Title I

Purpose:

Title I, the largest elementary and secondary education program, supplements State and local funding for low-achieving children, especially in high-poverty schools. The program finances the additional support and learning opportunities that are often required to help disadvantaged students meet challenging State academic content and student achievement standards.

How funds are distributed:

The Title I program provides financial assistance through State educational agencies (SEAs) to be allocated to local educational agencies (LEAs) and public schools based on the percentage of poor children.

LEAs are required to provide services for eligible private school students, as well as eligible public school students.

LEAs allocate funds to the public schools within their jurisdiction with the highest percentages of children from low income families.

Can I use Title I funds to purchase Vocabulary and SpellingCity?

YES! Vocabulary and SpellingCity is excellent as a supplemental activity to your core Language Arts curriculum. It provides additional learning opportunities not only during the school day but afterschool and during summer school as well.

How funds may be spent:

More than 50,000 public schools across the country use Title I funds to provide additional academic support and learning opportunities to help low-achieving children master challenging curricula and meet state standards in core academic subjects.

Funds support extra instruction in reading and mathematics, as well as special preschool, afterschool, and summer programs to extend and reinforce the regular school curriculum.

Title I schools with a poverty level of 40% or greater can use their Title I funds, along with other funds, to operate a school-wide program to upgrade instruction for all children in the schools.

Schools with less than 40% poverty, or those that choose not to operate a school-wide program, operate a targeted assistance program providing Title I services for children who are failing, or most at risk of failing, to meet State academic standards.

Title I regulations require school districts to provide services to all schools where at least 75% of students qualify for free or reduced price meals.

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