Community Eligibility Provision & Federal Program Updates

1. Community Eligibility Provision & Federal Program Updates

2. Agenda Louisiana Believes • Community Eligibility Program • Overview • CEP Participation and Eligibility Requirements • Calculations • Reporting & Funding Implications • Federal Program Updates • Act 853/SB 61 – School Choice • District Planning & Budgeting – Panel Discussion

3. Overview Louisiana Believes Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) is a new option under the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), allowing schools to offer breakfast and lunch at no charge to all students while eliminating the traditional school meal application process.

4. Overview: Who benefits from CEP? Louisiana Believes Students. More students receiving free meals. Eliminates stigmas and facilitates happier/healthier student body. Schools. Eliminates administrative burden of processing applications & costs associated with the process. Reduced or eliminated collection of student-level meal charges and follow up on unpaid amounts. Families. Parents will no longer complete confusing applications. Assures children within family are receiving two nutritious meals per day.

5. CEP Participation and Eligibility Requirements

6. CEP Participation and Eligibility Requirements • Where can I find out my directly certified identified student percentage? • Every school and district can access its directly certified identified student percentage in a CEP School Site Information Form via their FTP site. Louisiana Believes Who is eligible? LEAs, a group of schools within an LEA, and individual schools with 40% or greater directly certified identified student percentage. What does directly certified identified student percentage mean? The percentage of identified students approved as eligible for free meals who are not subject to verification. Identified students include: children directly certified by SNAP or TANF; homeless youth on liaison list; migrant and runaway youth; certified foster children; Head Start and pre-K Even Start participants.

7. How to Calculate Free Claiming Percentage? Louisiana Believes

8. How to Calculate Free Claiming Percentage? Example 1: LEA “A” Example 2: School “B” Louisiana Believes

9. Reporting & Funding Implications

10. Reporting & Funding Implications Louisiana Believes Lunch forms are currently used for a variety of processes: • Allocations: Title I, Title II, IDEA, eRate, Perkins and MFP • If one school opts to participate, then the allocation methodology for all parties will be adjusted, as these are formula grants and the same formula must be used for all. • Accountability: Economically disadvantaged subgroup • The subgroup will no longer use FRL forms to determine eligible students so as to treat all schools equitably. Instead, comparable data will be utilized. • Eligibility Determinations: LA 4 and AP Reimbursements* • The process for LA 4 eligibility determinations and AP reimbursements will only change for those who elect to participate in CEP.

11. Reporting & Funding Implications Louisiana Believes

12. Reporting & Funding Implications Louisiana Believes

13. CEP Title I Implications

14. Poverty Data Requirements Louisiana Believes Title I Allowable Poverty Measures Free/Reduced Lunch TANF MEDICAID US Census (ages 5-17) Composite CEP Participating Data Direct Certification Data (MEDICAID, SNAP/Free Lunch, TANF) Free/Reduced Lunch Combination Review CEP School Site Information Form and corresponding eligibility information (see slide 6) to determine whether your district, schools, or group of schools is eligible. Available on FTP.

15. CEP School Allocation Protocols Louisiana Believes Data Needed – Targeting Step 1 Page Direct Certification- October 1, 2014 Free/Reduced Lunch (if applicable) Common Poverty Metric (Non-CEP) Applying Mulitplier Direct Certification – subset of F/R count Apply Multiplier (1.6) – account for difference Multiplier Applied to Direct Certification Only

16. CEP School Allocation Protocols Louisiana Believes Option 1- All Schools Participating Direct Certification Poverty Apply Multiplier Only if Needed (Schools may fall below threshold) Proceed to Rank Order Schools Option 2 – Combination CEP/Non-CEP Direct Certification – CEP and Non-CEP Schools Apply Multiplier Only if Needed (Schools may fall below threshold) Proceed to Rank Order Schools Option 3 – Combination CEP/Non-CEP Direct Certification – CEP Schools F/R Lunch or Survey Non-CEP Apply Multiplier to CEP Schools Proceed To Rank Order

17. CEP School Allocation Protocols Louisiana Believes Which School To Serve • Serve Above 75%? • Viable Instructional Program Required • Only Adequate Funding Required • Multiple Schools @ 100% - Consider Direct Certification Data for Serving Implications/Impact • Prior Title I Schools Eliminated • Prior Non-Title I Schools Qualify (High & Middle Schools) • New Cut Off • Title I Comparability decisions • No impact Rationale of Decisions • Data Driven Decisions • School’s Needs • High Poverty • D & F Schools • Low Graduation Rates • Consistent AYP Deficiencies Point of Contact s Available to Assist

18. CEP – Title I Next Steps Louisiana Believes October 2014 Direct Certification Numbers • Rankings and Allocations for Title I schools SY 15-16 • Title I Comparability Preparations • Know CEP’s Impact on District • District Total Federal Allocations • Impact of Ranking and Serving Title I Schools • Burden Reduction on Economically Disadvantage Data Collections • Sign Up timeframe February/March 2015 Newsletter release

19. School Choice and Act 853

20. School Choice and Act 853 Louisiana Believes Act 853 Requires School Choice for “D” and “F” Schools No preliminary "F" list will be released for 2014-15. Finalized 2012-13 letter grades should be used to determine "F" schools and qualifying students. Transportation within a district is required for all students electing to take advantage of School Choice. Students can request schools outside of district boundaries.

21. District Planning & Budgeting

22. Purpose of Discussion Louisiana Believes Objective To know the LDOE tools and data available to support district and school level planning Outcome To ensure alignment of school and district level plans and resources

23. Network Structure Louisiana Believes

24. Network Structure Louisiana Believes Each Network is composed of : Network Leader Deputy Network Leader supporting Early Childhood Deputy Network Leader supporting supporting Jumpstart Data and Technology Specialist Point of Contact Workflow Specialist 6 – 8 District Support Coaches

25. Network Structure Louisiana Believes NCLB & IDEA Point of Contact Network 1: Vacant Network 2: Georgette Sterling Contact: Georgette.Sterling@la.gov Phone: 225-342-5992 Network 3: Phyllis Butler Contact: Phyllis.Butler@la.gov Phone: 225-219-0422 Network 4: Melanie Mayeux Contact: Melanie.Mayeux@la.gov Phone: 225-219-4447 Network 5: Edeltress Brown Contact: Edeltress.Brown@la.gov Phone: 225-219-7845

26. Tools for Planning Louisiana Believes District Planning Guide District Dashboards Principal Report Cards Performance Profiles (IDEA Data) High School Student Planning Guidebook

27. District Planning Guide - Focus Areas Louisiana Believes

28. Schoolwide Model Visual

29. Title I Schoolwide Provisions Louisiana Believes Schoolwide Service Delivery Model • Strategic Planning Upgrading Entire Instructional Program. • Address Factors Causing Low Performance • Provides Enriched Instruction • Utilizing Multiple Funding Streams • Serves all Students with Major Focus on Students Most at risk.

30. Schoolwide Model Planning Louisiana Believes Three Major Components: • Comprehensive Needs Assessment • Student Performance • School Climate • Professional Development • Effective Instruction • Schoolwide Plan • Instructional/Behavioral Strategies/Goals • Professional Development • Coordination of Funding • Annual Evaluation

31. Key Dates/Deadlines to Remember Louisiana Believes Title III AMAO I and AMAO II Determinations • Required Actions Due – December 5th Title III AYP Determinations Release November 14th • Required Actions Due – December 12th CSPR Title I Part A Data (LEADS Portal) due October 31st. CSPR Title I Part D Data (LEADS Portal) • Open Date – November 5th • Close Date - November 12th Title I Comparability Newsletter Release date – November 3rd. Title I Part D Annual Counts (LEADS Portal) • Open Date – November 5th • Close Date - December 5th

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