Federal Resource:
http://www.ed.gov/legislation/ESEA02/pg1.html
State Resource:
http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/innovative_support/index.html

Purpose

The purpose of Title I is to provide local educational agencies with extra resources to help improve instruction in high-poverty schools and to ensure that all children have the same opportunity to meet challenging State academic standards. Title I funding may be used in two ways: schoolwide programming or targeted-assistance programming.

Schoolwide Program

• The school district may consolidate and use funds together with other Federal, State, and Local funds to upgrade the entire educational program of a school.
• To be eligible for a schoolwide program, a school must have not less than 40% of the children from low-income families. The district uses the percentage of families qualifying for free and reduced lunch to determine eligibility for schoolwide programs.
• A school participating in a schoolwide program must use funds to supplement the amount of funds that would, in the absence of Title I funds, be made available from non-Federal sources.

Targeted-Assistance Program

• Resources help participating children meet the State's challenging student academic achievement standards expected for all children.
• Schools ensure that planning for students served is incorporated into existing school planning.
• Effective methods and instructional strategies used are scientifically research-based to strengthen the core academic program of the school.
• Students served are in academic need and selected on the basis of multiple, educationally-related, objective criteria.

Bay St. Louis-Waveland School District Title I Programs

Overview

Schoolwide Programs :
North Bay Elementary and Waveland Elementary

Use of funds includes extended day programs, computer assisted instruction, Intervention Strategists to assist with academic interventions, research based professional development, classroom teachers to reduce the teacher-pupil ratio in the lower grades, additional classroom resources, Parent Center resources, and a Parent Center Assistant.

Holy Trinity Catholic Elementary

The Bay St. Louis-Waveland School District is the fiscal agent for a cooperative program serving eligible students at Holy Trinity Elementary.

Use of funds includes a teacher employed by the Bay St. Louis-Waveland School District to provide academic interventions for eligible students at Holy Trinity, computer assisted instruction, Parent Center resources, and research based professional development.