Title V A - Innovative Programs

The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) reauthorized former Title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as Title V, Part A – Innovative Programs (Title V-A). Title V-A provides formula grants to States and Local Districts to increase the academic achievement of, and improve the quality of education for all students. Under Title V-A, States and Local Districts may use funds in a variety of ways. The focus, however, is to increase student academic achievement.

Flexibility Options Under Title V-A

Under NCLB, LEAs are eligible to use funding for Transferability and Rural Education Achievement Plan (REAP). Under Transferability, LEAs can transfer up to 50% of Title V-A funds into any of the following programs: Title I, Part A; Title II, Part A; Title II, Part D; Title III and Title IV, Part A. LEAs may also transfer up to 50% of the above mentioned programs, with the exception of Title I, Part A, into Title V-A. Keep in mind, transferring funds into Title I, Part A will increase the total amount of Title I, Part A funding and will increase the amount the LEA will base the set-a-sides on. LEAs may consider transferring federal funds into Title V-A as Title I, Part A activities are allowable uses for Title V-A funding.

REAP allows a LEA to transfer up to 100% of the funds (with the exception of Title I, Part A) into any of the above mentioned programs including Title I, Part A. Not all districts are eligible for REAP; refer to the link below for eligibility requirements and a list of those districts that are eligible.

Requirements

Allowable Title V-A Activities:

Under Title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, there were nine allowable activities. With the reauthorization, there are now 5 goals and 27 innovative assistance areas allowable under Title V-A

Goal

Proficiency in reading and math
Highly qualified teachers and professional development
Academic achievement through technology
English proficiency
Safe and civil learning environments

Innovative assistance area

Programs to recruit, train and hire highly qualified teachers
Technology, including professional development
Acquisition of instructional and educational materials (including library services and materials)
Promising education reform projects, including magnet schools
Programs to improve the academic achievement of educationally disadvantaged students, including dropout prevention
Adult education and family literacy programs
Gifted and talented education
Planning, design, and initial implementation of charter schools
School improvement programs or activities under Sections 1116 and 1117
Community service programs
Activities to promote consumer, economic, and personal finance education
Activities to promote, implement, or expand public school choice
Programs to hire and support school nurses
Expansion and improvement of school-based mental hearth services
Alternative education programs for students who have been expelled or suspended
Programs to establish or enhance pre-kindergarten programs for children
Academic intervention programs that are operated jointly with community-based organizations
Programs for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training
Programs to establish smaller learning communities
Activities that encourage and expand improvements throughout the area served by the LEA
Initiative to generate, maintain and strengthen parental community involvement
Programs and activities that expand learning opportunities through best practice models
Programs to provide same gender schools and classrooms (consistent with applicable law)
Service learning activities
School safety programs
Programs that employ research based cognitive and perceptual development approaches and rely on a diagnostic-prescriptive model
Supplemental educational services, as defined in Section 1116(e)

Other:

Monitoring (C-FIRS)

Funding

Grants Fiscal Management

Resources

For Additional Information Contact:

Trish Boland
303-866-6998
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