Sec. 103. Local application and activities
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To receive an allocation under section 101(c), a local educational agency shall submit an application to the applicable State educational agency at such time, in such manner, and requiring such information as the State educational agency may reasonably require. Such application shall— describe how the local educational agency will use funds to locate missing students and reengage the students and their families with the school community; describe how the local educational agency plans to facilitate family engagement to address concerns about student learning, social-emotional well-being, and COVID–19 safety; describe how the local educational agency plans to diagnose, measure, and reduce unfinished learning among students, including vulnerable students; describe how the local educational agency plans to implement evidence-based interventions and strategies that meet the requirements of section 8101(21)(A)(i) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 25 U.S.C. 7801(21)(A)(i) ) to address unfinished learning as a result of the COVID–19 pandemic; provide an assurance that the local educational agency will carry out a school extension program; describe such program, including the provision of evidence-based, intensive tutoring services for students; provide an assurance that the local educational agency will seek public input on the design and implementation of such program; provide an assurance that the local educational agency will not charge a student or the student’s family for participation in such school extension program; provide an assurance that the local educational agency will meet the requirements of subsection (d); provide an assurance that the local educational agency will establish protocols for program operation related to the COVID–19 pandemic, as applicable; and provide a description of how the local educational agency will operationalize the assurance described in paragraph (10), including— how staff will be trained in implementing such protocols; and how the school day will be restructured due to such protocols, including through— reduced class size; split scheduling; staggered meal times or locations; changes in school bus routes, and more frequent bus routes (with the utilization of additional bus drivers); and special considerations necessary for students who are medically at-risk.
A local educational agency that receives an allocation under section 101(c) shall use such allocation to carry out the following: Planning and implementation of not less than 1 school extension program at a school served by the local educational agency, ensuring that the increased learning time provided through such program focuses on vulnerable students. Supporting salaries and benefits of school leaders, teachers, counselors, paraprofessionals, and other support staff involved with the school extension program.
Planning and implementing attendance intervention strategies that reengage, rather than punish, students and families within the school community, including, to the extent practicable— public service announcements; and utilizing languages understood by such families in addition to English. Planning and implementing strategies to reengage and monitor student reengagement during the school extension program. A local educational agency that receives an allocation under section 101(c) may use such allocation to carry out the following:
Administering and using high-quality assessments that are valid and reliable to accurately assess students’ academic progress and assist educators in meeting students’ academic needs, including through differentiating instruction. Providing professional development to educators, paraprofessionals, and other staff on how to— use assessments to individualize academic instruction; modify instruction and scheduling to accelerate students’ academic progress; and address the social, emotional, and learning needs of vulnerable students, which may be in coordination with a regional educational laboratory or the State educational agency.
Providing opportunities for evidence-based intensive tutoring services for students as part of a school extension program described in the local educational agency’s application, including by establishing or expanding partnerships with evidenced-based tutoring interventions. Providing social, emotional, and mental health related supports, including services provided by school counselors. Implementing universal screenings for adverse childhood experiences and trauma and implementing interventions in response to such screenings.
Increasing student engagement in school through the establishment or reestablishment of well-rounded educational opportunities such as music and fine arts programming, athletics programs, and reestablishing nonprofit and after-school programs that promote student engagement and learning. Implementing culturally responsive practices. Covering overhead costs associated with keeping school buildings open, if such school buildings would not otherwise be open. Covering the costs of student transportation (in addition to any previously existing student transportation costs).
Providing for technology to support learning for students and teachers participating in school extension programs. Supporting existing activities to combat learning loss due to COVID–19 as long as such activities meet the applicable requirements of this title. In selecting schools at which to carry out the activities described in section 103(b), a local educational agency shall give priority to the following schools: An elementary school or secondary school that participated in a schoolwide program under section 1114 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 6314 ) during school year 2019–2020.
A high school in which the percentage of children from low-income families is at least as high as the percentage of children from low-income families served by the local educational agency as a whole during school year 2019–2020 at elementary schools and secondary schools that do not meet the requirements of subparagraph (A). In measuring the number of students in low-income families in secondary schools for purposes of paragraph (1)(B), a local educational agency shall use the measure of poverty described in section 1113(a)(5)(B)(ii) of the Elementary and Secondary Education of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 6313(a)(5)(B)(ii) ), except that the local educational agency shall not be required to meet the conditions of section 1113(a)(5)(C) of such Act ( 20 U.S.C. 6313(a)(5)(C) ) to use such measure.
In measuring the number of students in low-income families in elementary schools for purposes of paragraph (1)(B), a local educational agency shall use the measure of poverty described in section 1113(a)(5)(A) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 6313(a)(5)(A) ). With respect to the fiscal year in which a local educational agency receives an allocation under section 101(c)— in a case in which a per-pupil reduction in local educational agency funding occurs for such fiscal year for any high-poverty school served by such local educational agency, such reduction may not exceed— the total reduction in local educational agency funding for all schools served by the local educational agency in such fiscal year (if any); divided by the aggregate number of children in average daily attendance in all schools served by the local educational agency in such fiscal year; and the local educational agency may not reduce per-pupil staffing in any high-poverty school by an amount that exceeds— the total reduction in staffing in all schools served by such local educational agency in such fiscal year (if any); divided by the aggregate number of children in average daily attendance in all schools served by the local educational agency in such fiscal year.
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