Title I
Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, provides financial assistance to local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools with high numbers or high percentages of children from low-income families to help ensure that all children meet challenging state academic standards.
How the Funds Can be Used
The school must focus Title I services on children who are failing, or most at risk of failing, to meet state academic standards. Schools in which children from low-income families make up at least 40 percent of enrollment are eligible to use Title I funds for school wide programs that serve all children in the school. LEAs also must use Title I funds to provide academic enrichment services to eligible children enrolled in private schools.
Studies Weekly products are cross-curricular, hands-on and designed with a balanced literacy approach for use in your Language Arts block.
Title II
Title II, Part A provides funds intended to increase academic achievement by improving teacher and principal quality. This program is carried out by: increasing the number of highly qualified teachers in classrooms; increasing the number of highly qualified principals and assistant principals in schools; and increasing the effectiveness of teachers and principals by holding LEAs and schools accountable for improvements in student academic achievement.
How the Funds Can Be Used
Funds may be used for professional development. In exchange for receiving funds, agencies are held accountable to the public for improvements in academic achievement. Title II, Part A provides these agencies the flexibility to use these funds creatively to address challenges to teacher quality, whether they concern teacher preparation and qualifications of new teachers, recruitment and hiring, induction, professional development, teacher retention, or the need for more capable principals and assistant principals to serve as effective school leaders.
Studies Weekly offers hands-on Professional Development sessions for districts and schools. To learn more, visit studiesweekly.com/professional-development.
Title II Applicant Information
Title III
Title III, Part A provides funds intended to assist schools with language instruction, specifically for Limited English Proficient students.
How the Funds Can Be Used
Funds may be used for professional development and language instruction programs.
Professional Development Grant Information
IDEA
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a law ensuring services to children with disabilities throughout the nation. IDEA governs how states and public agencies provide early intervention, special education and related services to more than 6.5 million eligible infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities. Children and youth (ages 3-21) receive special education and related services under IDEA Part B.
How the Funds Can Be Used
IDEA Part B Sections 611 and 619 funds must be used only to pay the excess costs of providing special education and related services to children with disabilities, such as costs for special education teachers and administrators; related services providers (speech therapists, psychologists, etc.); materials and supplies for use with children with disabilities; professional development for special education personnel; professional development for regular education teachers who teach children with disabilities; and specialized equipment or devices to assist children with disabilities. Expenditures must benefit eligible students who are receiving special education services.
Community and Crowdfunding Options
PledgeCents has created a hassle free, no-nonsense interface where you can set up a fundraising page and then easily share it to your community via social media, email, newsletters, etc.
How Pledgecents works with Studies Weekly
Thousands of teachers across the nation use Studies Weekly in their classroom because local parents got involved and funded the purchase.
The Rotary Foundation supports education through scholarships, donations, and service projects around the world.