Under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which is the latest reauthorization of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965, Congress provides funding for a number of basic educational programs
for states and districts to implement. To receive these federal funds, KCS agreements to comply with the
law and these requirements, which are as follows:

Title I, Part A – Improving Basic Programs Operated by State and Districts

The purpose of this title is to provide all children significant opportunity to receive a fair, equitable, and
high-quality education, and to close educational achievement gaps.

Section 1006 – District Plans
KCS shall submit an annual district plan to the Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) that is
developed with timely and meaningful consultation with teachers, principals, other school leaders,
paraprofessionals, administrators, specialized instructional support personnel, charter school
leaders (if applicable), and with parents of children in Title I schools, and coordinated with other
programs including but not limited to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Carl D.
Perkins Career & Technical Education Act, McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act and Head Start
Act. KCS shall also monitor student progress to ensure that students are meeting the challenging
Tennessee academic standards.

Section 1007 – Eligible School Attendance Areas
KCS shall annually rank and serve, without regard to grade spans, all eligible schools in which the
concentration of children from low-income families exceeds 75% from highest to lowest according to the
percentage of children from low-income families. KCS may choose to serve below the 75% threshold and
up to 40% schoolwide threshold at the recommendation of the Superintendent. Poverty will be
determined by a common metric for all schools (i.e. direct certification).

Section 1008 – School-Wide Programs
Eligible schools that are above the 40% poverty threshold are deemed a school wide program, in which
funds may be used for all students attending specific Title I schools. Participating Title I schools shall
implement this program only to supplement the amount of funds that would, in the absence of funds under Title I, be made available from non-Federal sources for the school, including funds needed to provide services that are required by law for children with disabilities and English learners.

Participating schools shall submit an annual comprehensive school plan to TDOE that is developed with
the involvement of teachers, principals, other school leaders, paraprofessionals, administrators,
specialized instructional support personnel, other school staff, students (if a secondary school) and other individuals as determined by the school. The school plan will be based on a comprehensive needs
assessment of the entire school that accounts for academic achievement of children in relation to the
challenging Tennessee academic standards especially the needs of children who are failing or are at-risk
of failing to meet these academic standards and any other factors as determined by KCS.

Section 1010 – Parent and Family Engagement
KCS and each Title I school shall jointly develop with, agree on with, and distribute to, parents and family
members a written parent and family engagement policy. Such programs, activities, and procedures shall
be planned and implemented with meaningful consultation with parents of participating children. One
percent (1%) of Title I funds will be set aside for this purpose with at least 90% of this allocated back to
participating Title I schools.

Parents shall be notified of the policy in an understandable and uniform format and, to the extent
practicable, provided in a language the parents can understand. Such policy shall be made available to the local community and updated periodically to meet the changing needs of parents and the school.

Please refer to Policy I-270 Parent and Family Engagement for additional details.

Section 1011 – Participation of Children Enrolled in Private Schools
After timely and meaningful consultation with appropriate private school officials, KCS shall provide
equitable services for children who are zoned in an eligible Title I school and enrolled in a private
elementary and/or secondary school that chooses to participate in Title I-Part A program. Services are
targeted toward students who are identified as academically at-risk of meeting challenging Tennessee
academic standards. The proportional share of funds shall be determined based on the total amount of
funds received by KCS under this part prior to any allowable expenditures or transfers by the local
educational agency.

Section 1102 – Supplement, Not Supplant
To receive funding under Title I-Part A, KCS shall meet three fiscal requirements:

1. Maintenance of Effort – district maintains current spending levels based on prior year’s spending
   levels.
2. Supplement, Not Supplant – district shall use Federal funds received under Title I-Part A only to
   supplement the funds that would, in the absence of such Federal funds, be made available from
   state and local sources for the education of students participating in programs assisted under this
   part, and not to supplant such funds. To demonstrate compliance, KCS shall demonstrate that the
   methodology used to allocate state and local funds to each school receiving assistance under this
   part ensures that such school receives all of the state and local funds it would otherwise receive if
   it were not receiving assistance under this part.
3. Comparability – district demonstrates comparable services between Title I schools and non-Title I
   schools using state and local funds.

Title I, Part D, Subpart 2 – Prevention and Intervention Programs for Children and Youth who are
Neglected, Delinquent or At-Risk

The purpose of this subpart is to support the operation of KCS programs that involve collaboration with
locally operated correctional facilities –

• to carry out high quality education programs to prepare children and youth for secondary school completion, training, employment, or further education;
• to provide activities to facilitate the transition of such children and youth from the correctional
  program to further education or employment; and
• to operate programs in local schools for children and youth returning from correctional facilities,
  and programs which may serve at-risk children and youth.

After timely and meaningful consultation with appropriate correctional facilities officials, KCS shall
submit an application to TDOE outlining budgets and use of funds. Funds may be used for:

1. programs that serve children and youth returning to local schools from correctional facilities, to
   assist in the transition of such children and youth to the school environment and help them remain
   in school in order to complete their education;
2. dropout prevention programs which serve at-risk children and youth;
3. the coordination of health and social services for such individuals if there is a likelihood that the
   provision of such services, including day care, drug and alcohol counseling, and mental health
   services, will improve the likelihood such individuals will complete their education;
4. special programs to meet the unique academic needs of participating children and youth, including career and technical education, special education, career counseling, curriculum-based youth entrepreneurship education, and assistance in securing student loans or grants for postsecondary education;
5. programs providing mentoring and peer mediation;
6. pay for success initiatives.

Title II, Part A – Preparing, Training, and Recruiting High-Quality Teachers, Principals, or Other
School Leaders

The purpose of this title is to provide grants to State educational agencies and subgrants to districts to—

• increase student achievement consistent with the challenging TN academic standards;
• improve the quality and effectiveness of teachers, principals, and other school leaders;
• increase the number of teachers, principals, and other school leaders who are effective in
  improving student academic achievement in schools; and
• provide low-income and minority students greater access to effective teachers, principals, and
  other school leaders.10

Section 2102 – Subgrant to KCS
KCS shall submit an annual district plan to TDOE that is developed with timely and meaningful
consultation with teachers, principals, other school leaders, paraprofessionals, specialized instructional
support personnel, charter school leaders (if applicable), parents, and community partners, and
coordinated with other related strategies, programs and activities.

Section 2103 – Local Use of Funds
KCS shall address the learning needs of all students including children with disabilities, English learners,
and gifted & talented students. Allowable activities include but are not limited to:

• Rigorous, transparent & fair evaluation & support system.
• Assist in recruiting, hiring & retaining effective teachers particularly in low-income schools with
  higher percentage of ineffective teachers and/or students not meeting academic standards.
• Recruiting qualified individuals to become teachers, principals or other school leaders.
• Reducing class size to a level that is evidenced based.
• Provide high-quality personalized professional development.
• Carrying out in-service training.

Title III – Language Instruction for English Learners and Immigrant Students

The purpose of this title is in:

• Developing and implementing new language instruction educational programs and academic
  content instructional programs for English learners and immigrant children and youth, including
  early childhood education programs, elementary school programs, and secondary school programs.
• Carrying out highly focused, innovative, locally designed activities to expand or enhance existing language instruction educational programs and academic content instructional programs for
  English learners and immigrant children and youth.
• Implementing, within an individual school, schoolwide programs for restructuring, reforming, and upgrading all relevant programs, activities, and operations relating to language instruction
  educational programs and academic content instruction for English learners and immigrant
  children and youth.
• Implementing, within the entire jurisdiction of a local educational agency, agency-wide programs
  for restructuring, reforming, and upgrading all relevant programs, activities, and operations
  relating to language instruction educational programs and academic content instruction for English
  learners and immigrant children and youth.

KCS shall submit an annual district plan to the Tennessee Department of Education. Allowable activities
include but are not limited to:

• Increase the English language proficiency of English learners by providing effective language
  instruction educational programs that meet the needs of English learners and demonstrate success.
• Provide effective professional development to classroom teachers (including teachers in classroom settings that are not the settings of language instruction educational programs), principals and other school leaders, administrators.
• Provide and implement other effective activities and strategies that enhance or supplement
  language instruction educational programs for English learners.

Federal funds made available under this subpart shall be used so as to supplement the level of federal,
state, and local public funds that, in the absence of such availability, would have been expended for
programs for English learners and immigrant children and youth and in no case to supplant such federal,
state, and local public funds.

Reference: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/20/chapter-70 Title 20, Chapter 70, subchapter I, IIA, III.

Legal References:

1. 20 U.S. Code § 6301.
2. 20 U.S. Code § 6312.
3. 20 U.S. Code § 6313.
4. 20 U.S. Code § 6314.
5. 20 U.S. Code § 6318.
6. 20 U.S. Code § 6320.
7. 20 U.S. Code § 6321.
8. 20 U.S. Code § 6451.
9. 20 U.S. Code § 6454.
10. 20 U.S. Code § 6601.
11. 20 U.S. Code § 6612.
12. 20 U.S. Code § 6613.
13. 20 U.S. Code § 6825.

Approved as to Legal Form 7/26/2017
By Knox County Law Director
/Gary T. Dupler/Deputy Law Director