Get the Funding You Need for the Technology You Want

Recently we’ve summarized the qualifications for obtaining three of the five U.S. DOE funds: Race to the Top, 21^st Century Community Learning Centers, and Charter Schools. Today we’ll do the same for Title I, Part A, College and Career Readiness. If you meet the qualifications for this fund, there’s a good chance you may be able to obtain the technology your classrooms need.

College and Career Readiness

The purpose of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 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 funds must be used to improve reading and mathematics instruction for disadvantaged students. Allocations are based on the number of low-income children in states, districts, and schools. Funds typically target reading and math resources or services.

Title I programs emphasize college and career readiness, which is usually a natural fit for educational technology. Technology may be purchased using Title I funds if it helps in the delivery of curriculum, professional development, or other components for Title I students. If purchases are being made for an entire school, commingling funds from other sources to help cover the cost for non-Title I students is allowed.

Key Requirements

The key requirements for this funding are as follows:

• Student Achievement. Improve student achievement in reading and mathematics, as measured by end-of-year assessments.
• Close the achievement gap between minority and nonminority students.
• Close the achievement gap between disadvantaged children and their more advantaged peers.
• Meet the needs of low-achieving children, including limited-English-proficient children, migratory children, children with disabilities, Native American children, neglected or delinquent children, and young children in need of reading assistance.
• Disadvantaged Students. Focus on materials and methods that are effective with disadvantaged students.
• Meet the needs of low-achieving children.
• Meet the needs in the highest-poverty schools.
• Standards. Help students meet state and local student standards in core academic subjects, such as reading and mathematics.
• Students meet challenging state academic and content standards.
• Increased achievement overall.
• Increased achievement for the disadvantaged.
• Research-Based Methods. Offer instructional materials and strategies that are based upon research with proven efficacy.
• Access to scientifically based instructional strategies.
• Access to effective instructional strategies.
• Professional Development. A minimum of 5% of Title I funds must be set aside for professional development in the districts in which 100% of the teachers are not “highly qualified.” Funds may be reserved for ongoing and continuous professional development of staff.
  • Elevating the quality of instruction.
  • Providing substantial opportunities for professional development.

For more information about this fund, see http://www2.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/esea02/pg1.html.

Find Out How Interactive Technology Qualifies

To show you how Mimio technology ‒ hardware, software, or apps ‒ qualifies specifically for Title I, Part A funds, we created a free guide that can make it possible for you to get the technology you want for your school or district. You can download it today. >>

Not sure that this is the fund for you?

There are four more guides in the series, each of which focuses on a single fund and how Mimio technology qualifies:

• Title I, Section 1003(g) School Improvements Grants (SIG)
• Race to the Top
• 21^st Century Community Learning Centers, Title IV, Part B
• Charter Schools

All guides are free and available for download. >>