Program Description: Wisconsin has nearly $46 million in Title II, Part A funds to train, hire, and retain skilled educators. These funds will be distributed by formula based on enrollment (20%) and on the number of students below the poverty line (80%). To be eligible to receive a subgrant, a local educational agency (LEA) shall conduct an assessment of local needs for professional development and hiring, as identified by the LEA and school staff. These selected goals may be directly related to the school district requirements of Chapter PI 34 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code. LEAs may also use these funds to recruit and hire highly qualified teachers.
The law requires that LEAs have an annual plan with targets to have all teachers fully licensed by the end of the 2005/06 school year. The second priority is paraprofessional training to meet the ESEA/NCLB requirements. The third priority is the support for professional development of teachers, pupil services personnel, and school administrators to increase content knowledge or develop teaching skills and dispositions. The law also requires LEAs to target funds to schools that have the lowest proportion of high qualified teachers, have the largest average class size, or are identified for improvement.
If any LEA has not met the annual measurable objectives for highly qualified teachers for two consecutive years, the LEA must develop a plan to ensure that all new hires meet the highly qualified status and develop an improvement plan to ensure that all core academic area teachers meet the highly qualified status. The SEA will provide all necessary technical assistance to the LEA in formulating the plan.
LEAs that have not met the highly qualified status and have not met the AYP; or did not make progress towards meeting the requirements for three consecutive years shall:
- Develop a plan to ensure all core academic areas meet the hiring requirements; and
- Not use any Title I funds to fund newly hired paraprofessionals except for replacing a departing paraprofessional serving in the same school.
Amount of Funds Available: $39,333,624
Who is Eligible to Apply: All Local Education Agencies (LEAs)
Application Due Date: July 1
Grant Requirements and Information
Authorization: Title II, Part A, Sections 2101-2123 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965 as amended by the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 (P.L. 107-110).
Additional Links:
Chapter 34
Comparison of T2A and PI 34
T2A New and Revised Items in August 3, 2005 Guidance
Private School Participation: Educator Bulletin No. 03.01 August 7, 2003
T2A Guidance, August 3, 2005
U.S. Department of Education
National Center for Education Statistics
Private School Participation
Eisenhower Allocation 2001 
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For questions about this information, contact Abdallah A. Bendada (608) 267-9270
Last updated on 9/8/2011 10:52:08 AM
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