LEA and School Improvement Non-Regulatory Guidance July 21, 2006
PURPOSE OF THIS GUIDANCE
This non-regulatory guidance updates and expands upon the "LEA and School ImprovementNon-Regulatory Guidance" issued on January 7, 2004. The revised guidance addresses newissues raised by State and local officials in light of their experiences in administering andcarrying out the
School Restructuring
provisions authorized in NCLB and provides additionalclarification and rationale about
School Restructuring
for which the Department receivedinquiries from the field. This guidance does not impose any requirements beyond those that thelaw specifies and, where possible, it encourages varying approaches and focuses on what can bedone rather than on what cannot be done.The guidance in this document supersedes all prior non-regulatory guidance issued by theDepartment for LEA and School Improvement. Any requirements referred to in this guidanceare taken directly from the statute and the Title I regulations, with citations provided throughout.Except for explicit statutory and regulatory requirements, State and local recipients are free toimplement the
LEA and School Improvement
requirements based on their own reasonableinterpretations of the law.
SUMMARY OF NEW AND REVISED ITEMS
This document includes a number of new questions to address issues that were undeveloped ordid not appear in the previous guidance. Responses to other questions are revised for clarity orresponsiveness to issues based on experience gained from the implementation of the Title Ischool improvement provisions.The following are new questions that were not in the January 7, 2004 guidance: G-6, G-8, G-9,G-10, G-11, G-12, G-14, G-15, H-5, H-7, H-8, H-9, H-10, H-11, and J-2. Additionally, includedin Appendix A is a chart that illustrates the relationship of school improvement, correctiveaction, and restructuring, and the possible consequences for a single school as it moves throughthe school improvement process.In addition, the responses to the following questions include significant new information orchanges from the 2004 guidance: G-1, G-2, G-3, G-5, G-7, G-13, G-16 and H-2. QuestionsC-14 and D-3 have been revised to be consistent with language in the restructuring questions thatfocuses attention on the use of AYP data to target
the needs of a school’s students
.The following questions have not changed, but in some cases, have a new number: G-4, H-1,H-3, H-4, and H-6.
Question F-4 has been revised (November 8, 2007) to remove duplicative language.
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