Federal Programs

Federal programs support local school districts in their efforts to provide special education and related services to students with disabilities. These services focus on enhancing student achievement and post-secondary outcomes through implementation of regional and statewide activities for students, families, educators, administrators, and other stakeholders. Targeted areas for services and supports include accessible instructional materials, assistive technology, curriculum access and alignment, dropout prevention, family engagement, least restrictive environment, positive behavior supports, and transition. Additional services include ensuring compliance with federal and state regulations for special education, collecting and analyzing data on education services and outcomes, providing guidance and oversight of the budgets for state and federal special education funds, and coordinating dispute resolution requirements as required by state and federal regulations.

Title I-A

Contact: Lori Register
Clinch County Elementary/Middle School
1 Panther Way
Homerville, GA 31634
(912) 487-5385

Title I is a federal program that provides funds to schools and districts based upon the percentage of students qualifying to receive free or reduced price (school) meals. The purpose is to ensure that all children have access to quality instruction and resources that will enable them to meet state academic standards.

Title I schools must incorporate the following reform strategies:

* Provide opportunities for all students to meet the state's proficient and advanced levels of student academic achievement
* Address the needs of all students in the school, particularly the needs of low-achieving students and those at risk of not meeting proficiency
* Address how the school will determine if those needs have been met
* Use effective methods and instructional practices that are based on scientifically-based research
Also, Title I Schools are required to host workshops/trainings for parents that focus upon the academic needs of the students. While many of these workshops/trainings occur during daytime hours, others are in the evenings. Additionally, these workshops/trainings are repeated, based upon attendance and parent requests. Interpreters (for Spanish speaking parents) and childcare are often available.

Clinch County Elementary School and Clinch County Middle School are currently designated as Title I Schools. Clinch County High School is not designated as a Title I School.

The School Improvement Plans for Clinch County Elementary School and Clinch County Middle School are available in the sidebar of this page. The principal at CCES and CCMS has signed copies, and we have signed original copies at the board office.

Clinch County Elementary and Middle Schools have an on-site Parent Center, facilitated by Mrs. Lori Register. If you would like to give suggestions or feedback on any of the school compacts, Family Engagement plans, or the school-wide plans, please print and fill out the suggestions and feedback form on the right and drop off at the Elementary/Middle school or send it back via email.

Title I-C

Title II-A

Contact: Denise Brown
46 South College Street
Homerville, GA 31634
(912) 487-5321

Title II, Part A Improving Educator Quality State Grants originally authorized as Eisenhower Professional Development and the Class Size Reduction programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965, was reauthorized in 2001 by the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and in 2015 by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). While ESSA was authorized in December of 2015, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016 extended the date by which certain parts of the act would be effective. The USDE has provided further guidance in the form of Dear Colleague Letters and FAQs. In 2012, USDE allowed SEAs to submit flexibility waivers; per these FAQs, all flexibility requests are null and void as of August 1, 2016.

Improving Teacher Quality State Grant funds are obtained by a state on the basis of the United States Department of Education’s (USDE) approval of either (1) an individual state plan as provided in Section 2112 of the ESEA (20 USC 2112) or (2) a consolidated application that includes the program, in accordance with Section 9302 of the ESEA (20 USC 7842). Through the program, state, and local educational agencies (SEAs and LEAs) receive funds using a USDE provided formula based on poverty and population.

The purpose of the Title II, Part A grant is:

to increase student achievement consistent with challenging State academic standards,
to improve the quality and effectiveness of teachers, principals, and other school leaders,
to increase the number of teachers, principals, and other school leaders who are effective in improving student academic achievement in schools, and
to provide low-income and monitory student greater access to effective of teachers, principals and other school leaders.
Parents, please view the Title IIA Parent’s Right to Know Letter for more information regarding Title IIA. We always strive to do our best to keep you informed.

Title III

CONTACT: Ann Johnson
46 South College Street
Homerville, GA 31634
(912) 487-5321

Title III is a federally-funded program that provides LEAs with funding to supplement those English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) services already in place. Clinch County School District is part of the Title III consortium due to a low incidence population. ESOL and Title III hold students accountable for progress toward and attainment of English language proficiency. Classroom teachers integrate the WIDA English Language Development standards with the CCGPS to enable ELs to both communicate in English and demonstrate their academic, social, and cultural proficiency. To the extent practicable, we use the EL’s home language as a means of facilitating instruction and providing parents with school-related information.

Title IV-A

Contact - Lori James
South College Street
Homerville, GA 31634
(912) 487-5321

Authorized in December 2015, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) introduced a new block formula grant under Title IV, Part A with a wide range of allowable uses. Title IV, Part A, Student Support and Academic Enrichment (SSAE) grants are intended to improve students’ academic achievement by increasing the capacity of States, LEAs, schools, and local communities to:

provide all students with access to a well-rounded education
improve school conditions for student learning, and
improve the use of technology in order to improve the academic achievement and digital literacy of all students. (ESEA section 4101).

Title V-B

Contact - Lori James
46 South College Street
Homerville, GA 31634
(912) 487-5321

The Rural and Low Income Schools (RLIS) Program:
The RLIS program is an initiative that provides grant funds to rural LEAs that serve concentrations of children from low-income families. Under the RLIS program, the U.S. Department of Education awards funds by formula to State Education Agencies (SEAs) to provide subgrants to eligible LEAs to support a range of authorized activities to support student achievement in order to meet the State’s definition of adequate yearly progress.

Title IX

Contact - Jason Bell
46 South College Street
Homerville, GA 31634
(912) 487-5321

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) enforces, among other statutes, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Title IX protects people from discrimination based on sex in education programs or activities that receive Federal financial assistance. Title IX states that:

No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.

McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act

Contact: Renee Harris

1 Panther Way

(912) 487-5366

Homeless youth are childrent and youth who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence, including children and youth who are:

Sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing or economic hardship;
Living in motels, hotels, trailer parks or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations;
Living in emergency or transitional shelters;
Abandoned in hospitals;
Living in public or private places not designed for or ordinarily used as sleeping accommodation for human beings;
Living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, transportation stations or similar settings;
Migratory children living in conditions described in the previous examples; and
Unaccompanied youth who are not in the physical custody of a parent or guardian.

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