Title I Compliance Academy-Oct. 1, 2024 from 8:30 am to 4 pm

Title I Fiscal Compliance Academy-Oct. 2, 2024 from 8:30 am to 4 pm

Title II Compliance Academy Oct. 3, 2024 from 8:30 am to 4 pm

Compliance! Where do you start? Ever wish documentation was easier to manage and monitor? This five-day event will provide federal grant administrators, leaders, directors, and business managers with the tools and knowledge for success throughout the school year. Participants will develop and refine their skills to analyze documentation for the essential components and enhance leaders’ understanding of how to meet compliance with a step-by-step process.

Registration: Click here to access the link to register for the 2024 Fall ESSA Compliance Academy.

Title I Program Compliance Academy. This will include training on how to understand, manage, and effectively monitor Title I program compliance documentation for each of the following Title I requirements: Comprehensive Needs Assessment, Schoolwide Plan (D/CIP), Parents' Right to Know, Federal School Report Card, Annual Title I Meeting, School/Parent Compact, School/Parent Compact during Parent/Teacher Conferences, Parent & Family Engagement Policy, Value & Utility of Working with Parents-Staff Training, Title I Program Evaluation, Public Notice of Intent to Apply for ESSA Programs, and Private Non-Profit Schools. Registration costs include a free copy of the book “Compliance by Design” with access to the Digital Documents Drive.

Title I Fiscal Compliance Academy. This will include training on Title I fiscal compliance to include eligibility, Rank & Serve, Comparability, Supplement Not Supplant Methodology, Maintenance of Effort, Procurement, District Reservations, REAP/Transferability, Equitable Services for Private Non-Profit schools Title I allocations, allowable use of funds, Title I budget codes, and much more. Registration costs include a free copy of the book “Title I Fiscal Compliance by Design” with access to the Digital Documents Drive.

Title II Compliance Academy. This training will provide attendees with knowledge and skills on how to understand, plan, coordinate, manage, and monitor Title II compliance requirements with useful templates, checklists, and forms to ensure your success: Title II Comprehensive Professional Development Plan, Allowable uses of funds, Class-size reduction, Professional Development, Travel Reimbursement, Title II Private Non-Profit Schools, Memorandums of Understanding, Contract Management, Procurement, Title II job descriptions and Time & Effort reporting, Budgeting and Allocations, Title II funds for Teacher Mentoring & Induction Programs or Teacher & Principal Resident Programs, Teacher and Staff Recruitment and Retention, Requests for Proposals/Qualifications, and much more. Registration costs include a free copy of the book “Title II Compliance by Design” with access to the Digital Documents Drive.

Private Non-Profit Schools Compliance Academy-Sept. 17-18, 2024 from 8:30 am to 4 pm

Private Non-Profit Schools Compliance! Where do you start? Ever wish documentation was easier to manage and monitor equitable services for PNP schools? This two-day training will provide federal grant administrators, school district leaders, directors, and private non-profit schools with the tools and knowledge for success throughout the school year. Participants will develop and refine their skills to analyze documentation for the essential components and enhance leaders’ understanding of how to meet compliance with a step-by-step process. This session includes valuable information and resources for success with all ESSA programs: Title I-A, Title I-C, Title II, Title III, and Title IV.

Registration: Click here to access the link to register for the 2024 Private Non-Profit Schools Compliance Academy.

Are you responsible for managing your district’s Private Non-Profit schools’ equitable services? Are you a private school administrator trying to understand how to access equitable services under the ESEA/ESSA? This two-day academy is designed for your success! The content of this training is based on the book "Private Non-Profit Schools Compliance by Design-How to Manage Equitable Services from Start to Finish". This user-friendly guide provides practical resources in a format that is organized to help any school district or private school administrator to understand all the complex requirements for implementing, managing, monitoring, and evaluating equitable services for Title I, Part A; Title I, Part C; Title II, Part A; Title III; and Title IV, Part A. 

Below is a sample agenda for Day 1:

• Background and history of PNP schools and equitable services.

• “All Things PNP” that covers all the common compliance requirements across all ESSA programs: how to conduct an information meeting, timely and meaningful consultation, allocations, program planning, budget monitoring, role of the PNP school official, payroll and extra-duty pay, documentation, and much more.

• Title I, Part A: How to manage, monitor, and implement equitable services for Title I, Part A

• Low-income survey, targeted assistance model, contracted services, consultation, and much more.

• Title I, Part C: How to manage, monitor, and implement equitable services

• Qualified move, parent notifications, consultation, equitable services allocations, and much more.

• Title II: How to manage, monitor, and implement equitable services

• Consultation, equitable services allocation, procedures for travel reimbursement, and much more.

Below is a sample agenda for Day 2: 

• Title III: How to manage, monitor, and implement equitable services

• Home Language Surveys, PNP student assessment, consultation, equitable services for English language learners and allocations, and much more.

• Title IV: How to manage, monitor, and implement equitable services

• Consultation and equitable services for Well-Rounded Education, Safe & Healthy Students, and Effective Uses of Technology

• Fiscal rules that govern all equitable services that relate to PNP school services: supplement not supplant, reasonable and necessary, allowable/allocable, and procurement.

• Program administration includes examples of policies and procedures to set up and guide PNP schools on how to submit travel reimbursement requests, inventory, contract management with external service providers, and much more.  

About the Presenter/Author: Kish Russell-Yoquelet started working with equitable services for Private Non-Profit schools in 2012 as a Federal Programs Compliance Coordinator for San Antonio ISD in San Antonio, TX. She continues to work and support school districts across the state of Texas and the nation.  Her experience brings direct knowledge and experience that goes beyond the knowledge of federal legislative requirements and provides practical insight to understand the necessary elements to effectively manage a successful equitable services program under your leadership.