EDITH M SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL (6 - 8)

The display shows the building’s Title I status. There are five possible values:

• Not a Participant in Title One Program

• “Title I Targeted” assistance must focus services to identify students most at risk of failing through multiple objective criteria. Services, including supplies, must focus on those students identified.

• “Title I Schoolwide” may focus services to the entire school. Schoolwide Title I status is defined as schools with students classified as low income, poverty percentage of 40% or greater. A school that identifies as “Schoolwide” is not required to identify at risk students and may focus their allocation and efforts on increasing whole school academic achievement.

• “Title I Eligible but Not Served” qualifies the school for Title I services but the district determines if the attendance center 1) will not receive an allotment (non-Title I schools); 2) receives supplemental allotments from other state and local funding streams; and 3) expends state and local funding equal to or exceeding the allocation amount that would be provided under Title I.

• “Title I Ineligible Due to Ranking” requires that a district rank and serve all attendance areas in poverty order, highest to lowest. Schools may be deemed ineligible due to the poverty ranking criteria.

For more information visit the Illinois State Board of Education’s Title I informational resources:

• https://www.isbe.net/Pages/TargetedAssistanceSchoolwideProgram.aspx

• https://www.isbe.net/Pages/Schoolwide-Programs.aspx