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Sec. 1115. Targeted Assistance Programs
- Statute (NCLB Act)
- Regulations
- Non-regulatory Guidance
Schools selected to receive Title I funds that are ineligible for a schoolwide program
or that choose not to operate such a program are targeted assistance schools. These
schools provide supplementary services to eligible children identified as having the
greatest need for special assistance.
Eligible children are children identified by the school as failing or most at risk of
failing, to meet the State’s challenging student performance standards on the basis
of multiple, educationally related, objective criteria established by the local
educational agency and supplemented by the school, except that children from preschool
through grade two shall be selected solely on the basis of such criteria as teacher
judgment, interviews with parents, and developmentally appropriate measures.
Components of a Targeted
Assistance School Program
A.) use program’s
resources to help participating children meet the State’s
challenging student academic achievement standards;
B.)
ensure that planning for students served under this part is
incorporated into existing school planning;
C.) use effective methods
and instructional strategies that are based on scientifically
based research that strengthens the core academic program of the
school and that:
- give primary
consideration to providing extended learning time, such
as an extended school year, before- and after-school,
and summer programs and opportunities;
- help provide an
accelerated, high-quality curriculum, including applied
learning; and
- minimize removing
children from the regular classroom during regular
school hours
D.)
coordinate
with and support the regular education program, which may
include services to assist preschool children in transition from
early childhood programs such as Head
Start, Even Start, Early Reading First or State-run preschool
programs to elementary school programs;
E.) provide instruction by
highly qualified teachers;
F.) provide opportunities
for professional development with resources provided under this
part, and to the extent practicable, from other sources, for
teachers, principals, and paraprofessionals, including, if
appropriate, pupil services personnel, parents, and other staff,
who work with participating children in programs under this
section or in the regular education program;
G.) provide strategies to
increase parental involvement; and
H.) coordinate and
integrate Federal, State and local services and programs,
including programs supported under this Act, violence prevention
programs, nutrition programs, housing programs, Head Start,
adult education, vocational and technical education, and job
training.
Eligible
Children
Examples of Student
Needs Assessment to determine eligibility
Identification Letters
Progress
Reports
Personal
Education Plans
- Example 1
- Example 2
- Example 3
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