ncdpi requesting some title i waivers

From the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction:

PUBLIC NOTICE

North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Seeks Comment on its Request for Waivers to Federal Education Law, Title I, Part A

Public Notice is hereby given that the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction plans to submit a request for several waivers to the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act. These waivers will allow local education agencies flexibility with Title I, Part A, funds provided through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The waivers being requested include:

WAIVERS OF TITLE I, PART A STATUTORY AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICES (SES) AND PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE

• Waivers of the Prohibition on Approving Schools and LEAs in Improvement, Corrective Action, or Restructuring as SES Providers

• Waivers to allow a LEA to offer SES in addition to public school choice to eligible students in Title I schools in the first year of school improvement

WAIVERS RELATED TO TITLE I, PART A ARRA FUNDS

• Waivers to allow exclusion of Title I, Part A ARRA funds in “set-aside” calculations

• Waivers to allow exclusion of Title I, Part A ARRA funds in determining the per-pupil amount for SES

The public is invited to review and comment on these waiver requests by August 21, 2009. Interested persons may present their written comments to:

Donna Brown, Section Chief
Program Monitoring
6351 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-6351http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
Email: dbrown@dpi.state.nc.us

To learn more about Title I, here is a link to No Child Left Behind, Title I, Part A, legislation.

For plain English, try this link.

For information from NCDPI, go here.