Grant Descriptions
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Title I and McKinney-Vento
Title I targets schools whose needs are the greatest based on free and reduced lunch percentage rates supporting both elementary and secondary education. In SCPS, Title I focuses on providing additional instructional time and resources to elementary schools to help ensure that all children meet challenging state academic standards. Title I programs focus on a school's lowest performing students, and those found to be most at risk of not meeting state academic standards. Title I in SCPS also focuses resources on targeting educational needs of English Learners and McKinney-Vento students. The McKinney-Vento grant provides funds to address the educational and related needs of homeless children and youth.
Title II
Title II funds are used to increase student academic achievement through improving principal leadership and teacher quality. This includes helping increase the retention and qualification of teachers in the classrooms, helping train paraprofessionals, and aiding in the effectiveness of principals and assistant principals.
Title III
Title III funds are used to enhance the instructional opportunities for the education of English Learners (ELs) and immigrant students by helping them become proficient in English and to meet state academic standards. Title III programs promote familial and community participation in the education of ELs.
Title IV-A
The Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants (Title IV, Part A) program provides funds for programs and activities to improve students' academic achievement by increasing the capacity of local school divisions to:
- Provide all students with a well-rounded education;
- Improve school conditions for learning; and
- Improve the use of technology in order to improve the academic achievement and digital literacy of all students.
Title IV-B
The 21st Century Community Learning Centers program supports the creation of opportunities for academic enrichment during non-school hours for children, particularly students who attend high-poverty and low-performing schools. The program helps students meet state and local standards in core academic subjects, such as reading and mathematics; offers students enrichment activities that complement regular academic programs; and offers literacy and other educational services to the families of participating children.
Title VI-B
Title VI supports such things as early-childhood and family programs, academic enrichment programs, curriculum development, professional development, family literacy services, science and mathematics enrichment programs, remedial programs, culturally related activities, beginning literacy skills in grades K-3, the needs of at-risk children and youth, etc.
Preschool
Preschool funds are used in accordance with the regulations set forth by the IDEA to provide special education and related services to children with disabilities from ages 2 to 5. Children who are found eligible for these services must turn 2 before September 30 of the given school year. These funds are used to purchase equipment, educational materials, and to provide additional paraprofessional support if required in a student's IEP.
Head Start
Head Start funds are used to promote school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of low-income children through the provision of comprehensive health, educational, nutritional, social and other services; and to involve parents in their children's learning and to help parents make progress toward their educational, literacy and employment goals. Head Start also emphasizes the significant involvement of parents in the administration of their local Head Start programs.
Perkins
The Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 provides funds for the improvement of secondary career and technical education programs. The purpose is to develop more fully the academic, career, and technical skills of secondary students who elect to enroll in career and technical education programs.
Education Stabalization Funds
The Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA) Act was signed into law on December 27, 2020. The CRRSA Act includes an additional $82 billion in education stabilization funds. CRRSA Act Emergency and Secondary School Education Relief (ESSER) II and Governor's Emergency Education Relief (GEER) II funds can be used for the same programs and activities as the CARES Act funds. On March 11, 2021, the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) was signed into law with $125 billion set aside for ESSER III funds. Allowable uses of the funds include:
- Supporting remote learning through educational technology, including hardware, software, connectivity, assistive technology, and adaptive equipment;
- Supporting the diverse needs of all students during school closure and when students return to school, which may include mental health services and supports, provisions for meal distribution, and services allowable under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act;
- Planning for and implementing extended learning and summer learning;
- Addressing learning loss among students;
- School facility repairs and improvements to enable operation of schools to reduce risk of virus transmission and exposure to environmental health hazards, and projects to improve the air quality in school facilities; and,
- Other activities that are necessary to maintain operations and continuity of services and continuing to employ existing staff.