[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 34, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 34CFR200.25]



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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION

 

                  CHAPTER II--OFFICE OF ELEMENTARY AND

              SECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

PART 200_TITLE I_IMPROVING THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE DISADVANTAGED

--Table of Contents

 

    Subpart A_Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational 

                                Agencies

 

Sec.  200.25  Schoolwide programs in general.



    (a) Purpose. (1) The purpose of a schoolwide program is to improve 

academic achievement throughout a school so that all students, 

particularly the lowest-achieving students, demonstrate proficiency 

related to the State's academic standards under Sec.  200.1.

    (2) The improved achievement is to result from improving the entire 

educational program of the school.

    (b) Eligibility. (1) A school may operate a schoolwide program if--

    (i) The school's LEA determines that the school serves an eligible 

attendance area or is a participating school under section 1113 of the 

ESEA; and

    (ii) For the initial year of the schoolwide program--

    (A) The school serves a school attendance area in which not less 

than 40 percent of the children are from low-income families; or

    (B) Not less than 40 percent of the children enrolled in the school 

are from low-income families.

    (2) In determining the percentage of children from low-income 

families under paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this section, the LEA may use a 

measure of poverty that is different from the measure or measures of 

poverty used by the LEA to identify and rank school attendance areas for 

eligibility and participation under subpart A of this part.

    (c) Participating students and services. A school operating a 

schoolwide program is not required to--

    (1) Identify particular children as eligible to participate; or

    (2) As required under section 1120A(b) of the ESEA, provide services 

that supplement, and do not supplant, the services participating 

children would otherwise receive if they were not participating in a 

program under subpart A of this part.

    (d) Supplemental funds. A school operating a schoolwide program must 

use funds available under subpart A of this part and under any other 

Federal program included under paragraph (e) of this section and Sec.  

200.29 only to supplement the total amount of funds that would, in the 

absence of the Federal funds, be made available from non-Federal sources 

for that school, including funds needed to provide services that are 

required by law for children with disabilities and children with limited 

English proficiency.

    (e) Consolidation of funds. An eligible school may, consistent with 

Sec.  200.29, consolidate and use funds or services under subpart A of 

this part, together with other Federal, State, and local funds that the 

school receives, to operate a schoolwide program in accordance with 

Sec. Sec.  200.25 through 200.29.

    (f) Prekindergarten program. A school operating a schoolwide program 

may use funds made available under subpart A of this part to establish 

or enhance prekindergarten programs for children below the age of 6, 

such as Even Start programs or Early Reading First programs.



(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 6314)



[67 FR 71718, Dec. 2, 2002]