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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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