Programs

Title I

Title I – What is it?

  • Title I is a federal program, dating back to 1965 and President Johnson’s “War on Poverty” that provides financial assistance to school districts and schools with high percentages of low-income families. The goal is to help ensure that all children meet the challenging academic standards. The federal application form for free and reduced lunch and book fees (F/R) is used to determine each school’s count. The federal government passes Indiana’s monetary allotment to our Indiana Department of Education (DOE) to manage. The state government passes on the funds to individual school corporations using a F/R formula based on census figures and F/R information. This will be the first year using the 2010 census results. Once the school corporation receives the yearly allotment, the corporation may determine the most needy schools and allocate the funds to several or fewer schools by the rank order of their F/R status. No schools with a percentage less than the corporation average may be given a Title I status, however, schools with a F/R percentage 15% or higher qualify for the F/R breakfast program. 

Parent Title I Information – Parent Information and Resource Center (PIRC)

A wealth of information can be gained from checking out the Indiana Partnerships Center that is Indiana’s Parent Information and Resource Center. (PIRC) This agency is funded in part by the U. S. Department of Education, Department of Innovation and Improvement. The Indiana Partnerships Center works to empower parents about their rights and responsibilities pertaining to their children’s education in the following ways:

  • Providing parent-focused workshops that are scheduled by schools, community groups, or parent groups.
  • Providing education-related information and resource materials, in information about the state (PL221) and federal (No Child Left Behind) accountability laws.
  • Helping schools develop parent engagement strategies that provide opportunities for parents to become decision-makers in their children’s school, resources for school improvement, and mentors to others.
  • You can find out more at: http://www.fscp.org/