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Title I

 

  • School Site Council (SSC) Schools receiving Title I funds must maintain a SSC to advise the school for all programs funded through the federal funds’ ConApp. For more information on the School Site Council, click here.
  • Home-School Compact - available at the bottom of this page.
  • Parent Engagement Policy - available at the bottom of this page.

  • School Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA) - effective in 2018, single-school districts such as Birmingham were permitted to address the ten priorities of Title I in our Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP). Since the requirement to prepare an LCAP for the 2019-2020 school year was suspended due to COVID-19 restrictions, an updated SPSA is required. The 2020-2021 SPSA is available at the bottom of this page.

Purpose:

…to help ensure that all children meet challenging state academic standard

 -from Every Student Succeeds Act  (ESSA) 2015                    

 

The Goals of Title I:

  •      Increase academic achievement
  •      Provide direct instructional support to students
  •      Provide professional development to teachers
  •      Narrow achievement gap of subgroups
  •      Promote parent education
  •      Develop parent engagement
     
Important section in Elementary & Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1963:
  •      Provides supplemental federal funds.
  •      Serves educational needs of low-achieving students in highest-poverty schools.
     
Allocation of Title I Funds based on:
  •       NSLP Eligibility–at least 50% of students eligible for free/reduced price meal; and
  •       CalWORKS