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Title I School Improvement Grants Offer Another Funding Source
for Low-Performing Schools
Secretary Duncan Opens Comment Period on Proposed Requirements
August 28, 2009—On the heels of previewing the Investing
in Innovation Fund, Secretary Duncan has announced the draft
requirements for the Title I School Improvement Grants. With over
$3.5 billion from 2009 appropriations and ARRA funding, the grants
offer state education agencies another resource for helping turnaround
the lowest performing schools. States must identify three tiers
of schools:
- Tier I
- The lowest-achieving five percent of Title I schools
- Tier II
– Equally low-achieving secondary schools that are eligible for,
but do not receive, Title I funds.
- Tier III
– The remaining Title I schools in improvement, corrective action
or restructuring that are not Tier I schools in the state
Districts must then choose from one of four models to improve the
school.
- Turnaround Model
– This would include among other actions, replacing the principal
and at least 50 percent of the school's staff, adopting a new
governance structure and implementing a new or revised instructional
program.
- Restart Model
– School districts would close failing schools and reopen them
under the management of a charter school operator, a charter management
organization or an educational management organization selected
through a rigorous review process. A restart school would be required
to admit, within the grades it serves, any former student who
wishes to attend.
- School Closure –
The district would close a failing school and enroll the students
who attended that school in other high-achieving schools in the
district.
- Transformational Model
– Districts would address four specific areas: 1) developing teacher
and school leader effectiveness, which includes replacing the
principal who led the school prior to commencement of the transformational
model, 2) implementing comprehensive instructional reform strategies,
3) extending learning and teacher planning time and creating community-oriented
schools, and 4) providing operating flexibility and sustained
support.
Similar to the Investing in Innovation Fund, sustainability is
a key element to this grant program. According to the official press
release, "The secretary proposes to require that states allocate
to each district the maximum per-school amount permitted under ESEA
for each Tier I school where one of the four interventions is approved
for implementation. The secretary also would waive the period of
availability of school improvement grants beyond Sept. 30, 2011,
to make funds available to school districts for three years."
Comments on the proposed requirements are due by September 25,
2009.
Department
of Education Press Release
Title
I School Improvement Grants Fact Sheet
Example
Success Stories
Federal
Register Notice of Proposed School Improvement Grants Requirements
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