New York State Department of Education - Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
To foster equity, the New York State ESSA plan:
addresses disparities in training for teachers to help them be effective in the classroom;
provides students more access to rigorous high school coursework;
makes schools equally welcoming environments for all students;
increases fiscal transparency in school building spending; and,
uses multiple measures to allow students to demonstrate proficiency in state learning standards.
Every student includes English language learners, students with disabilities, low-income students, neglected and delinquent youth, migrant students, homeless students, and students in rural districts where sparse population density creates its own challenges.
ESSA includes a wide array of programs that are designed to help to ensure success for students and schools. These programs provide schools and districts with resources focused on meeting the needs of students, parents and families, teachers, and school leaders.
This federal program provides supplemental financial assistance to school districts/schools with a high percentage of children from low-income families, to provide all children a significant opportunity to receive a fair, equitable, high-quality education and to close educational achievement gaps.
This program establishes or improves programs of education, including support services, for migratory children and their families.
Under ESSA, the Title I, Part D provides funds to NYS agencies; Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) & Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) and local education agencies (LEAs)
This program is designed to advance excellence in teaching and learning and to promote equity in educational opportunity throughout the State.
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This federal program provides supplemental funding to help provide students with a well-rounded education, improve school conditions and improve the use of technology.
This program provides additional resources to assist rural districts in meeting state definitions for the New York State Accountability System.
This program provides support to ensure that homeless children and youth have equal access to the same free, appropriate, public education; including a public preschool education, with the opportunity to meet the same challenging state content and student performance standards.
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