Federal Legislation & Guidance

ESSA

​The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education will submit the ESSA Consolidated State Plan to the United States Department of Education on September 18, 2017. 

• Public Law 114-95 - Elementary and Secondary Education Act
• Early Learning in the Every Student Succeeds Act
• Title I, Part A:  Schoolwide
• Title II, Part A
• Title III
• Title IV, Part A:  Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program
• Fiscal Changes and Equitable Services
• Foster Care
• Homeless
• Stakeholder Engagement

NCLB

• Administrative Manual January 2015 - Program Guidance
• Public Law 107-110 -No Child Left Behind, 01/08/02
• No Child Left Behind, A Desktop Reference, 09/2002
• Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Education Agencies
• A Toolkit for Teachers, 2004
• No Child Left Behind, A Teachers Toolkit, (USDE), 08/03
• No Child Left Behind, A Parents Guide, (USDE), 06/03
• Guidance for Adjusting Allocations, 05/23/04
• Guidance on the Transferability Authority, 10/04/02
• Unsafe School Choice Option, Non-Regulatory Guidance, 05/04
• Standards & Assessments Peer Review Guidance, 04/28/04
• Summary of Principal Flexibility Provisions in ESEA
• Educational Practices Supported by Evidence (USDE), 12/03
• Prayer Letter, 02/07/03
• Constitutionally Protected Prayer Guidance, 02/07/03
• Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act, Final Regulations, 04/21/04

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Nonpublic

• Benefits to Private School Students & Teachers, 12/03
• Title I Services to Eligible Private School Children, Non-Regulatory Guidance, 10/17/03
• Nonpublic Low Income and Residential Verification

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Title I

• Title I Uses of Funds (09/18/09)
• Guidance on Funds under Title I, Part A, made available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
• Title I Fiscal Issues Guidance, 11/2009
• Title I Fiscal Issues Guidance, 02/2008
• Title I Regulations, 04/18/03
• Title I, Final Rule, 12/03/03
• Report Cards, Title I, Part A, Non-Regulatory Guidance, 09/12/03
• Identifying Eligible Title I Schools & Attendance Areas, 08/03
• GAO Report Oversight of Title I, 02/03
• Serving Preschool Children Through Title I, Non-Regulatory Guidance October 2012

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Title I, Part A:  Parent Involvement

• Parent Involvement, Title I, Part A, Non-Regulatory Guidance, 04/23/04

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Title I, Part A:  School Improvement

• LEA & School Improvement, Non-Regulatory Guidance, 07/21/06
• Creating Strong District School Choice Programs, 05/04
• Public School Choice, Non-Regulatory Guidance, 01/14/09
• Guidance on Title VI and Public School Choice, 01/08/09
• Creating Strong Supplemental Educational Services Programs, 05/04
• Supplemental Educational Services, Non-Regulatory Guidance, 01/14/09

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Title I, Part A:  Schoolwide

• ESEA Title I Schoolwide Guidance 07/15
• Schoolwide Programs, 03/06
• Federal Register, 07/04

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Title I, Part A:  Highly Qualified Teachers and Paraprofessionals

• Title I Paraprofessionals, Non-Regulatory Guidance, 03/01/2004
• Highly Qualified Teachers-Improving Teacher Quality State Grants Non-Regulatory Guidance, 8/3/05

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Title I, Part C:  Migrant Education

• Migrant Ed Program Draft Non-Regulatory Guidance, 10/23/03

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Title II, Part A

• Title II, Part A Non-Regulatory Guidance Revised 01/16/04

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Title III

• Supplement Not Supplant Title III Power Point from Dec. 11, 2008 Webinar
• Supplement Not Supplant Provision of Title III of the ESEA
• OCR Lau Plan
• Crafting a Lau Plan

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Title IV, Part A:  Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities

• Safe & Drug-Free Schools State Grants Guidance, 01/04
• Gun-Free Guidance, 01/22/04

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Title V, Part A:  Innovative Education

• Title V Guidance, 08/02

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Title VI

• REAP Guidance, 06/02/03

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Discretionary Grants

• Even Start Guidance, 09/03
• Homeless Children and Youth Guidance