Supplemental Educational Services Under the No Child Left Behind Act

At a briefing held on January 26, 2007, the Commission heard from three panels that discussed whether school districts were effectively implementing the SES program or, as some have charged,
obstructing the availability of the program to poor children in failing schools. The panels also addressed questions regarding adequate parental notification of the program; performance of SES providers and methods for improving services; funding of SES; and impediments to current and potential SES providers. The focus of these questions was both national and local.