Re: SF Gate: Education Act ties cash to exams/Low

["Art Burke" <aburke@vansd.org>]

Consider School X that now receives Title I funds.  Suppose 20 percent
of its students meet standard now.  Suppose that, over time, the school
makes no progress in raising the number of students meeting standard. 
Now the consequences kick in - tutoring, changed staff, options to
change schools, etc.  Now, suppose further that in 2013 there are still
20 percent of kids meeting standard.  Does the school get money in 2014?
 If there are eligible children in the school, the school will get the
money.  This is my read on it.

Art

>>> kvscanty@pacbell.net 01/10/03 11:29AM >>>
Art,

This is the quote from the Chron article that I was confused about and
your answer only further confuses me...

"That's essentially what the new federal Education Act says, requiring
every student group -- blacks, whites, Latinos, English-learners and
the
disabled -- to do well in school or jeopardize federal Title I funding
for poor students. 

Based on how well students are doing in school today, however, test
experts with the California Department of Education said Wednesday
that
98 percent of its schools would fail to meet that target a dozen years
from now."

What I think the article is saying is that if all groups in a school
do
not reach 100% proficiency, then they will lose federal Title I
funding
for poor students.  Is that right or did the reporter get it wrong?

Karen


-----Original Message-----
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The only way for a school NOT to get money is to have NO eligible
children.

Art

>> kvscanty@pacbell.net 01/10/03 10:15AM >>>
Ah Art and here I thought we were actually having a conversation...I
suppose I could have worded my question in a different way - what I
was
trying to find out was if the reporter from the Chron was right or if
you were - that in the end, even though there are no monetary
penalties
now, money can/will be taken away IF schools have not reached 100%
proficiency.  That's all I really wanted to know...

Karen

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 8:08 AM
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Heck, if you're in a hurry, lose the money now.  Art

>>> kvscanty@pacbell.net 01/09/03 05:13PM >>>

 Art, this was in the SF Chron today - so we just have to wait for 11
years
to lose the money? Karen
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