Federal Title I, Part A Sec. 1112(b)(2) under ESSA requires all local educational agencies that receive Title I funds to develop a plan for “how the local educational agency will identify and address, as required under State plans as described in section 1111(g)(1)(B), any disparities that result in low-income students and minority students being taught at higher rates than other students by ineffective, inexperienced, or out-of-field teachers.”  This section of ESSA requires all districts that receive Title I funds to create and submit plans describing how the district will improve gaps as they relate to low-income students and students of color being taught at higher rates than other students by inexperienced, out-of-field, and ineffective teachers.

The Texas Education Agency has developed a Texas Equity Plan Toolkit to support districts in the process of developing a district equity plan. The Texas Equity Plan Toolkit includes the equity plan template that all districts receiving Title I funds will be required to submit.  In addition, the toolkit provides step-by-step directions for completion of each section of the equity plan template, as well as additional resources to support districts throughout the process.

This training will walk participants through the toolkit, practice with data sets, and answer questions about the Equity Plan requirements.