NCLB Title I Funding and Use 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which of the following is NOT an allowable use of Title I funds under NCLB?
- Hiring instructional aides for reading support
- Purchasing supplemental instructional materials
- Constructing a new school building (Correct answer)
- Providing extended learning time programs
Correct answer: Constructing a new school building
Title I funds cannot be used for construction of new school facilities; they must be used for instructional and supplemental services.
Question 2: What is the purpose of the Title I set-aside for parental involvement activities?
- To fund parent field trips
- To involve parents in the education of their children and build capacity for involvement (Correct answer)
- To pay parent salaries for volunteering
- To purchase materials for parent resource centers only
Correct answer: To involve parents in the education of their children and build capacity for involvement
The parental involvement set-aside is meant to build capacity for parental involvement and to involve parents as partners in their children's education.
Question 3: Under NCLB's supplement-not-supplant requirement, Title I funds must NOT be used to:
- Provide additional instructional resources beyond what the school would otherwise have
- Replace state or local funding that would otherwise be provided to a school (Correct answer)
- Pay for tutoring services that the district doesn't otherwise offer
- Fund extended learning time programs
Correct answer: Replace state or local funding that would otherwise be provided to a school
The supplement-not-supplant rule prohibits using Title I funds to replace state or local funding that would otherwise be available to the school.
Question 4: How are Title I concentration grants calculated differently from basic grants?
- They are based on the total number of formula children regardless of concentration
- They target funds to areas where the number or percentage of low-income children exceeds certain thresholds (Correct answer)
- They are evenly distributed among all LEAs in the state
- They are allocated based solely on state population
Correct answer: They target funds to areas where the number or percentage of low-income children exceeds certain thresholds
Concentration grants direct extra funds to LEAs where the number or percentage of low-income children exceeds specified thresholds, targeting the neediest areas.
Question 5: An LEA receiving Title I funds must have an LEA plan that includes all of the following EXCEPT:
- Description of how Title I funds will be coordinated with other federal programs
- List of all students' social security numbers for tracking purposes (Correct answer)
- Description of how the LEA will provide high-quality professional development
- How the LEA will implement public school choice provisions
Correct answer: List of all students' social security numbers for tracking purposes
LEA plans under NCLB do not require social security numbers; they focus on instructional strategies, coordination, and compliance with statutory requirements.
Question 6: When must a Title I school offer public school choice to students?
- After any single year of not meeting state standards
- After failing to make AYP for two consecutive years in the same subject (Correct answer)
- Only when the state determines it is necessary
- After three years of declining test scores
Correct answer: After failing to make AYP for two consecutive years in the same subject
Under NCLB, schools that fail to make AYP for two consecutive years in the same subject or indicator must offer public school choice.
Question 7: Which of the following best describes a 'comprehensive school reform' model allowed under Title I?
- Replacing the entire school staff each year
- Adopting a research-based, whole-school change strategy that addresses all aspects of schooling (Correct answer)
- Focusing exclusively on mathematics improvement
- Implementing after-school tutoring programs only
Correct answer: Adopting a research-based, whole-school change strategy that addresses all aspects of schooling
Comprehensive school reform uses research-based, whole-school approaches that address curriculum, instruction, professional development, and family involvement simultaneously.
NCLB Title I Funding and Use 3
Which of the following is NOT an allowable use of Title I funds under NCLB?