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Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, US Department of Education, 2024
This guidance is intended to clarify that the Head Start Program Performance Standards (HSPPS) in 45 C.F.R. Part 1302 Subpart C--Education and Child Development Program Services are required for preschool programs supported with funds under Title I, Part A (Title I) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA); and provide…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Social Services
Hagan, Katherine; Jarmolowski, Hannah; Roza, Marguerite – Building State Capacity and Productivity Center, 2019
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires that state education agencies (SEAs) conduct periodic resource allocation reviews (RARs) in districts that serve low-performing schools. The mandate represents a new opportunity for states and districts to examine the connection between resource allocation and academic outcomes, but the language of…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, Resource Allocation, Guidelines, Educational Legislation
Gordon, Dan; Worley, Sean – Council of Chief State School Officers, 2020
State education agencies (SEAs) are working to deliver equitable education opportunities to every student, and that can require a hard look at how the agency is managing capacity, coherence, and equity in pursuit of this work. To build capacity, SEAs are taking stock not only of how they are allocating existing resources but also examining how…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, Equal Education, Capacity Building, Resource Allocation
Ball, Wayne; Howard-Brown, Beth; Junk, Kevin – Region 9 Comprehensive Center, 2023
Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) invited 10 districts to participate in a community of practice designed to increase understanding of how to braid and blend federal funds. District teams composed of principals, superintendents, business managers, and other district leaders participated in four 90-minute virtual sessions. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Principals, Superintendents, Administrators
Swanson, Elise; Bettencourt, Genia; Corwin, Zoë; Kezar, Adrianna; Sablan, Jenna; Ward, James – Pullias Center for Higher Education, 2021
This brief is intended as an evidence-based guide for policy analysts and decision makers to inform critical areas in the Higher Education Authorization Act related to racial justice. Our recommendations prioritize combating systemic racism in higher education with a particular focus on disrupting anti-Blackness, though several sections focus on…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Higher Education, Federal Legislation, Social Justice
Education Trust, 2022
Since March 2021, school district leaders have been developing and implementing plans to spend their "ARP dollars," that is, the historic $122 billion allocated from the American Rescue Plan to help districts recover from the devastating effects of the pandemic. The money, also referred to as ESSER funds (Elementary and Secondary School…
Descriptors: School Districts, Equal Education, Emergency Programs, COVID-19
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, US Department of Education, 2018
This guide aims to help parents understand the flexibility provided to States and school districts in the "Every Student Succeeds Act" (ESSA), which amended the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act," a landmark Federal education law. Parents are the most important advocates for their children. Because States and school…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Tests
Reform Support Network, 2015
How can States address the continual and extraordinary challenge of sustaining and adapting the reforms they have implemented to improve student outcomes? What steps can States take to do so in the face of inevitably evolving conditions--such as a change in resources (for example, the end of a grant), leadership (a transition in personnel or…
Descriptors: Educational Change, State Departments of Education, Outcomes of Education, Resource Allocation
Matthews, Hannah; Schulman, Karen; Vogtman, Julie; Johnson-Staub, Christine; Blank, Helen – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2015
In November 2014, with broad bipartisan support, Congress reauthorized CCDBG [Child Care and Development Block Grant] (the major federal child care program) for the first time since 1996. The new law strengthens CCDBG's dual role as a major early childhood education program and a work support for low-income families. This implementation guide is…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Federal Programs, Program Implementation, Child Care
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. – 1975
Based on the recognition that educationally deprived children can achieve at a "normal" rate when provided comprehensive, innovative program services by a competent staff, compensatory education under the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I (ESEA Title I) aims to increase the academic achievement of eligible project…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Legislation, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education