and methods to improve teacher quality and professional development
Make sure homeless children and unaccompanied youth have access to public school educational programs and services that allow them to meet the same challenging state academic standards to which all students are held.
Title V is the Rural and Low-Income School Progam. It is intended to meet the unique needs of rural and low-income districts by providing resources and flexibility to supplement selected No Child Left Behind priorities.