New Census Estimates Affecting FY09 Title
I Released for 2005 Income Years
The U.S. Census Bureau has
released the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE)
for income year 2005. The estimates
will likely be used to calculate FY09 Title I Allocations.
The
file of 2005 Poverty Data by Local Education Agency (LEA)
is an alphabetical listing of LEAs, Poverty Count,
5-17 Population,
Poverty Percent and Total Population. Illinois Census 2005
with Poverty %  From this data, LEAs can determine their potential
eligibility for Basic, Concentration, Targeted and Education
Finance Incentive
Grants (EFIG). To be eligible for a Basic Grant, an LEA must
have at least 10 poverty children and the number of Poverty
children must be greater than two percent of the LEA population
of children ages 5-17. To be eligible for a Concentration
Grant an LEA must have at least 6,500 Poverty children or
the number
of formula children must exceed 15 percent of the LEA's 5-17
population. To qualify for Targeted and EFIG grants, an LEA
must have at least 10 Poverty children and that number must
be at least 5 percent of the 5-17 population.
Superintendents
and Business Managers should carefully examine the data for
their district as this will be the first indication
as to whether you may be gaining or losing eligibility for
Title funds in 2008-09.
The following link to the Census Bureau,
www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/, provides a site explaining
various aspects of the SAIPE count
including information on challenge procedures. The challenge
period for the 2005 estimates ends on April 7, 2008. The
Illinois State Board of Education neither controls nor generates
the
data. Note: These numbers do not include other non-census data
such as foster, neglected or delinquent counts which may
be used
to calculate Title I allocations.
If you have questions on
information in this message, you may contact Sally Cray
or Kim Lewis in the Division of Funding
and Disbursement Services at 217-782-5256.
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