May nonprofit private schools benefit directly from Even Start funding?
ESEA Title I, Part B, Subpart 3, allows for the provision of educational services and programs to private school children, teachers, and other education personnel, including those in religiously affiliated schools. Benefits and “services funded under ESEA are designed to be of direct assistance to students and teachers and not to nonprivate schools” (ED, ESEA Summary, p.1). • What are the rules and expectations regarding consultation and participation between public and nonprofit private schools? Consultation between public and private school officials must occur before any decision is made that could affect the participation of the private school families (that is, as the project is being planned and designed and before the application is written and submitted to the subgrant competition) and should continue throughout the implementation and assessment of activities. Failure to engage appropriate private school officials in timely and meaningful consultation may result in the denial o
