Based on a formula using a 40 day Free & Reduced
Lunch count.
As a schoolwide program you do, however, have much
more flexibility on how you can spend your Title I money.
Schoolwide programs also have the option of
combining their federal Title funds into one schoolwide pot so there
might in that way be more money to use to work toward schoolwide goals.
In targeted assistance programs, Title I teachers
have a long list of requirements that they must follow. Schoolwide
programming also involves a number of requirements. However, these
requirements should in no way be the responsibility of one teacher at
the school (unless he/she is paid as a coordinator and given time for
this responsibility). Schoolwide programming is the responsibility of
all school staff.
Please remember the intent of schoolwide
programming.
The key issue in developing a schoolwide plan is
to understand that the process entails far more than simply
re-allocating Title I funds: 'Going schoolwide' is not just about Title
I, it's about educational reform.
Schoolwide programs are not simply add-on services
or replications of standard models; they are planned adaptations of
proven programs, changed to meet local conditions and traditions.
(WestEd Schoolwide Reform: A New Outlook)
