What is the process for private schools to participate in immigrant education?
Private schools must submit the SNOR annually to the California Department of Education. Once eligibility for a Title III immigrant education subgrant has been determined for a specific LEA in a specific school year, all the LEAs and all the private schools located within the geographic jurisdiction of each eligible LEA will be notified. Nonpublic schools must then file a “Request to Participate” form with the California Department of Education (Title III, Section 3114 (d)(1)). Once the “Request to Participate” forms have been approved, the Department will direct LEAs to contact local private schools and develop a memorandum of understanding for the provision of services and products to eligible immigrant students enrolled in the participating private schools. On the basis of the SNOR, the LEA will receive funds from the Department for each eligible immigrant student enrolled in the LEA and in the local private schools (Title III, Section 3114(d)).
