Presentation to the Providence School Board:

June 18, 2012

2012-2013 Federal Budget:Preliminary Overview

Federal Funding Sources – CRP

Funding Source

PurposeFY12

AllocationsFY13 Allocations Change from ‘12

Title IImproving the academic

achievement of disadvantaged students

$ 21,639,989 $ 19,812,945 $ (1,827,044)Title II

Teacher Quality/Class Size

$ 3,579,927 $ 3,403,697 $ (176,230)Title III

Limited English Proficient

$ 886,846 $ 955,187 $ 68,341IDEA Special Education $ 6,546,810 $ 6,171,612 $(375.198)IDEA

PreschoolSpecial Education $ 203,645 $ 197,635 $ (7,480)

TOTAL: $32,857,217 $ 30,539,606 $ (2,317,611)

How is Education Funded in Rhode Island?

1. Local money: funds from Providence property taxes, car taxes, etc.

2. State Money: funds from the State of Rhode Island

3. Federal money: funds provided from the federal government for additional programs and support

Federal funds can be used to:Federal funds can be used to:

Federal funds cannot be used to:Federal funds cannot be used to:

Fund “supplementary” programs;

Fund “supplementary” materials and staff; and

Fund programs that specifically support students with the greatest academic need.

Federal funds should be used to carry out activities in the School Improvement Plan (SIP)

Federal funds cannot be used to:

Carry out activities that are required by State law, regulations or union contracts;

Replace or rehire teaching positions or local other activities that have been cut; or

Purchase “core” materials or services for students and classrooms;

Use of Federal Funds

“Supplement, Not Supplant”

What does “Supplement, Not Supplant” mean?

federal funds must enhance or increase the level of funding which is normally available from state or local sources;

federal funds must not replace state and local funds.

Title I Required Reserves

Choice/Supplemental Education Services – 20% of total allocation (Note: The U.S. Department of Education approved Rhode Island’s request for flexibility under NCLB; details regarding the granting of this waiver are forthcoming).

Professional Development – 10% for districts/schools in need of improvement

Parental Involvement – not less than 1%, 95% of the 1% must be distributed to schools

Private School Services – sufficient for the provision of equitable services as compared to Providence students, to include parental involvement services

Neglected/Delinquent Youth – as necessary to provide comparable services; PSD reserves $15K for additional services to students living in neglected facilities

Homeless Services – not required, however PSD sets aside approx. $10K-$15K to provide additional services to support students experiencing homelessness

Broad Parameters for ReinvestmentBroad Parameters for Reinvestment

Funds may not be used to:Funds may not be used to:

Focused on clearly defined school and district improvement strategies. Explicit connection to

improvement plans for Priority, Focus and Warning schools

Responsive to the needs of traditionally underserved populations.

Focused upon direct services to students and classroom teachers.

Support improvement initiatives in which the primary

beneficiary are non-identified schools;

With little or no clear relationship to the reasons for school or district identification; or

That focus primarily upon building district level capacity without corresponding investment in building-level support.

Funds Previously Reserved for Choice and SES

School Level AllocationFY11 SLA--$11,535,750

FY12 SLA--$11,933,400

Schools receive per pupil based upon poverty bands.

•90% or higher—Band 1

•80%-89%--Band 2

•70%-79%--Band 3

Per pupil determined by amount needed to support all initiatives and stable amount of discretionary funds.

1. Enrollment data used to calculate poverty % at each school.

2. Office of Federal Programs constructs budgets based upon District initiatives that result in

• direct services benefiting schools (programs, services and personnel)

3. Principal receives a summary of data used to calculate the school level Title I allocation inclusive of District initiatives and discretionary funds.

4. Discretionary funds result from the balance of District initiatives and school –level personnel costs.

• Schools are responsible for preparing and submitting a budget for approval;

• Budgeted activities must support school-wide Title I plan/school improvement plan.

Non-Public SchoolsFY12

78 School contacted to participate in Title I

30 accepted invitations to participated

24 actually participated

726 non-public students met Title I poverty guidelines resulting in an allocation of $441,050

29 Non-Publics received a total of $247,500 in Title II allocations

District receives enrollment report from RIDE for all schools in RI that have Providence resident students.

The District contacts all the schools to see if they would like to participate in Title I. PPSD determines school attendance area of

each non public student that qualifies for free/reduced lunch. 

The non public school receives a per pupil amount that is equivalent to the public school in the students attendance area.

The non public schools also receive Title I funds for parent involvement and PD.

District contacts 38 Non Public/Private Providence schools to see if they wish to participate in Title II.  29 out of 38 agreed to participate.    18 of the 29 also received Title I funds.

In total between Title I & Title II the District engages 35 non public/private schools.

Focus of the FY13 CRP

Implementation of key district strategies and initiatives to create dramatic positive improvement in student outcomes:I.Curriculum , Instruction & Assessment

o Rigorous and relevant curricula aligned to performance standards for K-12 instructiono Transition to Common Core in English language arts

o Research-based instructional programs, strategies, practices and toolso Comprehensive Assessment System which supports screening, progress monitoring,

benchmarking, and end-of-course assessments of student learning across time

II.Student Supports and Services o Multi-tiered Support System providing Academic and Social/Emotional programs and

interventions o Programs to support English Language Learnerso Virtual Credit Recovery and Learning Recoveryo Transition Supports and Programs

III.Aligned and Differentiated Professional Developmento Comprehensive, ongoing training aligned to district initiatives and targeted school-based

needso Educator evaluation supports

IV.School Intervention and Innovation Initiatives o Lead partners and EMOs provide direct support and oversight of clusters of schools

V.Expanded Learning Opportunitieso Investing in innovations that promote in-school and out-of-school learning opportunities

Federal Funding Sources – Other Allocations

Funding Source Purpose FY12 Allocations FY13 Allocation

Perkinsto develop more fully the academic,

career, and technical skills of secondary and postsecondary students who elect to

enroll in CTE programs

$ 1,270,463.00 $ 1,300,000.00

SIG 1003(a)

to provide support to schools that have missed Adequate Yearly Progress by providing resources to help schools

overcome barriers to improving academic performance

$ 1,309,200.00 TBDSIG 1003 (g) –

Cohort 1 to provide public school districts with additional funds and resources to assist

their persistently lowest-achieving schools

$ 3,972,909.99 TBDSIG 1003(g) –

Cohort 2$ 1,101,406.00 TBD

RTTT

Supports state and district initiatives in the following areas: curriculum and instruction, instructional management system, educator evaluation, human capital management, and

school transformation

$ 8,518,366.89 (Total direct allocation to district covering 4 year grant period)

Overview of All Federal Funding