Equitable Services Requirements
ESSA Requirement: The Ombudsman
To help ensure
equitable services and other benefits for eligible private school
children, teachers and other educational personnel, and families, an SEA
must designate an ombudsman to monitor and enforce ESEA equitable
services requirements under both Title I and Title VIII. (ESEA sections
1117(a)(3)(B) and 8501(a)(3)(B).)
CARES Requirement: The Ombudsman
An SEA must use the ombudsman also to monitor and enforce the requirements of the CARES Act programs that an LEA provide equitable services to students and teachers in nonpublic schools. (Providing Equitable Services to Students and Teachers in Non-Public Schools Under the CARES Act Programs NRG Q-7)
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