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KnowledgeBases > The School Improvement KnowledgeBase > Element 1 > Activity 1 > Task 3: School Choice and Supplemental Services

Guideline:

Districts with schools identified as "in need of improvement" have two obligations to the eligible students enrolled in a Title I school: provide such students the option to transfer to another public school served by the district and provide additional academic instruction through supplemental educational services (SES). The public school choice option must be offered no later than the first day of the school year following the year in which the assessments resulted in the school's identification as "in need of improvement." SES is to be provided by schools in the second year of improvement. A school must continue offering SES to its eligible students until the school is no longer identified for school improvement, corrective action, or restructuring.

Tools Public School Choice Online Toolkit _EXTERNAL_LINK

This link is to a U.S. Department of Education online toolkit on public school choice. As noted at the website, the toolkit provides "resources for public school choice, drawn from diverse school districts across the country."

Guidelines Guidance for Supplemental Educational Services _EXTERNAL_LINK

This link is to the U.S. Department of Education's non-regulatory guidance for the implementation of the SES provisions of NCLB.

Legal Non-Regulatory Guidance on Title I, Part A Waivers _EXTERNAL_LINK

This link is to the U.S. Department of Education's non-regulatory guidance about waivers affecting the 14-day notice for public school choice and approval of identified districts and schools as SES providers.

Legal Public School Choice Non-Regulatory Guidance _EXTERNAL_LINK

This U.S. Department of Education document provides the department's non-rgulatory guidance on school choice. As noted in the introduction, "This guidance updates and expands on the Public School Choice Non-Regulatory Guidance that the U.S. Department of Education released on February 6, 2004." 

Legal Title I - Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged _EXTERNAL_LINK

This link is to updated Title I regulations published in the Federal Register on October 29, 2008. The regulations address assessment, accountability, public school choice, and SES.

References Choices for Parents _EXTERNAL_LINK

This U.S. Department of Education website provides links to the department's resources related to public school choice and supplemental educational services.

References Supplemental Educational Services _EXTERNAL_LINK

This link is to U.S. Department of Education resources related to supplemental educational services.

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