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New Flexibility Provisions under NCLB

Student Achievement and School Accountability Conference
October 2002

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Rural Education Initiative Program
Alternate Uses of Funds

Purpose:
To help eligible LEAs address local academic needs more effectively by giving them greater flexibility in the use of limited federal resources.

Applicable Funding

Title II, subpart 2
Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting

Title II, sec. 2412(a)(2)(A)
Enhancing Education Through Technology

Title IV, sec. 4114
Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities

Title V, Part A
Innovative Programs

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Uses of funds

Title I, Part A
Improving the Academic Achievement of Disadvantaged Children

Title II, Part A
Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting

Title II, Part D
Enhancing Education Through Technology

Title III
Language Instruction for LEP and Immigrant Students

Title IV, Part A
Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities

Title IV, Part B
21st Century Community Learning Centers

Title V, Part A
Innovative Programs

Eligibility:
LEAS with a total average daily attendance (ADA) of less than 600 students, or where each school is located in a county with a total population density of less than 10 persons per square mile AND where all of the schools in the LEA are designated with a School Locale Code of 7 or 8 by NCES or the LEA is in an area of the state defined rural by a state government agency.