If a school in the LEA has less than the LEA average poverty, may low-income or academically deficient students be serviced in that school?
An LEA may only serve a school attendance area that is at or above the district level of poverty or above 35 % poverty. The Title I statute requires allocations to be based on the percentage of low-income children in the school attendance area. Therefore, poverty is the only factor on which an LEA may determine funding. In other words, an LEA may not allocate funds based on the instructional model, educational need, or any other nonpoverty factor. Q42: Schools with a higher than 50% poverty level are eligible to become a Title I schoolwide program. Are there any federal requirements for an individual school to be eligible for a schoolwide program, if it exceeds the poverty-level requirements? A: No. There are no additional requirements for a school to be eligible to become a schoolwide program. In order for a school to qualify to be a schoolwide program, the federal requirement states that the eligible school attendance area must have at least 50 % low-income children. Any school excee
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