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2006-2007 Allocations for Title I, Parts A and D
of the No Child Left Behind Act

For New York State School Districts, Charter Schools and Special Act School Districts

Update

The U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) has released some of the data used in the 2006-07 Title I, Part A allocation process.  While only preliminary information is available at this time (4/13/06), there are data sources that LEAs might find useful for resource management.  Please be advised that the following observations are based on the preliminary estimated State allocation as well as new Bureau of the Census data, but do not consider changes in the other three small child count components of the eligible pupil count used to distribute these funds (see #3 below for an explanation of those categories). For purposes of this analysis, charter school child count data from the past year is used as a proxy for charter school enrollment.

  1. As of 4/13/06, New York State's preliminary estimated 2006-07 Title I, Part A allocation is $1,212,979,524, which is a nearly $14 million decrease from 2005-06.  A chart of preliminary estimated 2006-07 New York State allocations for other selected NCLB programs is available at http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/deputy/nclb/allocations/state0607.htm.

  2. USDOE has provided the Department with allocation amounts for school districts which do not include any adjustments for charter schools, State purposes or school improvement grants.  Upon receipt of 2006-07 estimated enrollment figures for charter schools, the Department will generate preliminary LEA allocation amounts and make them available at http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/deputy/nclb/nclbhome.htm.

  3. The current recommendation for 2006-07 is for LEAs once again to plan on a hold-harmless level of Title I funding, which can range from 95 percent of last year’s base allocation for districts with poverty rates greater than 30 percent, 90 percent for districts with poverty rates between 15 and 30 percent, and 85 percent for districts with poverty rates less than 15 percent.  The data used to determine poverty rates is from the U.S. Bureau of the Census and is available at http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/index.html.  The rates are not based on local free and reduced-price lunch eligibility.

  4. Districts with less than two percent poverty (about three dozen LEAs statewide) once again will be ineligible for Title I, Part A funds.  If an LEA’s Census poverty count is less than two percent and the LEA is currently receiving Title I, Part A funds, that LEA should prepare for the possibility that its Title I, Part A allocation may be eliminated in 2006-07.

  5. To determine the distribution of 2006-07 Title I funds, USDOE is using Bureau of the Census data from the 2003 income year.  At http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/index.html, LEAs can examine the relevant data, which are total children ages 5-17, and children ages 5-17 in families in poverty, for both 2002 (the data year for 2005-06 allocations) and 2003 to determine if their LEA’s poverty level has increased or decreased.  (These data include students in group housing in the total count of children ages 5-17. Since these students will be removed from the total count when the final calculation for Title I is done, the percentages of students in poverty for an LEA may in some cases be understated.)  The overall State percentage of children ages 5-17 in poverty in the United States increased very slightly; however, with the decrease in New York State's Title I allocation from 2005-06, most LEAs should expect to see a decrease in their 2006-07 Title I allocations.  In addition, a change in allocation is dependent on other States' hold-harmless computations as well as their own hold-harmless status from 2005-06.
     

Questions regarding Title I, Part A allocations should be directed to

 

04/13/2006