VISION
To provide access, equity, and opportunity to ensure all students succeed.
WHAT IS TITLE I...
The purpose of Title I, Part A is to provide resources to schools and districts to ensure that all children have a fair, equitable, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education and close educational achievement gaps.
Title I, Part A is the largest federal program supporting both elementary and secondary education. The program's resources are allocated based upon the poverty rate.
Title I, Part A is intended to support LEA's in:
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Improving teaching by promoting effective instruction for at-risk children and for enriched and accelerated programs;
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Encouraging school-based improvement planning:
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Establishing accountability based on results;
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Promoting meaningful parent and family engagement;
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Coordinating with health and social services agencies.
Monitoring of federal programs is conducted to ensure that: (1) every child has a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education; (2) programs comply with federal requirements that are most closely related to positive outcomes for students; and (3) taxpayer dollars are administered and used in accordance with how Congress and the United States Department of Education intended.