No Child Left Behind has made some changes from the original ESEA. These include:
- more flexibility in the way poverty data for private school students is collected and how often;
- placed more pressure on the local education agencies (LEA) to ensure that private school students who are eligible for public services receive them;
- An expansion that provides the option for a third party contractor;
- Requirement of private school officials to sign a form at the end of the school year saying the school district engaged them in a timely consultation of the available programs
Funds for private school children can now be distributed in two different ways:
- The money can be applied directly to the students who are eligible
- The money can be pooled together to serve all of the eligible students in one school districts area
This Action Brief will focus on the following major NCLB provisions related to private school student participation:
- Student Eligibility
- Equitable Funding
- Role of the Local School District
- Parent Involvement
- Assessment of Private School Students
- Bypass Provision
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- Copyright 2006 National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education, Public Education Network (PEN).