Carlisle ISD announces its intent to make application for federal funds appropriated to the State of Texas for public education purposes under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).
ESSA federal funds will be used to meet similar objectives and fund similar activities as in the current school year. If there are any comments on the plans for the upcoming grant, please contact the Carlisle ISD Administrative Office at 903-861-3801 by May 31, 2025.
ESSA (Title I, II, III, IV)
EVERY STUDENT SUCCEEDS ACT
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) is a United States federal statute originally enacted in 1965. These federal funds are authorized for supplemental professional development, instructional materials, resources to support educational programs, as well as parent and family engagement programs. The current reauthorization of ESEA is the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).
Carlisle ISD receives funding for the following entitlement programs within the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
Title I, Part A
Title II, Part A
Title III, Part A: English Learners (EL)
Title IV, Part A
Title I, Part A
Improving Basic Programs
Provides supplemental funding for resources to help schools with high concentrations of students from low-income families provide a high-quality education that will enable all children to meet the state's student performance standards. These programs must use effective methods and instructional strategies that are grounded in scientifically-based research.
Carlisle ISD is a Title I District.
Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged
Title I is a federally funded grant program, part of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965. ESEA was reauthorized by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Title I, Part A provides supplemental funding for resources to help schools with high concentrations of students from low-income families provide a high-quality education that will enable all children to meet the state’s student performance standards. Title I, Part A supports schools in implementing either a schoolwide program or a targeted assistance program. These programs must use effective methods and instructional strategies that are grounded in scientifically based research.
The program is designed to accomplish four primary goals:
provide supplementary education to students eligible for services;
provide additional funding to schools and districts serving high concentrations of children from low-income families;
focus educators on the needs of special student populations; and
improve the academic achievement of eligible students, reduce performance gaps between advantaged and disadvantaged students, and assist eligible students in meeting high academic standards.
Schoolwide Program
For a school to qualify as a Title I Schoolwide Program, the campus must have a student population of at least 40% or more that are economically disadvantaged (i.e. students who qualify for free or reduced meals).
Each of these schools is given an allocation of Title I Part A funds through a specified formula. The school must spend those funds on strategies that will directly impact student instruction (such as academic interventions, instructional programs, supplemental teachers, etc.), professional development trainings for teachers, and Parent and Family Engagement activities.
All activities and/or resources paid with Title I, Part A funds must be:
identified in the Comprehensive Needs Assessments, and
included in the Campus Improvement Plan, and
reasonable, necessary, allocable, and allowable, and
meet all EDGAR requirements, and
all district policies and procedures must be followed.
Title II, Part A
Supporting Effective Instruction
Provides supplemental funding to improve student achievement. The funds are used to elevate teacher and principal quality through recruitment, hiring, and retention strategies, and to increase the number of highly qualified teachers in the classroom and highly qualified principals and assistant principals in schools. The program uses scientifically based professional development interventions and holds districts and schools accountable for improvements in student academic performance.
Title III, Part A: English Learners (EL)
English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement
Provides supplemental resources to local education agencies to help ensure that children who are English Learners attain English proficiency at high levels in core academic subjects to meet state-mandated achievement performance standards.
Title IV, Part A
Student Support and Academic Enrichment
Provides all students with access to a well-rounded education.
Improves schools conditions for student learning.
Improves the use of technology in order to improve the academic achievement and digital literacy of all students
Parent and Family Engagement
The Parent and Family Engagement provisions in Title I, Part A reflect the four principles in ESEA/ESSA. Specifically, these provisions stress a shared partnership between schools and families for high academic achievement, including (a) supplemental educational services for eligible children in low-performing schools, (b) local development of Parent and Family Engagement plans with sufficient flexibility to address local needs, and (c) building parent and family capacity for using effective practices to improve their child’s academic achievement.
The Title I Parent and Family Engagement Program focuses on three categories:
Parent and Family Information (informing parents of their rights under ESSA, as well as details of the Title I program)
Parent and Family Engagement in Campus Decision Making: This is typically met by parents encouraged to attend Board meetings, as well as parents being part school committees.
Parent and Family Trainings: Campus Title I Parent and Family Engagement allocations also will be expended on providing academic trainings to parents in order to help their children succeed academically such as Family Night and College and Career Night.
*Parents are encouraged to reach out to their child's campus to provide feedback on the family events and opportunities to become involved.
Parents' Right to Know
Notification to Parents of Teacher/Paraprofessional Qualifications:
In accordance with Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)/ PARENTS’ RIGHT-TO-KNOW, this is a notification to every parent of a student in a Title I school that you have the right to request and receive in a timely manner: a) information regarding the professional qualifications of your student’s classroom teachers and/or paraprofessionals.
The information regarding the professional qualifications of your student’s classroom teachers/paraprofessional shall include the following:
I. If the teacher has met state certification/qualification criteria for the grade level and subject areas taught:
II. If the teacher is teaching under emergency or another provisional status through which state certification/qualification criteria are waived;
III. The teacher is assigned in the field of discipline of the certification;
IV. Whether the student is provided services by paraprofessionals, and if so, their qualifications [ESSA 1112(e)(1)(A)(i)-(ii)]
In addition to the above information, you will be notified if your student has been taught for four or more consecutive weeks by a teacher who does not meet the applicable state certification requirements at the grade level and subject area in which the teacher has been assigned. [ESSA 1112(e)(1)(B)(ii)]
Teachers may meet this requirement if the district is implementing its approved District Innovation teacher certification policy or if the teacher meets the State Certification assignment rules.
If you would like to receive any additional information about any of the above issues, please contact your child's campus principal.
Student Achievement
Each Title I, Part A campus provides, to each individual parent, information on the level of achievement of the parent’s child in each of the required state academic assessments.