State Performance Goals–The ESEA performance goals are the broad expression of the desired results that all States are working to meet. They cut across all of the major ESEA programs and reflect the overall vision of the statute, which is to improve the achievement of all students. All States agreed to adopt a set of five performance goals in their approved Consolidated State Applications. States also have the option of establishing additional State goals for improving student achievement. Performance Indicators–The ESEA performance indicators provide a way of measuring whether States have made progress toward achieving each broad performance goal. As with the performance goals, the indicators cut across all major ESEA programs and reflect the overall vision of the statute. In 2002, all States agreed to adopt performance indicators that correspond to the 5 performance goals in their approved Consolidated State Applications. If a State has established additional State goals for improving student achievement, that State should also have established corresponding performance indicators. Performance Targets–Performance targets are the results States expect to achieve by a specified date with respect to each ESEA indicator. Each State was required, as part of the Consolidated State Application, to develop performance targets for each performance indicator. Measurable Program Outcomes–Measurable outcomes are the results the MEP hopes to achieve at the State and local operating agency level through the provision of specific educational or educationally related services. Measurable outcomes help the MEP determine whether and to what degree it has met the special educational needs of migrant children that the SEA identified through the comprehensive needs assessment. The measurable outcomes at both the State and local operating agency levels help migrant children achieve the State’s performance targets. (See section 1306(a)(1)(D) of the statute.) B2. How do these terms apply? An example of the application of each term is provided below. DESIRED RESULT ORGANIZATIONAL LEVEL Adopted or developed by the State for all students Performance Goal 1: By 2013-2014, all students will reach high standards, at a minimum attaining proficiency or better in reading/language arts and math. Established by the Department to reflect the requirements in the statute and adopted by the State for all children in its
Professional development (e.g., training programs for school personnel to enhance their ability to understand and appropriately respond to the needs of migrant children); PAC and other parental involvement activities (see Questions B11-B13 and C4-C7 in Chapter VII – “Parental Involvement”); Identification and recruitment; Coordination activities with other agencies, both within the State and with other States nationwide, including the transfer of student records; Comprehensive needs assessment activities; and Evaluation of the MEP. F5. May an SEA or local operating agency use MEP funds to construct school facilities? No. This is not permitted because the MEP statute does not authorize the use of MEP funds for construction. F6. May an SEA or local operating agency use MEP funds to pay for the utilities of a school building (e.g., janitorial and maintenance costs) that the MEP uses for a summer program? Yes. This is an allowable cost, provided that the agency does not include the costs in its indirect cost pool during the same period. Combining MEP funds with other programs G1. May an SEA or local operating agency use MEP funds to support the participation of migrant students in another Federally-funded educational program (e.g., a program for limited English proficient students funded by Title III)? Yes. However, section 1306(b)(2) and requirements of other Federal programs place certain conditions on when and how this may be done. Section 1306(b)(2) requires SEAs and local operating agencies to provide services to migrant students from other Federal programs before they use MEP funds to provide services. Furthermore, while each Federal program has its own eligibility requirements, none permits migrant students to be excluded from services because they are eligible for the MEP. Therefore, other Federal programs must select and provide services to eligible migrant students on the same basis as other eligible children. After the other Federal program selects students for services, an SEA or local operating agency may use MEP funds to increase the number of migrant students who participate in the project and/or enhance the services that participating migrant students otherwise receive.
results for children with disabilities, including migrant children with disabilities. Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers with Disabilities Program – Title III of the Rehabilitation Act Provides comprehensive vocational rehabilitation services to migrant or seasonal farmworkers with disabilities to increase their employment opportunities. McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act – Title VII, Subtitle B of the Public Health and Welfare Act Provides funds to SEAs to ensure that homeless children have equal access to public education, including access to services that enable them to meet the same State student academic and achievement standards to which all students are held. Department of Labor Migrant and Seasonal Workers Protection Act (MSWPA) Program Monitors the adequacy of wages, housing, and transportation for agricultural workers. Temporary Alien Agricultural Labor Certification Program (H-2A Program) Provides temporary, foreign farmworkers for employers who meet certification requirements. National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) Assists migrant farmworkers and their families achieve economic self-sufficiency through job training and other related services that address their employment needs. Department of Agriculture National School Breakfast Program Provides subsidized breakfast services for school children who meet family size and eligibility standards. Summer Food Service Program Offers free meals to children during months when their schools are closed for vacation. Migrant children, age 18 and younger, may receive up to three meals a day. Special Milk Program Supplies milk to children who do not have access to other meal