Title 1

Title I is a remedial/compensatory education program designed and operated by the Jackson County School District within the guidelines of the State Department of Education and Federal regulations which apply to such programs. The program is funded entirely by federal funds and utilizes local teachers, assistants, and staff to accomplish its goals. A school's poverty level percentage (based on the free and reduced lunch count) determines the school's eligibility for providing Title I services.

Currently the district's Lower and Upper elementary schools are school wide Title I schools. Each Title I school has a school wide plan on file at the local building. The district office has a copy of the school wide plans from each school on file in the Assistant Superintendent's office. All students at these schools are eligible for Title I services.

The goal of Title I is to provide intensive, individualized instruction in an encouraging, supportive, environment. Participation by parents of Title I students in the program is encouraged through workshops, meetings, and programs improvements activities.

Parents Right to Know

On January 8, 2002 President Bush signed into law the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. This law provides extensive federal funding to local school districts through programs such as Title I, Title II, Safe and Drug-Free School, etc. The largest of these programs is Title I, which is the reauthorized compensatory education program, first started in 1965 to help increase the performance of educationally disadvantaged students.

Each of our elementary school receives Title I funds which provide valuable programs and services in our district. Many of the technology, reading and mathematics programs that offer learning opportunities for our students are a result of Title I funding.

One of the requirements of the law is that parents have the right to request the qualifications of the teachers and teacher assistants at their child's school.  Each school has a list of all staff and their qualifications available in the school office. If you wish to review this information, please contact the office of your child's school and a copy of this list will be provided.

Parent Involvement Policy

Per school district policy BBFA, activities and procedures by the schools of the Jackson County School District to increase parental involvement are a vital, integral part of the Title I program.  To accomplish this goal, the district shall:

1. Convene a district wide or building level annual meeting of the parents of participating children to:

1. Discuss with the parents the activities and programs available through Title I funding.
2. Inform parents of their right to consult in the design and implementation of the Title I program.
3. Solicit parent's input.
4. Provide parents an opportunity to establish mechanisms for maintaining a continuous communication among parents, teachers, administrators, and Title I personnel.

• Make copies of this policy available to parents of participating children.
• Make Title I LEA education personnel available to parents.
• Provide opportunities for regular meeting of parents of participating children.
• Provide timely information about the program and its requirements to parents.
• Provide parents of participating children with reports on the children's progress.
• Actively solicit parental input in the planning, design, and implementation of the Title I program.
• Support the training of parents to work with their children in the home and to participate in activities which build good home and school partnerships.
• Assess annually the effectiveness of parental involvement policy in improving academic quality of the schools served and to determine if modifications are needed to increase parental participation.
• Coordinate, to the extent possible, Title I parental involvement with programs such as Head Start, state-run preschool programs and other programs for early intervention.
• Adopt parental compacts.