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Bridges Not Barriers: Strengthening Title I Equitable Services Through Collaboration
This session explores the provision of equitable services under Title I, Part A, with a focus on collaboration between public and private school officials. Presenters will explain the legal foundation for equitable services, including the child benefit theory, and emphasize the importance of timely and meaningful consultation. Topics will include determining proportional share, identifying students with the greatest academic need using multiple educationally related objective criteria, and selecting appropriate services. We will also examine pooling funds within and across districts to more effectively target limited resources to serve those students with the greatest academic needs. Attendees will leave with practical strategies to strengthen partnerships and ensure Title I services are responsive, equitable, and effective.
This talk was presented at:
2026 National ESEA Conference
February 2026
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Denver, CO
For more information:
www.sligolawgroup.com
Speakers
Josie Skinner
Josie Eskow Skinner is a partner at Sligo Law Group, PLLC, a federal education law firm. Before founding Sligo Law Group, she served as an attorney in the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of General Counsel, where she provided strategic legal counsel to multiple presidential administrations on a wide range of federal K–12 education programs, including those serving homeless, foster, and migratory children. Her work also encompassed compliance and legal strategy matters involving the First Amendment, church-state issues, grants and contracts with faith-based organizations, and equitable services to private school students and teachers.
Michael Anderson
Michael J. Anderson is Of Counsel at Sligo Law Group, PLLC, a federal education law firm. Before joining Sligo Law Group, he served as an attorney in the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of General Counsel for nearly 20 years, where he advised on major formula and discretionary grant programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), including Title I, Part A and the Charter Schools Program. His work also included advising on equitable services for private school students and teachers and on the participation of faith-based organizations in federally funded programs. Prior to becoming an attorney, he spent nearly a decade as a public school teacher.
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