What are “supplemental educational services” under NCLB?
Supplemental educational services are academic enrichment services that are inaddition to instruction provided during the regular school day, such as tutoring or after-school services. The state must develop a list of approved service providers or tutoring agencies and programs for each school district as well as monitor their quality and effectiveness. The tutor or group of tutors must develop specific goals and a timetable to reach those goals for each student. Tutors and programs can be from either outside or within the district, unless the whole district is in Program Improvement. Districts (or county offices of education) are expected to spend up to 20% of the Title I, Part A, funds on supplemental services and transportation, with a least 5% of the funding going to each. Districts can apply to the state for a waiver of the requirement to provide supplemental instruction, but the granting of such waivers is likely to be rare.
