Supplemental Educational Services

 

 

The Indiana Department of Education’s No Child Left Behind Flexibility waiver has been approved by the U.S. Department of Education. The Indiana Department of Education is no longer accepting Supplemental Educational Service Provider Applications.

Supplemental educational services (SES) are free tutoring services that must be offered to non-proficient, low income students who attend a Title I school in improvement. Low-income students are generally those who are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.

These services offer students extra help in academic subjects such as reading, language arts, mathematics, or science. SES services are provided outside the regular school day—before or after school, on weekends, or in the summer.

As part of the No Child Left Behind Act, states are required to set definitions of adequate yearly progress (AYP), the minimum performance that districts and schools must reach every year on state achievement tests (Indiana’s achievement test is called ISTEP+). Based on Indiana’s Differentiated Accountability Model, Title I schools that do not make AYP for at least two years must offer SES to students. Schools must continue to offer SES to their students until the school shows adequate yearly progress for two years in a row. If the demand for SES exceeds available funds, districts must give priority to the lowest achieving eligible students.

(adapted from www.tutorsforkids.org/basics.asp)

PLEASE NOTE: A provider’s placement on the state approved SES provider list should not be construed as an endorsement of the provider by the Indiana Department of Education. SES providers are not employed by Indiana Department of Education and do not hold any contracts with the Indiana Department of Education. SES providers are paid by school districts only for services rendered by providing tutoring to eligible students. Placement on the state approved SES provider list is not a guarantee of payment, funding, or selection by parents.