FILE: DDA
COMPARABILITY REQUIREMENTS
It is the policy of the DeSoto Parish School Board to expend all local and state funds in participating Title I schools in a manner that is at least comparable to services the School Board is providing in schools not receiving federal Title I or other funds. In providing such services the School Board shall:
Compensate employees based on a School Board-approved district-wide salary schedule;
Provide staffing resources on an equitable basis among its schools; and
Ensure equivalence among schools in the provision of curriculum materials and instructional supplies.
Approved: March, 2004
Revised: January, 2005
Ref: 20 USC 6321 (Fiscal Requirements)
34 CFR 200.79 (Exclusion of supplemental State and local funds from supplement, not supplant and comparability determinations)
34 CFR 200.88 (Exclusion of supplemental State and local funds from supplement, not supplant and comparability determinations)
Board minutes, 2-5-04, 3-1-04, 1-6-05
DeSoto Parish School Board