In addition to the regular classroom instruction program, other instructional programs provide special support for students at risk of dropping out and students who are not performing on grade level. The students served, however, are selected based on educational need, not economic status.
Funds are to be supplemental in nature.
In other words, these funds must supplement the regular program, not replace regular education funds. The amended law allows a school to be designated as a schoolwide program if 50 percent or more of students on the campus or in the attendance zone are low income. In Texas, state-funded compensatory programs began in 1975 with the passage of House Bill 1126. In 1997, Section 42.152 of the Texas Education Code was amended to include reporting and auditing systems covering appropriate use of compensatory education allotment funds. House Bill 1126 requires that state compensatory funds, like federal Title I, Part A funds, be supplemental in nature.