The Every Student Succeeds Act contains two notable opportunities for states to set aside money that otherwise would have gone to districts under federally set formulas, and use it for specific programs or purposes. So in the first round of ESSA plans, how popular are these set-asides?
First, let’s explain what these two options are:
- States can set aside 3 percent of their Title I money for direct student services. It can be spent on a variety of services, from course choice and credit recovery to personalized learning and public school choice. More on course choice here.
- States also can set aside 3 percent of their Title II money to promote support for principals and other school leaders.
So we polled the 15 states and the District of Columbia that have submitted their ESSA plans so far, and we also poked around in their ESSA plans, to see which are choosing to use the direct student services set-aside, and how many are choosing to…
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