Ed. Dept. Issues Rules on Using Title I Funds To Improve Schools
The Department of Education has issued guidance to help districts use $134 million in new Title I funds designated for turning around failing schools.
Districts should use both public school choice and innovative practices to help improve their low-performing schools that receive Title I aid, according to the document, which was released late last month. Under a Title I provision adopted last November, districts that have two or more such schools within their boundaries must allow the students attending them the option of transferring to other public schools.
The $134 million set aside for the initiative was appropriated in the fiscal 2000 budget. President Clinton has requested another $250 million for it in his proposed fiscal 2001 budget, out of a proposed $8.36 billion total for Title I, the main federal...
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