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What Does Supplement, Not Supplant Mean?

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Fiscal Requirements• Supplement, not Supplant

– http://www.ed.gov/programs/titleiparta/fiscalguid.doc

• Maintenance of Effort- www.michigan.gov/mde

• Under Offices, click on State Aid & School Finance• See Publications (

Procedures for Determining Maintenance of Effort)

• Districts must demonstrate that the level of state and local funding is maintained from year to year

• Title I Comparability

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Supplementing

• Categorical funds are additional resources to provide targeted services beyond the basic educational program

• Categorical funds do not replace, nor are they a substitute for foundation dollar expenditures

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Supplanting[Title I, Part A Section 1120 A (b)]

• Substituting or replacing funds from non-federal sources (state/local) for existing or previously existing instructional programs or non-instructional services

• Substituting or replacing funds from other federal/state programs required by law for specific categories of students

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Supplement, Not Supplant

• State and local funds must be used for all activities that are a district responsibility

• A district is responsible for all school operating requirements under state and local laws or policy

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District Responsibilities

This includes, but is not limited to:• Basic education classroom teacher

salaries• Support personnel salaries• Administrator salaries• Basic classroom supplies and

materials• Operation and maintenance

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District Responsibilities• Contractual agreements with employees• Transportation• Required state assessments• Training and mentoring new teachers

- District/School accreditation- School improvement planning- Planning and writing the district’s core

curriculum- Complying with P.A. 25 requirements- Training and mentoring new teachers- Professional development for teachers

(minimum 5 day requirement)

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How can LEAs UtilizeTitle II, Part A funds?

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Title II, Part APurposes:• Focus on recruiting and retaining highly-

qualified teachers and principals• Train teachers, paraprofessionals and

administrators• Recruiting and hiring supplementary staff

(to reduce the size of core instructional groups)

• Reduce class size in grades K–3• Build “highly qualified” teachers who

demonstrate a high level of competency in each of the (core) academic subjects

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Title II, Part A Professional Development

Description of Core Academic Subjects –The term “core academic subjects” means English, reading or language arts, mathematics, science, foreign languages, civics and government, economics, arts, history and geography [Section 9101(11)]

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Professional Development

5 Required Days …

Funds can be utilized to facilitate speakers/consultants relative toTitle II, Part A topics

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Title II, Part AProfessional Development

• To improve the knowledge of teachers and principals (if appropriate, paraprofessionals) concerning one or more core academic subjects that the teachers teach

• Can focus on effective strategies, methods and skills, and use of state academic content standards and state assessments

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Title II, Part AProfessional Development

• How to teach and address the needs of students with different learning styles

• To provide training in improving student behavior

• To provide training to enable teachers and principals to involve parents in their child’s education

• How to understand and use data

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Allowable Expenses for Teacher Mentoring

•Guidelines:– The district is required to have new

teacher mentoring•Assign a mentor•At least 15 days of professional development

over 3 years

– Some contracts require mentoring under certain circumstances

– Title I, Part A mentoring must be in addition to the legal requirements

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Allowable Title II, Part A Expenses for

Substitute TeachersGuidelines:• Reasonable and necessary• Substitute services for Title II, Part A Class

size reduction teachers• Substitute services for teachers who are

participating in Title II, Part A funded professional development activities

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Class Size ReductionMDE requirements:• CSR is identified in needs assessment• CSR is allowed:

– Only in grades K-3– Where adding teacher reduces class size to

17 or less– When serving high risk students– When sustained over multiple years– When instructional strategies are changed

Impact on achievement must be measurable