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New Flexibility Provisions under NCLB
Student Achievement and School Accountability Conference
October 2002
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New Flexibility Provisions under NCLB
Flexibility provisions are designed...
Flexibility Stars (LEAs)
Flexibility Provisions
Local Flexibility Ddemonstration Program "Local-Flex"
Funds that may be consolidated under Local-Flex
Local-Flex
Local-Flex (continued)
State Priority
States seeking State-Flex
To be considered for Local-Flex:
For further Local-Flex information, contact:
Local-Flex True or False
Funds consolidated ...
Under Local-Flex, an LEA may use its consolidated funds ...
An LEA may only use 4% of the funds ...
Local-Flex agreements are for 3 years
Use of funds under Local-Flex authority ...
State Flexibility, Authority Program (State-Flex)
State Flexibility, Authority Program (continued)
Applications must
Applications must (continued)
Applications must (continued 2)
Funds that may be consolidated under State-Flex
Applications must ... SEA funds (continued)
Funds that may be consolidated under State-Flex (continued)
Control over Title V funds
For further State Flexibility information, contact:
State-Flex True or False
State-Flex States may specify how ALL local educational agencies ...
State-Flex States may change the manner ...
There are no limitations on the number of LEAs ...
At least half of the LEAs that enter into performance agreements ...
SEAs with State-Flex authority may consolidate both administrative ...
Local performance agreements under State-Flex confer ...
Transferability
LEA Transferability
LEA Transferability (continued)
LEA Transferability (continued 2)
For each transfer, the LEA must
Calculating a base
ExampleCalculating a base
Carryover Funds
ExampleCarryover Funds
TransferabilityLocal-Flex Table
SEA Transferability
Designated Programs
Designated Programs (continued)
Designated Programs (continued 2)
For each transfer, the SEA must
For each transfer, the SEA must (continued)
For further SEA Transferability information, contact:
TransferabilityTrue or False
Using the Transferability authority is easy.
An LEA may transfer funds ...
There are separate provisions applying ...
SEAs and LEAs must have approval in order to transfer ...
States are required to notify ED ...
LEAs are required to notify their SEA ...
In the transfer notification, both States and LEAs ...
SEAs and LEAs may never transfer funds ...
An LEA may transfer funds into Title I ...
All LEAs are eligible to participate ...
The Department is specifying how SEAs and LEAs account ...
The Transferability authority permits funds ...
Programs subject to the Local Transferability authority ...
Before transferring funds, an SEA and an LEA must ...
Rural Education Initiative, Title VI, Part B
General Purposes of REAP
Rural Education Initiative Program, Alternate Uses of Funds
For further REAP information, contact:
REAP True or False
Under REAP, an LEA is not required to meet ...
REAP alternative uses of funds authority applies ...
For what purposes would you use one of these flexibility authorities?
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