Staff of the U.S. Department of Education are scheduled to answer questions about permissible uses of Title III funds on Dec. 11 hosted by the . Title III is the section of the No Child Left Behind Act that authorizes funds for English-language acquisition programs. But the money may not be used in place of money from other local, state, or federal sources that would otherwise be spent on programs for ELLs. .
The webinar will take place from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Dec. 11. National Clearinghouse staff tell me they鈥檒l soon post a link that will enable people to register for the event, which is open to the public. In preparation for the session, Ellen Forte at eforte@edcount.com is receiving questions that people in the field have about the federal government recently released on the 鈥渟upplement-not-supplant鈥� provision of Title III.