| Funding Source: |
Federal |
New York State |
NYC Bd. of Ed. |
| Legislative authorization: |
Title VI of ESEA 10/98 & 10/99
budget language. Congress rejects Clinton’s 7-yr. $12.4 B phase-in,
so funding must be negotiated each year. |
Chapter 436, Laws of 1997. 8/97
state budget agreement; part of LADDER program. Total cost of 3-yr.
phase-in negotiated each year. $440 M. But funding has been negotiated
each year. |
No city funds for personnel costs,
but city must provide classroom (City Council $6.5 M for new kindergarten
funding sheet.) teachers not included in this fact sheet.) |
| 99-00 school yr.: |
$1.1 B for nation. $104.5 M to
NYS. $61.3 M to NYC. |
$75 M for all districts. $49.2
to NYC. |
$110.52 M allocated. 30% of k-3
students and 530 schools out of 675 have benefited. A total of 905
new classes in grades k-3 have been formed. |
| 00-01 school yr.: |
$1.2 B for nation. $113.27 M to
NYS. |
$140 M - all districts. |
Estimates are $66 M fed. &
$88 M state for a total of $154 M. |
| 01-02 school yr.: |
$1.6 B for nation. $141 M to NYS.
$82 M for NYC. |
$225 M - all districts, will be
part of this year’s state budget negotiations. |
Estimate is $82 M + amount to
be determined in state budget negotiations. |
| Teacher training, testing,
& recruitment: |
15% of funds can be used for teacher
training. As of 9/00, 25% fed. funds for recruiting, testing &
hiring teachers. |
Not an allowable expenditure. |
BOE has used maximum allowable
fed. funds for staff development & will use future fed. funds
for recruiting & hiring. |
| Costs of newly created
classes: |
Not an allowable expenditure.
Only salaries & staff development. |
$10,000 per new class can be used
for supplies& added facilities costs (not new construction). |
BOE has used only $2.6 million
for this purpose. |
| Priorities: |
School district allocations similar
to Title 1. No priority for schools schools receive funding first.
a district. |
High-needs districts. receive
priority. Within districts, low-achieving schools receive funding
first. |
Uses state funds for low-achieving
schools & fed. funds for all schools. |
| Floating teachers: |
Teachers can be hired to work
with one or more classes. All teachers must be fully certified. |
Not an allowable expenditure.
New classes must be formed so as to lower average class sizes to
20 students. |
BOE has hired 550 floating teachers
mostly in schools with overcrowding. |
| Grades: |
1-3 a priority, then grades K,
& 4-8. Next year, priority is k-3 and then higher grades. |
K-3, but 10% of funding can be
used for grades 4 & up. In SURR schools, 68 new from 4-6 (not
included in of 905 cited above). |
BOE policy is to begin reductions
in k & 1, but some schools total have begun at 3, contrary to
best practices. |
| Objective: |
Classes at an average of 18 students.
State objectives may be substituted for this standard. fed.
|
Classes at an average of 20 students. |
BOE has substituted the goal of
20 students instead of meeting goal. |
| Private schools: |
Nonprofit, private school staff
can join public school teacher training sessions. |
Not an allowable expenditure. |
Complies with federal requirements. |
| Administrative costs: |
3% of funds can be used for administering
program. |
Not an allowable expenditure. |
BOE has used maximum allowable
fed. funds for administration. |
| Maintenance of effort: |
Federal funds must not supplant
state or local funds. |
State funds must not supplant
school district funds. |
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