Region IV System of District and School Support



	This website offers "one-stop-shopping" for links to legislation, Federal Register Notices, Policy Guidance, and Grant Applications for the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Links to Legislation, Regulations, and Policy Guidance for programs still being implemented under the Improving America's Schools Act are also on this site.[to top]

	Schoolwide programs are a primary example of the vision for school reform reflected in Title I of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. A local education agency may use Title I, Part A, funds together with other federal, state, and local funds to upgrade a school's entire educational program. A school that implements a schoolwide program must serve an attendance area in which at least 40 percent of the children are from low-income families or at least 40 percent of the children enrolled in the school are from low-income families. [to top]

	WestEd is a nonprofit research, development, and service agency. The agency traces its history back to 1966 when Congress created a network of Regional Educational Laboratories. In 1995, two of those original laboratories — Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development and Southwest Regional Laboratory — joined forces to form WestEd. [to top]


	The California Technology Assistance Project (CTAP) is a statewide educational technology leadership initiative, providing assistance to schools and districts in integrating technology into teaching and learning. In developing CTAP, the earlier SB 1510 Education Technology Act programs were restructured in order to place control at local and regional levels. [to top]

	The mission of the AVID Program is to assist students – especially those in the middle – to succeed in a rigorous curriculum and enroll in a four year college. AVID Region IV will include 90 schools by Fall 2002 in the seven counties of the Bay Area. [to top]

	Successful Teaching of Academic Reading to Secondary Students (STARSS) is a Bay Region IV literacy professional development project for low-performing schools. [to top]

	The Bay Region RSSIC Field Study of Villarreal Elementary School, Northside Independent School District, San Antonio, Texas. Dale Skinner, Principal [to top]

	Barbara Trousdale, Principal [to top]

	Elin Ovick joined Liberty Union High School District in August, 1998 as the Director of Curriculum and Instruction. Elin Ovick Director of Curriculum & Instruction ovicke@libertyuhsd.k12.ca.us [to top]

	Cheryl Hansen, Curriculum Coordinator chansen@cccoe.k12.ca.us [to top]