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No Child Left Behind Act
Title I - General Information
President George W. Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act into law on
January 8, 2002. This legislation reauthorizes the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act (ESEA) and is the primary federal funding program supporting K-12 education. The
reauthorized ESEA also reauthorized Title I, the largest program within the ESEA and the
primary program for school reform. Title I continues to allow schools flexibility in
designing instructional activities to meet the local needs of their schools. However, a
greater focus is now being placed on student achievement and accountability especially
for underserved student populations.
Title I is an important source of funding for schools seeking to utilize
technology for instructional purposes. While it does not directly require technology
purposes, it allows for technology purchases making it a significant source of "indirect"
funds for technology. The total fund for FY2002 is $12.3 billion with as much as an
estimated $700 million used for technology purchases.
Title I - The Purpose
The primary purpose of Title I is to ensure that all children have a fair, equal,
and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education and reach, at a minimum,
proficiency on challenging State academic achievement standards and state academic
assessments.
Title I allows for flexible use of funds focused on the
local and state education agency plans and accountability measures.
Activities funded under Title I include:
- Acquisition of instructional materials and equipment that enable students to meet challenging State standards.
- Acquisition of basic skills instructional materials and equipment to improve student achievement.
- Services closely aligned with a child's regular classroom curriculum.
- Professional development for school staff.
- Programs that increase access to high quality, effective instructional resources and academic content to underserved student populations.
Title I - Specific Requirements and Accountability
State Education Agency (SEA) and Local Education Agency (LEA) strategies to achieve
the primary goal of improving the academic achievement of the disadvantaged must include:
- Ensuring that high-quality academic assessments, accountability systems, teacher preparation and training, curriculum, and instructional materials are aligned with challenging State academic standards so that students, teachers, parents, and administrators can measure progress against common expectations for student academic achievement.
- Meeting the educational needs of low-achieving children in our Nation's highest-poverty schools, limited English proficient children, migratory children, children with disabilities, Indian children, neglected or delinquent children, and young children in need of reading assistance.
- Closing the achievement gap between high and low-performing children, especially the achievement gaps between minority and non-minority students, and between disadvantaged children and their more advantaged peers.
- Distributing and targeting resources sufficiently to make a difference to local educational agencies and schools where needs are greatest.
- Providing children an enriched and accelerated educational program, including the use of school wide programs or additional services that increase the amount and quality of instructional time.
- Promoting school wide reform and ensuring the access of children to effective scientifically based instructional strategies and challenging academic content. Significantly elevating the quality of instruction by providing staff in participating schools with substantial opportunities for professional development.
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