Loup City Public Schools is a Proud Title One District!
Overview of Title I
Title I Part A of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act provides financial assistance to districts and schools with high numbers or high percentages of children from low-income families to help ensure that all children meet challenging state academic standards. The priorities of Title I are to:
Strengthen the core program in schools and provide academic and/or support services to low-achieving students at the preschool, elementary, middle, and high school levels;
Provide evidence-based programs that enable participating students to achieve the learning standards of the state curriculum frameworks;
Elevate the quality of instruction by providing eligible staff with substantial opportunities for professional development; and,
Involve parents/guardians of participating public and private school children as active partners in their children’s education at school through open, meaningful communication, training, and, as appropriate, inclusion in decision-making processes.
Right To Know
Families/guardians of students attending a Title I school may request, and the district will provide in a timely manner, information regarding the professional qualifications of their student’s classroom teachers, including, at a minimum:
Whether the teacher has met state qualification and licensing criteria for the grade levels and subject areas in which the teacher provides instruction;
Whether the teacher is teaching under emergency or other provisional status through which state qualification or licensing criteria have been waived;
Whether the teacher is teaching in the field of discipline of the certification of the teacher; and
Whether the student is provided services by paraprofessionals and, if so, their qualifications.
A school shall provide to each individual family/guardian:
Information on the student’s level of achievement and academic growth in each of the state academic assessments, as required under Title I, and
Timely notice that the student has been taught for four or more consecutive weeks by a teacher who does not meet state licensure requirements.
Parents may also request from the superintendent information regarding any state or district policy regarding student participation in any assessments administered by the district.
Nebraska Education Profile (school data)
The NEP (Nebraska Education Profile) is the initial transformation of data from the State of the Schools Report and is intended to help inform the public and school officials about school district performance. The NEP is also intended to inform parents, community leaders, and policymakers about our education system and to provide data needed for sound decision making by education leaders. The NEP will continue to grow and change as data is added to the system. As always your local school staff will be able to explain the data particular to your school and district.