Homeless (Students in Transition) Program is for students who lack of permanent housing residing from extreme poverty or from the lack of a safe and stable living arrangement. Children and youth in homeless situations often do not fit the stereotypical images of homelessness. Often we do not realize the breadth of the needs of the students is considered homeless under the McKinney-Vento Act. Under this Act there are protective services. This act contains a specific definition of homelessness that includes a broad array of inadequate living situations. Additional information can be found at the Texas Homeless Education Office (THEO). For additional information contact: www.utdanacenter.org/theo
Dr. Eloise Hambright-Brown, Director
Yajahira Alamilla, Support Specialist @ 713-251-2495
Angela Gallagher, CYS-Homeless Support Specialist @ 713-251-2232
State Compensatory Education is a state funded supplemental program, which dictates that public schools design and implement the necessary instruction to aid those students who are identified using the state criteria as at risk of dropping out of school. The aim of this section of the Texas Education Code is to increase achievement among those at-risk students and reduce the dropout rate.
Dr. Eloise Hambright-Brown, Director
Yajahira Alamilla, Support Specialist @ 713-251-2495
Title I Part A Improving America’s Schools (IAS) is a federal program which provides funds for supplemental additional instructional services to students and support to families in order to increase student success in school. Adult Education, Family Literacy, Literacy Support, Media Literacy, Parent Training Center, fall under the scope of Title I. There are thirty-three school-wide Title I projects. Funding Eligibility is based on Free and Reduced lunch at 40% of above for schoolwide eligibility.
Dr. Eloise Hambright-Brown, Director
Title I Part C Migrant Identification The Texas Education Agency and the U.S. Dept. of Education requires the annual identification, recruitment, and certification of migrant students. SBISD has a procedure in place for identifying,
recruiting, and certifying migrant students. This is an ongoing, year-round process. The External Funding and Compliance Department coordinates with
Migrant Campus Contacts from each campus to ensure that the Migrant Survey Form is administered annually to all students.
Dr. Eloise Hambright-Brown, Director
Yajahira Alamilla, Support Specialist @ 713-251-2495
Title IIA is a federally funded program which provides supplemental financial assistance to ensure that school professionals and paraprofessionals have access to high-quality professional development that will have a positive and lasting impact on the teacher's performance in the classroom and, in turn, a positive and lasting impact on student performance in core academic subjects with a primary focus on mathematics and science.
Dr. Eloise Hambright-Brown, Director
Milagro (Carmen) Lopez, Administrative Assistant @ 713-251-2494
Title III This federal program provides supplemental funds for language instruction for limited English and Recent Immigrants. Recent Immigrants are those students who are between 3 and 21 years of age, were born outside the United States, and have not attended U.S. schools for more than three full academic years. The purpose of the program is to provide high quality language and core academic instruction, assistance in meeting state performance standards, and assistance with transition into American society. Funding is based on the Limited English Proficient population of the district/school.
Dr. Eloise Hambright-Brown, Director
Vivian Pratts, Bilingual/ESL Director @ 713-251-1585
Private Non-Profit campuses within the boundaries of the district have an opportunity to participate in the federal programs by choice. Each is invited to participate annually and of the 33 schools within the boundaries, only a few choose to participate. Each participant is the recipient of additional professional development opportunities and one of the Private non-profit campuses' students' are recipients of additional tutorials and computer assisted instruction.
Dr. Eloise Hambright-Brown, Director
Milagro (Carmen) Lopez, Administrative Assistant @ 713-251-2494
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