Title IV, Part A is a U.S. Department of Education grant program authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) which provides supplemental funding to help support student academic achievement and enrichment. This grant, also referred to as SSAE, Student Support and Academic Enrichment, awards Title IV, Part A funds to state educational agencies (SEAs), which then sub-grant funds to local education agencies (LEAs). Title IV, Part A program, may be referred to as “T4A”

Title IV Part A, Subpart 1 authorizes the expense of federal funds to support students and schools in three domains:

1. Well-rounded education

2. Safe and healthy students

3. Effective use of technology

FEDERAL DEFINITION OF A HOMELESS CHILD OR YOUTH

Students who qualify for this program include children and youth who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence.

The term includes—Children and youths who are:

• sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason (sometimes referred to as “doubled-up”);

• living in motels, hotels, RV parks, or camping grounds due to lack of alternative adequate accommodations;

• living in emergency or transitional shelters; or

• abandoned in hospitals;

• Children and youths who have a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings;

• Children and youths who are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings; and

• Migratory children who qualify as homeless because they are living in circumstances described above.

If, due to a loss of housing, a child must live in a shelter, motel, vehicle, or campground, on the street, in abandoned buildings, or doubled-up with relatives or friends, then they are eligible to receive services provided under the McKinney-Vento Act.

Local Liaison: Danyelle Palma, palmad@dexterdemons.org,

575-734-5420 ext. 369

If you need further assistance with your children’s educational needs,

contact the National Center for Homeless Education:

1-800-308-2145 * homeless@serve.org * http://nche.ed.gov

Each Spring, Dexter English learner students take the ACCESS for ELLS® English Language Proficiency Assessment.  This assessment determines our students' English language skills in the area of listening, speaking, reading and writing, a comprehension score (listening and reading scores combined) and an overall score. 

This assessment identifies language skills in both social and academic English.  Social language is used to communicate for everyday purposes.  Academic language is used to communicate in the content of language arts, mathematics, science and social studies. 

If a student earns an overall score of 4.7 or better, they are deemed proficient in English.  Congratulations to our Dexter English learners (ELs) who score proficient!

TITLE IX COORDINATOR

Lorena Castro
PreK-12 Programs Director

PO Box 159
100 N Lincoln
Dexter, NM 88230
575.734.5420, Ext. 371

Title IX & Nondiscrimination