FACE is an essential component of improving outcomes for children and youth. Effective family and community engagement is a reciprocal and essential partnership among families, communities and schools that reflects a shared responsibility to foster children's development and learning.
We recently received information from the U.S. Department of Education (ED) regarding Arizona’s 2022 Census Data that would be used by ED for the calculation of FY25 (2024-2025 school year) Title I, Part A allocations. Please note that these data impact Census LEA's (non-Charter LEA entities).
In 1988, P.L. 100-297 authorized the State Department of Education to establish a Title I Committee of Practitioners (COP). The law requires all major proposed or final rules or regulations issued by the state to be reviewed by the Committee of Practitioners. Beginning in FY1998, the COP became a cross-programmatic committee. Under NCLB, renamed ESSA, the COP covers all ESSA programs that are in the Consolidated Plan.
In accordance with this statute, each such committee shall include --
The Academic Achievement unit is responsible for managing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Consolidated Funding Application (Title I-A, Title I-D, Title II-A, Title IV-A, and Title V-B). Part of that responsibility is allocating the funds to the Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) of Arizona. Below, you will find information and resources regarding that allocation process.
A school with a Title I Targeted Assistance program, which is primarily addressed in Section 1115 of Title I, Part A, is one that receives Part A funds, yet is ineligible or has chosen not to operate a Title I schoolwide program. Academic support and services are provided to a select group of students identified as failing – or at most risk of failing – to meet the State's challenging content and student performance standards in reading and mathematics.
