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Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

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ESSA Titled Programs

Advancing Equity

Fundamentally, ESSA is about creating a set of interlocking strategies to promote educational equity by providing support to districts and schools as they work to ensure that every student succeeds. New York State is committed to ensuring that all students succeed and thrive in school no matter who they are, where they live, where they go to school, or where they come from.

To foster equity, the New York State ESSA plan:

  • addresses disparities in training for teachers to help them be effective in the classroom;
  • provides students more access to rigorous high school coursework;
  • makes schools equally welcoming environments for all students;
  • increases fiscal transparency in school building spending; and
  • uses multiple measures to allow students to demonstrate proficiency in state learning standards.

Every student includes English language learners, students with disabilities, low-income students, neglected and delinquent youth, migrant students, homeless students, and students in rural districts where sparse population density creates its own challenges.

ESSA includes a wide array of programs that are designed to help to ensure success for students and schools. These programs provide schools and districts with resources focused on meeting the needs of students, parents and families, teachers, and school leaders.

Below, please find information, resources, technical assistance, data, and reports on the New York State Education Department (NYSED) ESSA programs.

Title I, Part A - Improving Basic Programs Operated by LEAs

Title I, Part A provides supplemental financial assistance to school districts/schools with a high percentage of children from low-income families, to provide all children a significant opportunity to receive a fair, equitable, high-quality education and to close educational achievement gaps.

Title I, Part C - Migrant Education

The New York State Migrant Education Program establishes or improves programs of education, including support services, for migratory children and their families.

Title I, Part D - Neglected & Delinquent Education

Title I, Part D provides supplemental educational/transitional services to students in residential facilities across New York State.

Title II, Part A - Supporting Effective Instruction

Title II, Part A is designed to advance excellence in teaching and learning and to promote equity in educational opportunity throughout the State.

Title III - Language Instruction for English Language Learners and Immigrant Students

Title III is designed to enable English Language Learners/Multilingual Learners and Immigrant Students to develop English language proficiency, as well as access the State’s challenging academic standards, through the provision of high-quality instruction and support.

Title IV, Part A - Student Support and Academic Enrichment

Title IV, Part A provides supplemental funding to help provide students with a well-rounded education, improve school conditions and improve the use of technology.

Title V, Part B - Rural Education Achievement Program (REAP)

Title V, Part B provides additional resources to assist rural districts in meeting state definitions for the New York State Accountability System.

McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youths

Title IX, Part A (the McKinney-Vento Act) provides support to ensure that homeless children and youth have equal access to the same free, appropriate, public education; including a public preschool education, with the opportunity to meet the same challenging state content and student performance standards.