The Title I, Part A Carryover application, iGrants Form Package (FP) 200 will be opening soon with a revised due date of March 1, 2022. When the FP is launched, an email notification will be sent through iGrants.

After submitting FP 200, LEAs with Title I, Part A carryover funds must complete a budget revision in FP 201. LEA completion of FP 200 and FP 201 will allow OSPI to reallocate any unclaimed funds to other LEAs in a timely manner.

OSPI’s Federal Program Equitable Services Ombudsmen will be hosting an informational webinar for school district AND private school personnel. The webinar focuses on the requirements and responsibilities for school districts and private schools for participation in federal program equitable services and required procedures for submitting the intent to participate in federal programs application for the 2022–23 school year.

For questions, please contact Sheila Gerrish, at sheila.gerrish@k12.wa.us; or Julie Chace, at julie.chace@k12.wa.us.

Thursday, February 24, 2022 | 9:30–11:30 am | Online Zoom | Register

Finley School District—Reset Families, PBIS and Social Emotional Learning Approach

Read how Finley School District uses Reset Families to break generational patterns of coercive family interactions and replaces these with positive social and emotional learning strategies. Parents and families receive instruction on creating a shared family vision, strengthening family connections, setting clear expectations, helping kids manage their own behavior, using restorative practices effectively, using consequences as teaching tools, and building relationships. Materials are available in both English and Spanish, please contact Finley SD for more information on how to access these documents.

Share Your Story is provided by the Title I, Part A and LAP department at the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) to gather descriptive information from K–12 schools on specific PFE strategies, e.g., larger LEA-wide initiatives or smaller projects involving one or more classrooms, that have helped to increase student academic outcomes.

Each year the National ESEA Distinguished Schools Program publicly recognizes qualifying federally-funded schools for the outstanding academic achievements of their students. It highlights the efforts of schools across the country making significant improvements. The program has been in place since 1996, showcasing the success of hundreds of schools.

Two Washington Schools were selected as National ESEA Distinguished Schools and will be recognized at the National ESEA Conference.

• Jefferson Elementary, Pullman School District
  For excellence in serving special populations of students (i.e., English learners)
• Hilton Elementary, Zillah School District
  For closing the achievement gap between student groups for two or more consecutive years.

OSPI selected two additional qualifying federally-funded schools as State ESEA Distinguished Schools.

• Rainier View Elementary, Seattle Public Schools
  For excellence in serving special populations of students (i.e., English learners)
• Glenridge Elementary, Kent School District
  For excellence in serving special populations of students (i.e., English learners) 

We congratulate the four award winners and thank all Washington educators for their commitment to students.

You can read more about the 2021 Distinguished Schools Award on OSPI's Medium blog.

The Department issued notice of proposed priorities to direct funds toward local educational agencies to implement community- and school-based strategies to help prevent and mitigate gun crime and other forms of community violence.

As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s efforts to prevent and reduce gun crime and other forms of community violence, today the U.S. Department of Education released the Notice of Proposed Priorities, definition, and requirements for its Project Prevent discretionary grant program and launched the 30-day public comment period.

The notice was published on the Federal Register and includes information and directions to submit comments about these priorities, the definition, and requirement. An unofficial version of the notice is available on the OESE website.

Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching and learning materials that are free to use, adapt, and share. This grant opportunity will increase the number of high-quality OER units on the Washington OER Hub in high need areas indicated by school districts and promote their implementation.

Apply now for this 15-month grant – iGrants FP 13 (proposals due 3/3/2022)

• Review the detailed grant announcement
• See work by previous grantees
• Visit the OER Project Grant website
• Register for the OER Grant Walkthrough (2/9 at 3:30 pm)

For questions, please contact Barbara Soots.

Title I, Part A, LAP, and CPR Newsletters are distributed monthly providing state educators with timely updates. If you would like to receive these updates, you may register through GovDelivery.

A link directing you to an archive of these newsletters was recently added to the Title I, Part A and LAP webpage. Access past copies of the newsletter at Title I, LAP, and CPR Newsletter Archive.

Do you have a LAP-funded community partnership? We’d love for you to tell us about it. LAP is gathering stories from LEAs about successful partnerships to share in guidance, resources, network meetings, and more. Please email the LAP team (LAP@k12.wa.us) to share your success story.

In the upcoming winter update to CEDARS (v14.2), you may notice a change to Code 73–LAP Community Partnerships. This update is intended to align CEDARS codes with LAP legislative changes. In 2021, HB 1208 added specific reporting requirements for LAP-funded community partnerships, including: (1) percentage of LAP funds spent on community partnerships, (2) headcount of LAP-served students who receive support through community partnerships, and (3) types of supports and services LAP-served students receive from these community partners. Code 73–LAP Community Partnerships is now only a valid value for Programs File (I) reporting and has been deactivated from Student Growth File (Q) to align with the expectations of the law.

As a reminder, all LAP reporting requirements remain in place for 2021–22. Now is a great time to check that your current LAP enrollment data is submitting correctly to CEDARS. You can do this by following these instructions from our data analyst, Lisa Ireland. If you notice that your data is showing inaccurately in CEDARS, please reach out to your CEDARS District contact.

CORE is hosting a webinar on proven strategies for Tier 2 reading interventions on February 8. Click here to learn more and register for the event.

On February 9, PBIS will tackle systems that are critical for implementing advanced tiers of support, including teaming structures, data systems, decision rules, district supports, and professional learning strategies. Register for the event here.

Oregon Response to Instruction and Intervention (ORTIi) will have their annual conference on April 28 and April 29. If you would like to learn more about effective reading instructional practices from a variety of presenters, you can find information on the event and registration details here.

If you have any questions, please check out our LAP Q&A document or contact us at LAP@k12.wa.us.

Over the coming months, CPR efforts for 2021–22 will begin. To provide additional support and an opportunity to connect with OSPI, if you are participating in a CPR in 2021–22, you are invited to attend one or more of the following CPR Office Hours. CPR Team Leads will be present, along with other available staff, to answer questions about the CPR process, individual program items, or best practices. An additional office hour is scheduled for March. The Zoom link will follow in the March newsletter.

February 4, 2022 | 11 am–12 pm | Zoom