NCLB Title I Funding and Use 4 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Under NCLB, how must LEAs that receive Title I funds treat private school students and teachers?
- Private school participants are fully integrated into public school programs
- LEAs must provide equitable services to eligible private school students and teachers (Correct answer)
- Private schools receive a direct cash allocation from the LEA
- Private school participation is optional and at the LEA's discretion without any requirement
Correct answer: LEAs must provide equitable services to eligible private school students and teachers
NCLB requires LEAs to provide equitable Title I services to eligible children and teachers in private schools, though the LEA controls the funds and program.
Question 2: What is the 'hold harmless' provision in Title I funding?
- It protects schools from losing accreditation due to funding cuts
- It ensures LEAs receive no less than a specified percentage of what they received in a prior year (Correct answer)
- It guarantees that Title I schools are immune from state accountability measures
- It prevents the federal government from auditing Title I expenditures
Correct answer: It ensures LEAs receive no less than a specified percentage of what they received in a prior year
The hold harmless provision guarantees that an LEA will not receive less than a certain percentage of its prior-year Title I allocation, protecting against sharp funding drops.
Question 3: Under NCLB, which agency is responsible for monitoring LEA compliance with Title I requirements?
- U.S. Department of Education directly monitors each LEA
- State Education Agencies are primarily responsible for monitoring LEA compliance (Correct answer)
- Local school boards monitor their own LEA compliance independently
- A federally appointed independent auditor monitors all LEAs
Correct answer: State Education Agencies are primarily responsible for monitoring LEA compliance
SEAs have primary responsibility for monitoring LEA compliance with Title I and other NCLB requirements before the federal government steps in.
Question 4: Which of the following activities is an allowable use of the 1% Title I parental involvement set-aside at the LEA level?
- Paying for a professional grant writer
- Training parents to understand state academic standards and assessments (Correct answer)
- Purchasing classroom furniture
- Funding teacher salary increases
Correct answer: Training parents to understand state academic standards and assessments
The parental involvement set-aside may be used to train parents to understand academic standards, assessments, and how to monitor their children's progress.
Question 5: A district receives a Title I audit finding that it used federal funds to pay for services it would have provided anyway with local funds. This violates which NCLB requirement?
- Comparability requirement
- Supplement-not-supplant requirement (Correct answer)
- Highly qualified teacher requirement
- Adequate yearly progress requirement
Correct answer: Supplement-not-supplant requirement
Using Title I funds to pay for services the district would have provided with local money violates the supplement-not-supplant requirement.
Question 6: Under NCLB, 'targeted grants' in Title I are designed to direct more funds to LEAs with:
- The largest geographic area
- Higher concentrations of children from low-income families (Correct answer)
- The most schools that have failed AYP
- The greatest number of English language learners
Correct answer: Higher concentrations of children from low-income families
Targeted grants weight the formula to send proportionally more funds to LEAs where children from low-income families represent a higher percentage of enrollment.
Question 7: If a student attends a Title I school that has not made AYP for three consecutive years, what additional intervention must the district offer?
- School closure and student reassignment
- Supplemental educational services from an approved provider (Correct answer)
- Assignment of a state-appointed principal
- Mandatory extended school year program
Correct answer: Supplemental educational services from an approved provider
After three consecutive years of not making AYP, Title I schools must offer supplemental educational services (tutoring) from state-approved providers to eligible students.
NCLB Title I Funding and Use 4
Under NCLB, how must LEAs that receive Title I funds treat private school students and teachers?