The three-part goal of the ESEA's Title I, Part D, Prevention and Intervention Programs for Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent, or At-Risk (N or D), is to:
a. Improve educational services for children and youth who are
N or D so that they have the opportunity to meet
challenging state academic content and achievement
standards;
b. Provide children and youth who are N or D with services so
that they can successfully transition from institutionalization
to further schooling or employment; and
c. Prevent youth from dropping out of school and provide youth
who have dropped out and youth returning from correctional
facilities with a support system to ensure their continued
education.
Part D serves students in various settings, including those who reside in juvenile detention facilities and juvenile and adult correctional facilities, those residing in neglect facilities, and those attending programs directed at preventing school dropout/ or delinquent involvement.
Title I, Part D, serves children and youth through two separate programs.
1. State agency programs (Subpart 1). the US Department of
Education (USED) allocates funds for this subpart to KDE
based on the number of children and youth in state-
operated institutions and the state's average per pupil
educational expenditure. Once the USED determines
Kentucky's Subpart 1 allocation, then KDE makes subgrants
to the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) and the
Department of Corrections (DOC).
2. Local agency programs (Subpart 2). USED allocates funds for
this subpart to KDE based on annual caseload data of teh
number of children and youth living in local institutions for
delinquent children. KDE then awards subgrants to eligible
local educational agency (LEAs) or school districts.
Although requirements differ for state Subpart 1 and local Subpart 2 programs, all agencies that receive Part D funds are required to:
a. Meet the educational needs of the N or D children and youth
and assist in the transition of these students from
correctional facilities to locally operated programs.
b. Ensure that these students have the same opportunities to
achieve as students in regular schools.
c. Evaluate the programs and disaggregate data on
participation by gender, race, ethnicity, and age.
d. Use evaluation data to plan and improve subsequent
programs for participating children and youth.