*Result*: Update: Title I, Part D: Prevention, Intervention, Programs for Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent, or At-Risk. Report to the Legislature

*The Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) is required by RCW 28A.300.830 to report every three years on funding, services, and educational outcomes for students served under Washington's ESSA Consolidated Plan (the Plan), Title I, Part D. This report covers schools and programs receiving Title I, Part D grants, including juvenile detention centers, the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF), Juvenile Rehabilitation facilities, Education Advocates (EAs), and other prevention, treatment, and medical programs. This report is to inform the Legislature of progress toward the goals established in the Plan and provide recommendations to ensure the education needs of youth and post-resident youth are met. It examines education outcomes for students enrolled in Title I, Part D programs during school years 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24. Over the past three years, the education outcomes for students enrolled in by Title I, Part D programs have generally held steady or improved: (1) 70% of students earned high school course credits while enrolled in a Title I, Part D program during the 2023-24 school year compared to 60% in 2021-22, and 38% in 2018-19; (2) 26% of students enrolled in job training in 2023-24 compared to 19% in 2021-22; (3) 87% of students had a neutral or positive change in math test scores during the 2023-24 school year compared to 72% in 2021-22; and (4) 86% of students had a neutral or positive change in reading test scores during the 2023-24 school year compared to 75% in 2021-22. In the last decade, Washington has made great progress implementing juvenile justice reforms. Recognizing the critical role education plays in youth development, rehabilitation, and successful return to home, school and community, the legislature has most recently focused on Institutional Education (IE) in county and state juvenile facilities. The Legislature has made investments in state-level infrastructure that has allowed OSPI and DCYF to more readily share and analyze data. OSPI is now able to analyze and post IE data to the OSPI website annually. In response to the data and learning, OSPI, DCYF, educators, and partners have made recommendations deemed as essential to improving education and life outcomes for students who experience the juvenile justice system: Recommendation 1: Establish an equitable, long-term funding model that sustainably supports the instructional, organizational, and accountability structure. Recommendation 2: Fund the expansion of the Education Advocate Program to serve students exiting county juvenile detention centers.*

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