What is the competitive preference priority?
Five additional points will be awarded to LEAs that propose to serve at least one school designated by the State as a “persistently lowest-achieving school” for purposes of using school improvement funds under section 1003(g) of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA). A “persistently lowest-achieving school” under section 1003(g) means a school, as defined by each State, that falls into one of the following groups: 1) Any Title I school in improvement, corrective action, or restructuring that (i) is among the lowest-achieving five percent of Title I schools in improvement, corrective action, or restructuring in the State (or the lowest-achieving five such schools, whichever number of schools is greater) or (ii) is a Title I high school that has had a graduation rate that is less than 60 percent over a number of years; or 2) Any secondary school that is eligible for, but does not receive, Title I funds that (i) is among the lowest-achieving five
