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Title I, Part D Nonregulatory Guidance State Agency Programs (Part D, Subpart 1) You are hereHome Introduction
A-5. Must the 15 or 20 hours of instruction that an SA is required to provide to qualify for Subpart 1 funds be entirely from State funding, or could the instruction time include education programs funded by other Federal agencies? The State's regular program of instruction must be State funded and must meet the required number of hours; the instructional program cannot include additional instructional time provided with Title I of ESEA or other Federal funds.
B-4. Is an SEA eligible to receive Subpart 1 funds as an SA? Yes. An SEA may be an eligible SA if it receives a specific State appropriation for the education of children who are N or D and provides educational services to children and youth who are N or D, either directly or through another agency, such as an LEA , another SA, or an institution of higher education. Regardless of whether the SEA is an eligible SA, the SEA has administrative responsibility for ensuring that the program operates in accordance with all applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.
B-5. Can an SA allocate its Subpart 1 funds to one facility rather than to each facility that generated a count? Yes. With SEA approval, the SA determines the facilities to which it allocates Subpart 1 funds. The SA has the discretion, based on its needs assessment, to concentrate Subpart 1 services on those institutions that have children and youth with the greatest need.
B-6. If an SA does not submit an application for Subpart 1 funds, should the SEA return Subpart 1 grant funds to ED? The SEA should consider providing these funds to one or more SAs, or use the funds directly to provide services, with the SEA serving as an SA. However, if the funds cannot be used in these ways, they must be returned to ED.
D-2. Are short-term institutions (those with an average length of stay of fewer than 30 days) eligible to receive Subpart 1 funds? No. Although some short-term institutions, such as detention, diagnostic, and reception centers, provide basic education services for youth, Subpart 1 services are most effective in institutions where the duration of the stay is longer. Therefore, the average length of stay or participation in an institution for delinquent children and youth, an institution for neglected children and youth or an adult correctional facility should be at least 30 days for these institutions to be eligible to receive Subpart 1 funds (see 34 CFR 200.90(b) of the Title I, Part D regulations). This average length of stay requirement does not apply to community day school programs serving neglected or delinquent children and youth.
D-3. May an SA use its Subpart 1 allocation to serve children and youth in privately operated facilities? Yes. Subpart l authorizes the SEA to provide financial support to SAs that operate educational programs for children and youth in institutions or community day programs for children who are N or D as well as for children or youth in adult correctional facilities. An SA may contract with private facilities to serve N or D children and youth. However, the SA is responsible for ensuring that a private facility operates a program in accordance with all applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.
D-4. May a State include SA N or D children and youth served in private facilities in the annual count of eligible children submitted to ED for Subpart 1 allocation purposes? Yes, provided that the N or D children and youth counted are (1) the responsibility of the SA; (2) under the age of 21; and (3) enrolled in a regular program of instruction operated or supported by SAs in institutions or community day programs for N or D children and youth and adult correctional institutions as specified in 34 CFR 200.91 of the Title I, Part D regulations.
E-2. Is a youth who has completed the General Education Development (GED) program eligible to receive Subpart 1 services? Yes. A student aged 21 or younger who is otherwise eligible to receive services under Subpart 1 (see item E-1 above) and who has earned a GED, but takes courses that lead to a high school diploma, is eligible to receive Subpart 1 services. Earning a high school diploma would fall within the definition of "regular program instruction" found in 34 CFR 200.90(b) of the Title I, Part D regulations, that is limited to an educational program not beyond grade 12. Subpart 1 funds also may be used for dual-enrollment courses in which a student concurrently earns high school and college credit, but may not be used for courses that award college credits only. Additionally, Subpart 1 funds may be used for placement services designed to place the youth in a university, college, or junior college program, such as SAT and ACT preparation courses, as well as for fees associated with college applications.
F-2. May a State plan be revised? Yes. The statute allows for plans to be reviewed and revised periodically by States. However, if substantive changes are made to a State plan, those changes must be submitted to ED for approval.
G-2. May an SEA approve an SA's application for more than 1 year? Yes. If an SA operates a program or project under Subpart 1 in which individual children or youth are likely to participate for more than 1 year, the SEA may approve the SA's application for a subgrant under this subpart for a period not to exceed three years.
G-5. Who prescribes the format of the application an SA submits for its Subpart 1 subgrant? The SEA prescribes the format for the SA application and determines the specific information the SA must submit as part of its application and to carry out its responsibilities under Subpart 1. The SEA, however, may not use the application process to impose requirements that are inconsistent with the requirements under Title I of ESEA or other applicable Federal statutes and regulations.
G-6. May an SA submit an application that consists only of separate applications from each of its facilities? No. The SA must submit its own application addressing the requirements in section 1414(c) of ESEA because the SA is the entity that applies for and receives the Subpart 1 subgrant and is responsible for the administration and control of funds. However, the SA may incorporate individual program plans from each of its facilities into its application.
G-7. Does an SA apply to the SEA for Subpart 1 funds when a contractor or other party provides the education services to children in institutions or community day programs? Yes. The SA, not the contractor, must apply to the SEA for funds because the SA is responsible for providing a free public education to the children in the institutions and community day programs. The SA may contract with or arrange for another agency (such as an LEA , a junior or community college, a private provider, or a university) to provide the education services either at the institution or off-site. An SA, however, is responsible for exercising administrative control over the program and ensuring that the contractor or other party complies with all applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.
G-8. May the SA allow individual institutions to apply directly to the SEA for a Subpart 1 grant? No. Only an SA may apply to the SEA for Subpart 1 funds.
G-9. If the eligible SA is the SEA, must it complete an SA application that is approved by the chief state school officer (CSSO)? Yes. An SEA that receives Subpart 1 funds as an SA must have an application on file that meets all the SEA's requirements for an SA application. The CSSO may delegate responsibility for the approval of this application to the appropriate official within the SEA.
G-10. If the subgrantee under Subpart 1 is the SEA, does the SEA compute maintenance of effort, and how should it monitor itself to ensure compliance? Like other SAs, the SEA must compute maintenance of effort, and the CSSO should monitor the Subpart 1 program for compliance with all statutes and regulations.
H-3. May an SEA reserve 1 percent from its Subpart 1 allocation for State administration activities? Yes. Section 1004 of ESEA authorizes an SEA to reserve for State administration up to 1 percent from funds allocated to the State under Title I, Part A (Grants to LEA s), Part C (Migrant Education), and Part D, Subpart 1 (State Agency Neglected or Delinquent Program). The 1 percent reservation is a maximum. An SEA may reserve less than 1 percent from each of Parts A, C, and D (Subpart 1) of Title I of ESEA. Moreover, an SEA does not need to reserve the same percentage from each part.
J-2. How does an SA apply to operate an institution-wide project? An SA applies for institution-wide project funding under Subpart 1 by submitting a comprehensive plan to the SEA. Section 1416 of Title I of ESEA requires that the plan developed by an SA for an institution-wide project in a specific institution include eight elements. For example, the plan must provide a comprehensive assessment of the educational needs of all children and youth in the institution or program and must describe the measures and procedures that the program will use to assess student progress.
J-3. May an adult correctional institution use its funds for an institution-wide project? No. Institution-wide programs may only be operated in an institution for neglected or delinquent children and youth, or for neglected or delinquent children and youth attending a community day program.
K-1. What are an SA's requirements for providing transition services? Helping institutionalized children and youth who are N or D and those in adult correctional facilities to make the transition into the community for further education or employment is an important element in the success of the Subpart 1 program. Section 1418 of ESEA requires that each SA reserve not less than 15 percent or more than 30 percent of the amount it receives in any year under Subpart 1 to support "transition services" for these children and youth. An SA also may use the reserved funds to provide transition educational services to children and youth in schools other than State-operated institutions.
K-4. Do activities undertaken with the 15–30 percent transition reservation have to be transition activities not in any way already provided by the institution's school program? No. The list of activities suggested in section 1418 of ESEA includes many activities that institutional programs already provide. However, transition activities, like other activities funded by Subpart 1, must supplement and not supplant services that would in the absence of Subpart 1 funds be provided through State or local funds.
No. A State may not waive the reservation requirements for SA transition services. If a State has what it regards as a comprehensive transition system, Subpart 1 funds may be used only to supplement that system. © 2015 American Institutes for Research 1000 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW