This memorandum provides additional guidance to assist schools with the revision of school improvement plans that will include the 2002-2003 application for federal programs. As of October 1, 2002, a new version of the Arkansas School Improvement Planning (ASIP) software was made available for download from the Cimarron Internet site. The attachments to this Director’s Memo provide specific directions for downloading components of this software. Each school/district will want to take advantage of this revision in that it provides options for Teacher Quality (Title IIA), Technology (Title IID), Safe and Drug-Free Schools (Title IVA), and REAP (Title VI).
Please note that the ASIP software contains budget pages for only Title I and Title V. All other information regarding federal funds will be shown within the school improvement plan documents of the district and budget information will be extracted from the plans (e.g., no Excel budget pages for Title II, Title III, Title IV are found in the ASIP software).
The application for federal funds for each of these programs must use the software. All revisions to the school improvement plan, including these additional programs, SHOULD BE COMPLETED AND POSTED on the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) FTP server (number 165.29.214.17) ON OR BEFORE NOVEMBER 1, 2002.
The attachments to this memo provide specific guidance in the following areas:
· Download of the software
· Checklist for preparing submission of materials for federal applications on November 1, 2002
· Program guidance for Title II D
· Program guidance for Title IV A
The following ADE staff may be contacted for assistance with the respective programs:
Title IIA – Mr. Roy Barnes, 501-682-5296
Title IID – Mr. James Boardman, 501-371-5005
Title IV – Ms. Otistene Smith, 501-683-3600 or
Ms. Dorothy Reynolds, 501-683-3602
Title VI – Dr. Charles Watson, 501-682-4474
ASIP – Dr. Dave Westmoreland, 501-682-4231