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ESEA Quick Notes •ESEA authorizes funding for and regulates the majority of K-12 education programs. •ESEA targets schools with large numbers of students living in poverty (Title I). •ESEA first became law in 1965 and is reauthorized every 6 years. • The current ESEA was signed into law on January 8, 2002. •More than 1,050 WI schools receive Title I funds. •ESEA provides almost 5% of WI’s total K-12 funding. •Title I-funded schools that don’t meet ESEA requirements
face sanctions. |
ESEA: Background
The Elementary and Secondary Education
Act (ESEA), also known as “No
Child Left Behind,” provides federal funding for many public school programs
through a system of seven “titles.”
Title I is the largest program in ESEA and provides almost 5% of the total K-12 funding in Wisconsin.
ESEA: Impact on Support Staff, Teachers, Students, and Community
ESEA has a direct impact on support staff, teachers, and students. The
law has many changes and is far more specific and punitive than previous
versions.
The current ESEA has new requirements for testing, accountability, and teacher and paraprofessional quality. All students must be tested under ESEA . Title I-funded schools that don’t show adequate yearly progress with student test scores will be sanctioned.
Sanctions for Title I-funded schools in the 5th & 6th years of “corrective action” under ESEA can include replacement of the principal and other staff deemed relevant to failure; turning the school over to a private management company; turning the school over to the state; or “other major reforms.”
ESEA: Requirements for Paraprofessional Quality
All states receiving Title I funds must develop a plan to ensure that
paraprofessionals working in a program supported by Title I funds have
met one of the following requirements:
New paraprofessionals in Title I-funded programs must meet requirements when hired. Existing paraprofessionals in Title-I funded programs have until January 8, 2006 to meet one of the above requirements.
It is up
to the local school districts to decide which requirements to
use.
Posted August 27, 2003