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Why are Supplemental Educational Services (SES)
important? |
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SES provides low income families with high quality tutoring and after-school
services to help their child succeed. SES Services are paid 100% by the state government
and offer low income families numerous tutoring options in Math, Reading, Language
Arts, etc.
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The SES program gives low-income families the opportunity to choose FREE tutoring
services for their children. The program offers children who may be struggling in
school a chance to get the extra academic help and individual instruction they need.
SES Programs provide students a safe, nurturing environment outside of school.
The U.S. Department of Education's “ SES Non-Regulatory Guidance” offers more details on implementing
SES .
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What
are supplemental educational services? |
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Supplemental educational services ( SES ) are free tutoring services
that must be offered to low-income children who attend a Title I school that fails
to make progress for three years (in its second year of “school improvement status”).
Low-income students are generally those who are eligible for free or reduced-price
lunch.
These services offer students extra help in academic subjects such as reading, language
arts, and mathematics. SES services are provided outside the regular school day—before
or after school, on weekends, or in the summer.
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Who can get SES? |
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Low income students who receive free or reduced-price lunch and attend Title I schools
that have not made adequate yearly progress for at least three years are eligible
for free tutoring services.
As part of the No Child Left Behind Act, states are required to set definitions
of adequate yearly progress (AYP ), the minimum performance that districts and schools
must reach every year on state achievement tests. Title I schools that don't make
AYP for at least three years must offer SES to students. Schools must continue to
offer SES to their students until the school shows adequate yearly progress for
two years in a row. If the demand for SES exceeds available funds, districts may
give priority to the lowest achieving eligible students.
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School districts are required to tell families whether their children are eligible
for SES . However, sometimes eligible families are still not aware that their child
can receive free after-school services.
Please click Do I qualify?
for more information
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How does SES work? |
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Once a state has identified a school as “in need of improvement” for two or more
years, the school district determines which students in that school are eligible
for services. Then, the district notifies families of eligible students about their
right to free tutoring. The district must also provide information about the local
SES providers to help families select one and should allow families enough time
to compare options and make informed choices.
If families ask for assistance, a district must help choose a provider. Once a family
chooses a provider, the district enters into a contract with the provider and the
family receives after-school services at no charge
. The district pays the provider 100% for tutoring services. If more eligible
families demand SES than existing funds can support, districts must give priority
to the lowest-achieving students.
Each state develops a list of potential SES providers. To get on this list, providers
must be approved by the state. States choose providers that can offer tutoring programs
in line with state standards and that offer high-quality, research-based tutoring.
Once a family chooses a provider, the provider, the school, and the district meet
with the parents to agree on performance goals for the child and a schedule for
services.
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Who monitors SES providers for quality? |
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States, in cooperation with districts, monitor the quality of SES providers. States
develop and apply objective criteria to evaluate providers and monitor the quality
of services. If a provider has not helped students improve achievement for two or
more years, states are required to remove that provider from the state list. Districts
are required to provide states with information to help monitor the performance
of state-approved providers. Families can monitor their child's performance against
performance goals set with the provider, the school, and the district.
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