Do districts need to provide professional development to private schools under Title II, Part A?
Through the Con. App. process, districts must offer Title I services to eligible non-public schools and Title II, III, and IV to all non-public schools in their attendance area. For Title II, the school is entitled to their percentage of the funding (which is the percent the private school’s ADA is of the district’s plus the participating private schools’ ADA). If the school is interested in participating, the district must be in “meaningful, ongoing consultation” with the school to determine what the services will be given and to evaluate the effectiveness of the services. Specifically to professional development, under Title II, Part A, the district and school must determine what the school’s professional development needs are and make a plan to help meet the needs. This plan may include having the school participate in district training, providing training specifically for the school, paying for the school staff to participate in other training, or purchasing training materials for
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