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NCLB WAIVER APPLICATION

SIG Eligibility Priority Schools List Waiver

School Improvement Grants Application for FY2012 New Awards Competition, Waiver 4: Priority Schools List Waiver.  For School Improvement Grant eligibility, the State will replace its lists of Tier I, Tier II, and Tier III schools with its list of Priority schools under ESEA flexibility, thus waiving the school eligibility requirements in Section I.A.1 of the SIG final requirements.

School Improvement Grants (SIG), authorized under section 1003(g) of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), are grants to state educational agencies (SEAs) that SEAs use to make competitive subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) that demonstrate the greatest need for the funds and the strongest commitment to use the funds to provide adequate resources in order to raise substantially the achievement of students in their lowest-performing schools.

Each state is eligible to apply and receive a School Improvement Grant. The state believes that the requested waiver will increase its ability to implement the SIG program effectively.

Comment

Waiver of Period of Availability of 2011 Carryover Funds

Waive section 421(b) of the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. § 1225(b)) to extend the period of availability of FY 2011 carryover school improvement funds for the SEA and all of its LEAs to September 30, 2015.

School Improvement Grants (SIG), authorized under section 1003(g) of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), are grants to state educational agencies (SEAs) that SEAs use to make competitive subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) that demonstrate the greatest need for the funds and the strongest commitment to use the funds to provide adequate resources in order to raise substantially the achievement of students in their lowest-performing schools.

Each state is eligible to apply and receive a School Improvement Grant. The state believes that the requested waiver will increase its ability to implement the SIG program effectively.

Comment

ESEA Flexibility Waivers – Request for Comments

The New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) is soliciting comments regarding the following U.S. Department of Education Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA). We invite public comments – both supporting and nonsupporting – on each of the waivers below.

Please comment on each waiver separately, using the links at the bottom of each waiver. All public comments submitted during the comment period will be read timely, taken into consideration, and submitted to the USDE.  Providing comments to NJDOE does not guarantee your comments will be implemented.

Below is the approved waiver application that has been modified from the original November 14 submission.