/title-iii Title III en-US 2021 (c) Education Week Fri, 26 Apr 2024 21:04:54 GMT /teaching-learning/title-iii-funding-for-english-learners-explained/2024/04 As the nation’s English-learner population continues to grow , researchers look to the Title III for how to best support these students. Fri, 26 Apr 2024 21:04:54 GMT /teaching-learning/title-iii-funding-for-english-learners-explained/2024/04 /teaching-learning/federal-funding-for-english-learners-has-a-new-home-what-are-educators-hoping-this-means/2024/01 $890 million in Title III grants moved to the federal office of English language acquisition in December. Tue, 30 Jan 2024 21:58:28 GMT /teaching-learning/federal-funding-for-english-learners-has-a-new-home-what-are-educators-hoping-this-means/2024/01 /teaching-learning/how-a-1974-u-s-supreme-court-case-still-influences-english-learner-education/2024/01 Fifty years ago Lau v. Nichols required schools to provide language support to English learners to ensure access to public education. Fri, 19 Jan 2024 21:20:50 GMT /teaching-learning/how-a-1974-u-s-supreme-court-case-still-influences-english-learner-education/2024/01 /teaching-learning/890-million-in-english-learner-aid-is-under-new-management-why-researchers-are-hopeful/2023/12 The office of English language acquisition will once again manage Title III formula grant funds. Tue, 19 Dec 2023 20:41:47 GMT /teaching-learning/890-million-in-english-learner-aid-is-under-new-management-why-researchers-are-hopeful/2023/12 /teaching-learning/heres-why-miguel-cardona-is-pushing-multilingual-education/2023/11 The education secretary outlines how the Education Department is investing in language learning. Will it work? Fri, 17 Nov 2023 21:00:14 GMT /teaching-learning/heres-why-miguel-cardona-is-pushing-multilingual-education/2023/11 /teaching-learning/english-learners-could-gain-support-and-clout-under-ed-secretarys-plan-expert-says/2023/03 Kathleen Leos directed the Office of English Language Acquisition in the U.S. Department of Education when George W. Bush was president. Fri, 17 Mar 2023 19:57:45 GMT /teaching-learning/english-learners-could-gain-support-and-clout-under-ed-secretarys-plan-expert-says/2023/03 /teaching-learning/education-secretary-wants-to-change-the-way-funding-for-english-learners-is-managed/2023/03 Researchers praise the proposal to move management of federal language acquisition funding to the Office of English Language Acquisition. Mon, 13 Mar 2023 19:59:35 GMT /teaching-learning/education-secretary-wants-to-change-the-way-funding-for-english-learners-is-managed/2023/03 /teaching-learning/is-federal-funding-for-immigrant-students-falling-short/2022/09 Title III's strict eligibility requirements may hamper efforts to support immigrant students, a new report contends. Tue, 20 Sep 2022 20:57:39 GMT /teaching-learning/is-federal-funding-for-immigrant-students-falling-short/2022/09 /policy-politics/for-schools-with-child-immigrants-what-resources-are-available/2014/07 School districts that absorb large numbers of recently-arrived immigrants can use a key stream of federal funding for support. Mon, 28 Jul 2014 13:30:02 GMT /policy-politics/for-schools-with-child-immigrants-what-resources-are-available/2014/07 /policy-politics/obama-budget-proposes-modest-bump-for-english-learner-programs/2014/03 Spending on English-language acquisition programs would get a slight increase under President Barack Obama's proposed budget for fiscal 2015. Tue, 04 Mar 2014 21:37:19 GMT /policy-politics/obama-budget-proposes-modest-bump-for-english-learner-programs/2014/03 /policy-politics/english-language-acquisition-gets-boost-in-federal-spending-bill/2014/01 Title III would receive a 4 percent increase under the spending bill unveiled this week by Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress. Wed, 15 Jan 2014 20:46:46 GMT /policy-politics/english-language-acquisition-gets-boost-in-federal-spending-bill/2014/01 /policy-politics/sequestration-and-aid-to-ells-what-happens-to-title-iii/2013/02 Like all discretionary federal programs, Title III aid to states and districts for English-language learners would be cut if Congress and President Obama don't act to avert sequestration. Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:35:53 GMT /policy-politics/sequestration-and-aid-to-ells-what-happens-to-title-iii/2013/02 /policy-politics/house-gop-esea-bill-would-give-districts-leeway-on-spending-for-english-learners/2012/01 The draft legislation merges spending for English learners under Title III with spending for all disadvantaged students under Title I. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:32:52 GMT /policy-politics/house-gop-esea-bill-would-give-districts-leeway-on-spending-for-english-learners/2012/01 /leadership/study-calls-for-better-identification-of-ells-for-federal-funding/2011/01 A long-awaited national study calls for a more comprehensive approach to identifying English-language learners when awarding federal grants. Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:56:48 GMT /leadership/study-calls-for-better-identification-of-ells-for-federal-funding/2011/01 /education/still-confused-about-supplement-not-supplant-under-title-iii/2008/11 Staff of the U.S. Department of Education are scheduled to answer questions about permissible uses of Title III funds at a webinar on Dec. 11 hosted by the National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition. Title III is the section of the No Child Left Behind Act that authorizes funds for English-language acquisition programs. But the money may not be used in place of money from other local, state, or federal sources that would otherwise be spent on programs for ELLs. It's a tricky matter. Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:13:00 GMT /education/still-confused-about-supplement-not-supplant-under-title-iii/2008/11 /education/what-the-feds-said-about-supplement-not-supplant-for-title-iii/2008/11 I hope you've had a chance to read my reports on this blog of what officials from the U.S. Department of Education have been saying about the "supplement-not-supplant" provision of Title III, the section of the No Child Left Behind Act that authorizes funds for English-language-acquisition programs. The provision says that money from Title III can't be used in place of money from local, state, or federal sources that would otherwise be spent on ELLs. Andrew Brownstein of Thompson Publishing Group has recently posted a report on the same topic, "Title III Supplanting Provisions Draw Questions." (Hat tip to This Week in Education.) He picks up on one of the issues that I've reported on previously, that a number of states have been using Title III funds to pay for English-language-proficiency tests, and federal officials say that's not allowed. For previously unreported details from a discussion that took place at a session of the LEP Partnership meeting on Oct. 15, such as how Title III funds can be used to pay for an ELL resource teacher, read the points with bullets at the end of Mr. Brownstein's piece. Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:50:24 GMT /education/what-the-feds-said-about-supplement-not-supplant-for-title-iii/2008/11 /policy-politics/the-marriage-of-title-i-and-title-iii/2008/10 Given that the joining of Title I and Title III under one administrative office of the U.S. Department of Education has already taken place, Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. has put aside its objections and put out a joint statement with the National Association of State Title I Directors with recommendations for how the union should work. It's a statement about how the two programs should be coordinated from the federal level down to the classroom. Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:06:49 GMT /policy-politics/the-marriage-of-title-i-and-title-iii/2008/10 /education/what-can-title-iii-funds-be-spent-on/2008/10 At the LEP Partnership meeting last week, several U.S. Department of Education officials spelled out for state education officials what federal Title III funds cannot be spent on. But I came away wondering what the funds CAN be spent on. Title III is the part of the No Child Left Behind Act that authorizes funds for English-language-acquisition programs. Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:24:28 GMT /education/what-can-title-iii-funds-be-spent-on/2008/10 /teaching-learning/some-education-groups-oppose-move-of-title-iii-grant-program/2008/10 The agenda for the LEP Partnership meeting scheduled for this Wednesday and Thursday lists Zollie Stevenson as the director of student achievement and school accountability programs for both Title I and Title III programs of the No Child Left Behind Act. Title I authorizes funds for disadvantaged students and also includes some provisions for English-language learners, and Title III is the main conduit of funding for English-language-acquisition programs. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:37:43 GMT /teaching-learning/some-education-groups-oppose-move-of-title-iii-grant-program/2008/10 /education/feds-pay-for-study-on-distribution-of-title-iii-money/2008/10 The U.S. Department of Education announced this week that it will provide $754,415 to the National Academy of Sciences to examine how federal funds under Title III of the No Child Left Behind Act can best be distributed to states. Title III is the section of the law that authorizes funds for English-language-acquisition programs. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:30:53 GMT /education/feds-pay-for-study-on-distribution-of-title-iii-money/2008/10 /education/feds-stress-supplement-not-supplant-with-title-iii/2008/10 The federal government has sent to chief state school officers a letter reiterating that federal funds targeted for English-language learners may not be used to replace local, state, or other federal money that otherwise would be spent on such students. The Oct. 2 letter says that U.S. Department of Education officials encountered some "state and local practices" while monitoring programs for English-language learners that suggested a need for clarification. Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:20:58 GMT /education/feds-stress-supplement-not-supplant-with-title-iii/2008/10 /teaching-learning/ed-department-puts-title-i-and-title-iii-under-same-administration/2008/06 State education officials received an e-mail message from the U.S. Department of Education last week announcing that the administration of Title III—the main conduit for the funding of ELL programs under the No Child Left Behind Act—will soon be carried out by the same office that administers Title I. Title III has been handled by the office of English-language acquisition, while Title I, which provides funds for disadvantaged students and also contains some provisions applying specifically to English-language learners, is administered by the office of elementary and secondary education. Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:11:58 GMT /teaching-learning/ed-department-puts-title-i-and-title-iii-under-same-administration/2008/06 /education/state-officials-speak-up-on-interpretation-for-title-iii/2008/06 The voices of state education officials are strongly present in the comments that have been submitted to the U.S. Department of Education regarding its proposed "interpretation" of Title III of the No Child Left Behind Act, which was published in the Federal Register on May 2. And many of them don't like one of the proposed requirements in particular: that states be required to use the same criteria to decide if students have attained proficiency in English as they do to determine when students should leave special programs. Education officials and educators in California raised a bigger outcry than those in any other state regarding that requirement. Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:00:24 GMT /education/state-officials-speak-up-on-interpretation-for-title-iii/2008/06 /education/senate-draft-of-title-iii-of-nclb/2007/10 My colleague David Hoff has passed along to me a draft of Title III, the section of the No Child Left Behind Act for English-acquisition programs, that a Senate committee is proposing for reauthorization of the act. Unlike the "discussion draft" released by the House Education and Labor Committee in August, the proposals of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee are not yet online. The partial draft of a revised NCLB from the Senate has only been circulated among lobbyists for comments (for more on that see David Hoff's blog, NCLB: Act II). Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:04:19 GMT /education/senate-draft-of-title-iii-of-nclb/2007/10 /education/wheres-the-ed-departments-evaluation-of-nclbs-title-iii/2007/08 Back in March, an official from the office of English language acquisition for the U.S. Department of Education told me the department was just about ready to send a two-year evaluation of programs for English-language learners to the U.S. Congress. Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:09:58 GMT /education/wheres-the-ed-departments-evaluation-of-nclbs-title-iii/2007/08