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Title IV, Part B Legal and Regulatory Requirements:NCLB::NYSED
Update / DCEP Addendum Update Title IV, Part B Legal
Title IV, Part B - Rural Education Achievement Program (REAP)
Part B of Title VI of NCLB contains two Rural Education Achievement Program
(REAP) initiatives. These initiatives are designed to help rural
school districts that lack the personnel and resources to compete effectively
for Federal competitive grants and that receive grant allocations in amounts
that are too small to be effective in meeting their intended purposes. The two REAP initiatives are the Small, Rural School Achievement
Program (SRSA) and the Rural and Low-Income School Program (RLIS). The
SRSA has two components: the Small, Rural School Achievement Grant
Program and REAP-Flex-Alternative Use of Funds Authority. REAP-Flex -Alternative Use of Funds Authority – Section 6211
Only LEAs eligible to participate in the Small, Rural School Grant Program
are eligible to participate in this program. REAP-Flex does
not provide LEAs with additional funding, nor does it allow for the transferring
of funds from one program to another. It does however, provide
eligible LEAs, with flexibility in using “applicable funding” under
several title programs. Participation in REAP-Flex does not relieve an LEA
of its responsibility to provide equitable services for non-public schools
relative to the applicable funds that the LEA receives. The amount
of funding that a non-public school is entitled to is not affected by the
LEAs participation in REAP-Flex.
The overall purpose of REAP-Flex (Alternative Use of Funds Authority)
is to help eligible LEAs improve student achievement to meet the
State’s definition of Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP), improve quality
of instruction and better address local needs. Participating
LEAs must show how funds combined with REAP-Flex can support implementation
or strengthening of local education plans or strategies that will lead to
the improvements that an LEA needs to meet AYP. Eligible LEAs
who choose to participate in this portion of the program must commit to
a three-year cycle. A participating LEA must maintain records
demonstrating that the “applicable funding” was expended and
how and where the monies were used in the LEAs and participating non-public
schools. As part of the LEAs reporting process, they will report
to the New York State Education Department, how the applicable funding was
used. In order to be eligible to participate in this initiative, LEAs must meet
The total number of students in average daily attendance at
all of the schools served by the LEA is less than 600; or each
county in which a school served by the LEA is located has a population
density of fewer than 10 persons per square mile; and All of the schools served by the LEA are designated with a School Locale
Code of 7 or 8 under the U.S. Department of Education’s National
Center for Education Statistics (NCES) locator system. If the LEA
does not meet the School Local Code requirement it can request a waiver
from this requirement. The Secretary may grant the waiver
if the LEA demonstrates, with the concurrence of the SEA, that the LEA
is located in an area defined as rural by a governmental agency of the
State. Eligible LEAs interested in participating in this program can do so by
using “applicable funding” from the programs listed below,
Title II, Part A, Subpart 2 - Teacher and Principal Training
and Recruiting (Improving Teacher Quality State Grants) Title II, Part D - Enhancing Education Through Technology Title IV, Part A- Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities as a whole or in part for local activities authorized under one or more
of the programs listed below in order to assist eligible LEAs address local
academic needs more effectively. Title I, Part A - Improving the Academic Achievement of Disadvantaged
Children Title II, Part A - Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Title II, Part D - Enhancing Education Through Technology Title III - Language Instruction for Limited English Proficient and
Immigrant Students Title IV, Part A - Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Title IV, Part B - 21st Century Community Learning Centers Under REAP-Flex participating LEAs do not have to meet program set-aside
Assessment/Accountability Requirements
LEAs Participating in REAP-Flex (Alternative Use of Funds Authority) must
administer an assessment that is consistent with section 1111(b)(3) of Title
I. After the third year that an LEA participates in the program, and
on the basis of the results of the assessments, the State must determine
whether the LEA has made adequate yearly progress. Only those LEAs
that have made adequate yearly progress may continue to participate. LEAs that fail to make adequate yearly progress may continue to participate
only if they use the applicable funding to carry out the requirements of
section 1116 (Title I School Improvement provisions.)
Non-Public School Participation in REAP-Flex Non-public schools eligible to receive applicable funding through an LEA
eligible for participation in REAP-Flex are also eligible to participate
in the REAP-Flex initiative. After timely and meaningful consultation
with non-public school officials, the LEA and non-public school should determine
how the funds will be expended for the non-public school. As
with the eligible public school, the non-public school can combine their “applicable
funding” as a whole or in part for local activities under one or more
of the seven programs listed above. In order to afford non-public schools maximum flexibility, it is essential
that the LEA engage in timely and meaningful consultation with non-public
school officials. An LEA that decides not to exercise the REAP-Flex
option for their district may still exercise that authority on behalf of
the non-public school.
Small, Rural School Grant Program - Section 6212
Not all LEAs that are eligible for a Small, Rural School Grant award will
necessarily receive an allocation. LEAs that received more than
$60,000 in applicable funding the previous fiscal year will not receive
a grant allocation. However, the LEA can still exercise the
REAP-Flex (Alternative Use of Funds Authority) option.
In order to be eligible to participate in this initiative, LEAs must meet
State. An LEA may use the funding it receives under this program to supplement
not supplant local activities authorized under the following programs:
Title I, Part A - Improving the Academic Achievement of Disadvantaged
Children Title I - School Improvement *
Title II, Part A - Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Title II, Part D - Enhancing Education Through Technology Title III - Language Instruction for Limited English Proficient and
Immigrant Students Title IV, Part A - Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Title IV, Part B - 21st Century Community Learning Centers It is important to note that funding for the Small, Rural School Achievement
Grant Program is processed directly through USDOE via an electronic application
process. LEAs meeting the criteria for participation in the Small, Rural School
Achievement Program and REAP-Flex (Alternative Use of Funds Authority) are
ineligible to participate in the Rural and Low-Income Schools Program. * After the third year an LEA participates in the SRSA program, LEAs
that have failed to make AYP may continue to participate in the SRSA program
if program funds are used only to carryout the requirements of NCLB section
1116 (Title I School Improvement).
LEAs participating in Small, Rural School Achievement program must administer
an assessment that is consistent with section 1111(b)(3) of Title I. After
the third year that an LEA participates in the program, and on the basis
of the results of the assessments, the State must determine whether the
LEA has made adequate yearly progress. Only those LEAs that have made
adequate yearly progress may continue to participate. LEAs that fail to make adequate yearly progress may continue to participate
Rural and Low-Income Schools Program - Sections 6221-6224
The Rural and Low-Income Schools Program is designed to address the needs
of rural LEAs that serve concentrations of low-income families. This
program is one in which the Secretary awards formula grants to SEAs, which
in turn award subgrants to eligible LEAs competitively or on a formula basis. The
New York State Education Department makes awards to eligible applicants
on a formula basis per section 6221(b)(2). An eligible LEA may
use funding under this program to support a range of authorized activities
to assist the LEA in meeting the State’s definition of AYP. Not
all LEAs eligible to receive funding under this program will necessarily
In order to be eligible to participate in the program, an LEA must meet
20 percent or more of the children ages 5 through 17 served
by the LEA are from families with incomes below the poverty line; All of the schools served by the LEA are designated with a School Locale
Code of 6, 7, or 8 under the U.S. Department of Education’s National
Center for Education Statistics (NCES) locator system. The locale codes
of schools are listed at the end of this document and on the Department’s
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) website http://www.nces.ed.gov and; The LEA is not eligible to participate in the Small, Rural School Achievement
Grant Program (Section 6212.) Monies allocated to LEAs under the Rural and Low-Income School Program
can be used to supplement not supplant funding for:
Teacher recruitment and retention Teacher professional development Educational Technology, as defined in Title II, Part D - Enhancing Education
Through Technology Parental involvement activities Activities authorized under Title IV, Part A - Safe and Drug-Free Schools
and Communities Activities authorized under Title I, Part A - Improving the Academic
Achievement of Disadvantaged Children Activities authorized under Title III - Language Instruction for Limited
English Proficient and Immigrant Students Title I School Improvement *
* After the third year an LEA participates in the SRSA program, LEAs
LEAs meeting the criteria for participation in the Rural and Low-Income
Program are ineligible for participation in the Small, Rural School Achievement
Program and REAP-Flex (Alternative Use of Funds Authority.) Assessment/Accountability Requirements LEAs participating in the Rural and Low-Income School Program must administer
assessments consistent with section 1113(b)(3) of Title I. After
LEA has made adequate yearly progress. Only those LEA’s that
have made adequate yearly progress may continue to participate.
LEAs that fail to make adequate yearly progress may continue to participate
Section 1116 (Title I School Improvement provisions).
*The citations contained herein are to the Public Law provisions of the
No Child Left Behind Act. of 2001. For the codified version of the
public law, see 20 U.S.C §§6301-6339 (Title I, Part A); 20 U.S.C. §§6421-6472
(Title I, Part D); 20 U.S.C. 6601-6651 (Title II, Part A); 20 U.S.C. §§6751-6777
(Title II, Part D); 20 U.S.C. §§6811-6871 (Title III, Part A);
U.S.C. §§7101-7165 (Title IV, Part A). Back
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