Supplemental Services
Entities eligible to provide
supplemental services might include:
- Community agencies
- LEAs
- Public schools
- Charter schools
- Private schools
- After-school programs
- Child care centers
- Libraries
- Community colleges
- Private companies
- On-line schools/Family literacy
programs/Even Start programs
- Boards of Cooperative Educational
Services (BOCES)
- Faith-based organizations
Under the new Title I, Part A, of the
No Child Left Behind Act (ESEA),
low-achieving, disadvantaged students
attending schools that do not make
adequate yearly progress for three
consecutive years (i.e., schools are in
their second year of improvement) may
receive supplemental education services.
States are responsible for identifying
eligible supplemental service providers
(SSPs). Parents choose the SSP for their
children from among the providers
approved by the state for their school
district. These supplemental services
must be provided beginning in the
2002-03 school year.
The providers of supplemental
services must meet the following
criteria in order to be approved by the
state:
- A demonstrated record of
effectiveness in increasing student
academic achievement;
- Documentation that instructional
strategies used by the provider are
high quality, research-based and
designed to increase student academic
achievement;
- Evidence that services are
consistent with the instructional
program of the school district(s) and
with state academic content standards;
and
- Evidence that the provider is
financially sound.
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