# Supplemental Services

Title I, section 1116(e)

# General Information

· *What are supplemental services?*Supplemental services are additional educational opportunities for academic instruction designed to increase the academic performance of students.  These services can include tutoring, remediation and other educational interventions, and must be provided outside of the regular school day.  

· *Who can receive supplemental services?*Eligible students are all students from low-income families who attend Title I schools that are in their second year of school improvement, in corrective action, or in restructuring.  If funds are insufficient to provide services to each eligible student, priority must be given to providing services to the lowest-achieving eligible students.  

· *Who selects the service provider?*  Parents may select any provider from the state-approved list.  While the school or local educational agency may make recommendations, parents are not required to accept such recommendations.

· *When must supplemental services start to be offered?*Schools that are identified as in need of improvement for two or more years or subject to corrective action prior to the enactment of *No Child Left Behind* (i.e., before January 8, 2002) must offer supplemental educational services beginning in the 2002-2003 school year.

· *What entities can serve as supplemental service providers?*Providers may include non-profit entities, for-profit entities, local educational agencies, public schools, public charter schools, private schools, public or private institutions of higher education, and faith-based organizations.  All providers must meet the same identification criteria and must undergo the same selection process.  No entity can automatically be considered a supplemental services provider.

· *What entities cannot serve as supplemental services providers?*Entities that cannot serve as providers include (1) public schools identified as in need of improvement, restructuring or corrective action; and (2) LEAs identified as in need of improvement (although schools within such an LEA that are making adequate yearly progress could be providers).

## State Educational Agency (SEA) Responsibilities

· The state educational agency (SEA) must: (1) Consult with parents, teachers, local educational agencies (LEAs), and interested members of the public to identify a wide array of providers so that parents can have a wide variety of choices; (2) Provide annual notices of the requirement to provide services and the process for obtaining approval to be a provider; (3) Develop and apply objective criteria in the selection of potential providers; (4) Maintain an updated list of approved providers; and (5) Develop, implement, and publicly report on standards and techniques for monitoring service quality and effectiveness of providers.

## Local Educational Agency (LEA) Responsibilities

· Local educational agencies must: (1) Notify parents about the availability of services; (2) Help parents chose a provider, if such help is requested; (3) Determine which students should receive services when all students cannot be served; (4) Enter into an agreement with a provider selected by parents of an eligible student; (5) Assist the SEA in identifying potential providers within the LEA; (6) Provide information to the SEA so the SEA can monitor the quality and effectiveness of the services offered by providers; and (7) Protect the privacy rights of students who receive supplemental educational services.

### Provider Responsibilities

· Entities that agree to become supplemental services providers must:  (1) Set specific achievement goals for the student, which must be developed in consultation with the student’s parents; (2) Provide a description of how the student’s progress will be measured and how the student’s parents and teachers will be regularly informed of that progress; (3) Establish a timetable for improving the student’s achievement; (4) Agree to terminate services if student progress goals are not met; (5) Agree to not disclose to the public the identity of any student eligible for or receiving supplemental educational services without the written permission of the student’s parents; and (6) Agree that services will be provided consistent with applicable civil rights laws.

### Funding Issues

· *How much must be spent on supplemental services?*  An LEA must spend up to an amount equal to 20 percent of its Title I, Part A allocation, before any reservations, on: (1) Choice-related transportation; (2) Supplemental educational services; or (3) a combination of (1) and (2).

· *Must all of the funding for supplemental services come from Title I funds?*  No.  The statutory phrase “an amount equal to” means that the funds required to pay the costs of choice-related transportation and supplemental educational services need not come from Title I allocations, but may be provided from other Federal, State, local, and private sources.  However, the amount must be equal to 20 percent of the LEA’s Title I, Part A allocation.

· *In addition to Title I, what other federal funds may be used to pay for supplemental services?*  LEAs may use (1) funds from Title V, Local Innovative Education Program; and (2) funds transferred to Title I from other federal education programs under Section 6123 of ESEA, including funds from Title II, Part A Improving Teacher Quality State Grants; Title II, Part D Educational Technology State Grants; Title IV, Part A Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities State Grants; and Title V, Part A State Grants for Innovative Programs.

· *Must the local educational agency pay for or provide transportation to and from service providers?*  While the LEA may provide transportation, it is not required to do so.

## Where can I get more information?

· For more information, go to: http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/guid/suppsvcsguid.doc.

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