Title I-A Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged

Title I-A is a part of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965(ESEA). This act provides federal funds through the Georgia Department of Education to local educational agencies (LEAs) and public schools with high numbers or percentages of poor children to help ensure that all children meet challenging State academic content and student academic achievement standards.

These funds may be used for children from preschool aged to high school. Title I-A is designed to support State and local school reform efforts tied to challenging State academic standards in order to reinforce and enhance efforts to improve teaching and learning for students. Title I-A programs must be based on effective means of improving student achievement and include strategies to support parental involvement.

Under Title I-A, local educational agencies (LEAs) are required to provide services for eligible private school students, as well as eligible public school students. These services must be developed in consultation with officials of the private schools. The Title I-A services provided by the LEA for private school participants are designed to meet their educational needs and supplement the educational services provided by the private school.

Claxton Elementary School, Claxton Middle School, Claxton High School, and The Academy implement the Title I-A Schoolwide Program Model. The purpose of schoolwide Title I programs is to improve the entire educational program in a school, which should result in improving the academic achievement of all students, particularly the lowest achieving students. The goal of such a program is to assist those students to demonstrate proficiency on academic standards.

Schoolwide Title I-A schools must use funds available under Title I, Part A only to supplement the total amount of funds that would, in the absence of the federal fund, be made available from non-federal sources for that school including funds needed to provide services that are required by law for students with disabilities and with limited English proficiency. The core elements of a schoolwide program are a comprehensive needs assessment, a comprehensive plan, and an evaluation.