Changes to DCPS Title I Eligibility

[Anonymous]

OSSE is considering raising the cutoff for Title I to 55% instead of the current 40%. This would take effect for next school year.

[Anonymous]

Where can we see a list of schools' low-income percentages?

[Anonymous]

How can they change a definition that is part of a federal law?

[Anonymous]

Federal law just dictates which schools are eligible to receive the funds (need at least 40%). LEAs can decide which of those schools get the funds. In a previous district, my school lost Title 1 funding because we didn't collect enough FARM applications, so our percentage dropped below another school's percentage (but we were still well above 40%). The district allocated to the top X percentage schools so we lost the funds. It went to a smaller school with a total population less than our FARMs population, but a higher percentage. We still served the same housing project and low-income kids, just without the money. I think they have since re-worked the way they allocate the funds and the school may be a Title 1 school again.

[Anonymous]

They should just raise it to 60%. Many other school districts only consider a school Title I if over 60% of the students qualify for free and reduced lunch. I wish that they adjusted what is meant by disadvantaged for families in DC. A family of three in DC with a TFI of $90,000 a year should be considered low income. Also a family of one earning $80,000 a year should be considered low income as well.

[Anonymous]

Is there any link that actually says this or is just the same person (I won’t say troll because they may in fact have non-public info, I have no way of knowing) who starts all of these “T1 and/or Head Start are changing”-related threads?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They should just raise it to 60%. Many other school districts only consider a school Title I if over 60% of the students qualify for free and reduced lunch. I wish that they adjusted what is meant by disadvantaged for families in DC. A family of three in DC with a TFI of $90,000 a year should be considered low income. Also a family of one earning $80,000 a year should be considered low income as well.

The only states that receive an adjustment based on COL are Alaska and Hawaii. You would need to get the entire formula changed. Not being partisan, but this Administration is right now going through the process of defining poverty even more narrowly than it is today, and lower the threshold for people who qualify for public assistance, leaving states to kick in more of their tax dollars or kick people off SNAP, TANF, Medicaid etc.

For some types of assistance such as Medicaid, the states augment federal dollars so that more people qualify. For example, everyone in DC with a documented disability is eligible for Medicaid. In Virginia there is a numerical cap on children who can be served, and children with severe disabilities will wait years for assistance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is there any link that actually says this or is just the same person (I won’t say troll because they may in fact have non-public info, I have no way of knowing) who starts all of these “T1 and/or Head Start are changing”-related threads?

This is at least the third or fourth post on this subject and not a single reference has been provided to verify the source of this information.

Troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there any link that actually says this or is just the same person (I won’t say troll because they may in fact have non-public info, I have no way of knowing) who starts all of these “T1 and/or Head Start are changing”-related threads?

This is at least the third or fourth post on this subject and not a single reference has been provided to verify the source of this information.

Troll.

In regards to Head Start, DCPS is finalizing its Head Start grant application. Schools will be notified of their status as soon as this is submitted. If you don’t believe it, just wait until the official letter from the DCPS Early Childhood Education Division is sent home to parents at schools affected by the service reduction. All schools will be notified before the lottery opens.

[Anonymous]

Here is the law. I am not sure the LEAs have that much flexibility.

https://www2.ed.gov/programs/titleiparta/index.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there any link that actually says this or is just the same person (I won’t say troll because they may in fact have non-public info, I have no way of knowing) who starts all of these “T1 and/or Head Start are changing”-related threads?

This is at least the third or fourth post on this subject and not a single reference has been provided to verify the source of this information.

Troll.

In regards to Head Start, DCPS is finalizing its Head Start grant application. Schools will be notified of their status as soon as this is submitted. If you don’t believe it, just wait until the official letter from the DCPS Early Childhood Education Division is sent home to parents at schools affected by the service reduction. All schools will be notified before the lottery opens.

Yes, you are obviously OP and the same person saying the same thing you have said repeatedly yet again. Maybe you know, I have no idea, but you have yet to cite anything that supports your many, many claims, so color me skeptical.