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. 

• Parents Right to Know Letter

Parents

• Parent Involvement Policy for Penn-Harris-Madison
• Parent Link to Title I Information - Parent Information and Resource Center (PIRC)