Immigrant Children and Youth (ICY)

ESSA Title III provides Immigrant Children and Youth (ICY) funds for complex areas that have experienced a significant increase in the ICY population in year three as compared to the average of the preceding two years. Currently the HIDOE defines significant increase as 5% increase in the number of ICY as compared to the average of two prior years.

Under ESSA, Immigrant Children and Youth (ICY) are defined as students who are:

(a) Are aged 3 through 21

(b) Were not born in any State, and

(c) Have not been attending one or more schools in any one or more States for more than three full academic years.

By September 1 of a given school year, schools must determine whether a student meets the ICY criteria. Based on this data, a determination will be made whether or not there is a significant increase of ICY students. Based upon the available counts, schools and complexes may be eligible for additional funding if there is a significant increase within a given complex area or school.

Allowable ICY activities include:

• family literacy, parent outreach, and training activities designed to assist parents to become active participants in the education of their children;

• support for personnel, including teacher aides who have been specifically trained, or are being trained, to provide services to immigrant children and youth;

• provision of tutorials, mentoring, and academic or career counseling for immigrant children and youth;

• identification and acquisition of curricular materials, educational software, and technologies to be used in the program

• basic instruction services that are directly attributable to the presence of immigrant children and youth, including the payment of costs of providing additional classroom supplies, costs of transportation, or such other costs as are directly attributable to such additional basic instruction services; or such other costs as are directly attributable to such additional basic instruction services;

• other instruction services that are designed to assist immigrant children and youth to achieve in elementary schools and secondary schools in the United States, such as programs of introduction to the educational system and civics education; and

• activities, coordinated with community-based organizations, institutions of higher education, private sector entities, or other entities with expertise in working with immigrants, to assist parents of immigrant children and youth by offering comprehensive community services.

Please see EL Guidance Manual for more information.