Colorado. Department of Education. Office of Federal Program Administration

Title II, Part A (IIA) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) provides funding for district-based initiatives designed to improve the quality of teaching and leadership in schools. Title IIA funds may be used for a vast array of activities including high-quality professional development, recruitment and retention of effective educators, helping teachers become highly qualified, and class size reduction. However, emerging research on...

Section I provides NCLB-mandated requirements for Title I Targeted Assistance Plans. These requirements are laid out in an easy-to-use format. Also included are guidance and suggestions for writing your Title I Program Plan. Section II contains templates to facilitate the writing of your Targeted Assistance plan. Section III provides a checklist to assist you in reviewing your plan and assuring that all components have been addressed. Section IV provides...

Title I, Part A funds may be used for preschool education under some circumstances. This brochure provides an outline of the intersection of these two programs.

AMAOs are performance objectives or targets, for English Language Learners, which Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) that receive Title III sub-grants must meet each year. LEAs receiving Title III sub-grants are required to meet two English language proficiency AMAOs, based on student performance on the Colorado English Language Assessment for Proficiency (CELApro), and a third academic achievement AMAO, based on reading and math Adequate Yearly Progress...

Colorado's efforts then increase technology integration into teaching and learning to improve student technological literacy and eventually student achievement.

Each state in the nation is charged with creating their own plan for meeting the goals of ESSA. The purpose of the ESSA Hub Committee was to provide oversight of the ESSA state plan development by individuals who represent a diverse set of key education stakeholders and make recommendations to the State Board of Education for decisions to be included in Colorado's ESSA state plan.