Title 1: Supplement not Supplant proposed rules

During the Heartland Area Administrator meeting this week, Tom Ahart, Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent, alerted participants of the U.S. Department of Education’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for Title I, Part A. The proposed regulation will address the supplement not supplant requirement (SNS).

The initial draft provisions appear to require local schools to use actual teacher salaries for SNS purposes; it is the belief by many that this requirement would impose a significant additional burden on local schools and is not required by the actual ESSA legislation.

Links to the Notice and additional background information are provided below. Any interested stakeholder will have an opportunity to comment on these proposed regulations during the 60-day comment period following notice in the Federal Register.

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

Policy Review of SNS