Accelerated
Instruction, Title I, Part A:
School Wide |
This federal
program is used at Newgulf Elementary, Iago Junior High, and Boling High Schools. Its
purpose is to help disadvantaged or children in at-risk situations meet
high standards.
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Title II, Part A: Teacher & Principal Training
& Recruitment |
This federal
program provides supplemental financial assistance to ensure that
teachers and principals have access to sustained and high-quality
professional staff development that will have a positive and lasting
impact on the teacher’s performance in the classroom. |
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Title IV, Part A:
Safe and Drug Free School and Communities Program |
This federal
program is to provide funds for school districts to develop and carry
out a comprehensive drug and violence prevention program which must be
designed for all students and employees through the coordinated efforts
of school, families and the community. Boling ISD is in a cooperative
with
Region III ESC for this program. |
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Title V, Part A:
Innovative Programs |
This federal
program is to provide support for library services, instructional and
media materials and meet to the special needs of at-risk and high cost
students. Boling ISD spends most of this money on library materials and
computer instructional material. |
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Title III,
Language Instructions for Limited English Proficient and Immigrant
Students: English as a Second Language (ESL) |
ESL is a state
required program. The state policy is that every student in the state
who has a home language other than English and who is identified as
limited English proficient shall be provided a full opportunity to
participate in an English as a Second Language Program. Boling ISD is in
a cooperative with Region III ESC for the Title III program. Teachers
receive
in-service to help them with their students. |
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Career and
Technology Education (CATE)
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CATE was formally
known as Vocational Education. This is a voluntary program at Boling
ISD that is supported with state reimbursement and local fund sources.
Boling ISD is in a cooperative with
Region III ESC for some federal money which comes from the Carl D.
Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act.
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State Compensatory
Education |
State Compensatory
Education is a state program designed to enhance and improve the regular
program for students in at-risk situations. The purpose is to increase
the academic achievement and reduce the dropout rate of identified
students in at-risk situations. |
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Gifted/Talented
(G/T) |
Texas offers
advanced level services for students identified as gifted/talented.
These services are mandated for students in grades Kindergarten – 12. |
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Migrant Education
Program |
This is a federal
program with the basic understanding that the local education agency is
responsible for using migrant education program funds as a last-resort
supplement of other federal, state and local funds in order to improve
educational opportunities for migrant students and, thus, enable them to
meet the state’s challenging content and performance standards which all
children are expected to meet. Boling ISD works with the Region III ESC
in identifying migrant students.
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Special Education
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Students who
qualify with learning disabilities are funded by this federal program.
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Dyslexia |
Dyslexia is a
state program for students with a constitutional origin manifested by a
difficulty in learning to read, write or spell despite conventional
instruction, adequate intelligence and socio-cultural opportunity.
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