Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies (84.010)
Program
84.010 Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies
Federal Agency
OFFICE OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Authorization
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Title I, Part A, 20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.
Program Number
84.010
Last Known Status
Active
Objectives
To help local education agencies (LEAs) and schools improve the teaching and learning of children failing, or most at-risk of failing, to meet challenging State academic standards.
Types of Assistance
Formula Grants.
Uses and Use Restrictions
Use of funds varies, depending on whether a school is operating a schoolwide program under Section 1114 of Title I or a targeted assistance program under Section 1115. A school with at least a 50 percent poverty rate may choose to operate a schoolwide program under Section 1115 that allows Title I funds to be combined with other Federal, State, and local funds to upgrade the school's overall instructional program. All other participating schools must operate targeted assistance programs, and select children deemed most needy for Title I services. Targeted assistance programs must ensure that Title I services supplement, not supplant the regular education programs normally provided by State and local educational agencies. This program is subject to non-supplanting requirements and must use a restricted indirect cost rate which is referenced under 34 CFR 76.564-76.569. For assistance call the Office of the Chief Financial Officer/Indirect Cost Group on 202-708-7770.
Eligibility Requirements
Applicant Eligibility
State educational agencies (SEAs) and the Secretary of the Interior. Local educational agencies (LEAs) and Indian tribal schools are subgrantees.
Beneficiary Eligibility
Children who are failing, or most at risk of failing, to meet challenging State academic standards.
Credentials/Documentation
None.
Application and Award Process
Preapplication Coordination
None. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372.
Application Procedure
In 1996, SEAs applied for funds as part of Title I, Part A, State plans submitted to the Department of Education in accordance with Section 1111 of ESEA or as part of a consolidated State plan submitted under Section 14302 of ESEA. The plan remains in effect for the duration of the State's participation in Title I, Part A, but must be updated to reflect substantive changes. Participating LEA's must file an approved plan with their SEAs.
Award Procedure
The Department of Education (ED) makes grants to SEAs using statutory formulas. Then SEAs suballocate funds to LEAs based on a formula that includes best available data on the number of children from low-income families. Beginning with FY 1999, ED is required to determine LEA allocations which are used as the basis for making grants to SEAs.
Deadlines
Deadlines are established by each SEA.
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time
Appeals
If an LEA's plan is disapproved by the SEA it may appeal to the SEA and then to the Department of Education under Section 432 of the General Education Provision Act (GEPA).
Renewals
Not applicable.
Assistance Considerations
Formula and Matching Requirements
The statute includes three separate formulas for allocating Title I Grants to LEAs. Under the statute, Basic and Concentration Grants are funded at the 1995 appropriation level. Basic Grants are allocated to almost all local educational agencies based on each State's per-pupil expenditure for education and the number of school-aged children from low-income families. Concentration Grants are allocated to LEAs having more than 6,500 children from low-income families or a poverty rate of more than 15 percent. In addition, funds appropriated in excess of the fiscal year 1995 level are to be distributed as targeted grants, which make higher payments to counties with higher numbers or percentages of poor children. The Bureau of Indian Affairs, Outlying Areas, and the Pacific Regional Education Laboratory also receive funding. Within LEAs, school officials target funds to schools with the greatest numbers of poor children. Although Basic Grants and Concentration Grants are allocated to LEAs through different formulas, school districts combine these funds for use as a single program.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance
Generally, awards to States are made from July 1 to September 30 of the following year. In addition, funds remain available to States for an additional fiscal year for obligation and expenditure.
Post Assistance Requirements
Reports
States submit annual performance reports.
Audits
In accordance with the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in the Appendix to 34 CFR 80, State and local governments that receive financial assistance of $300,000 or more within the State's fiscal year shall have an audit made for that year. State and local governments that receive between $25,000 and $300,000 within the State's fiscal year shall have an audit made in accordance with the Appendix to Part 80, or in accordance with Federal laws and regulations governing the programs in which they participate.
Records
In accordance with the General Education Provisions Act, and the Education Department General Administrative Regulations, States must maintain certain program records for 3 years.
Program Accomplishments
Almost 14,000 school districts and 50,000 schools receive services. Over 12.7 million children a year are affected by Title I services in all 50 SEAs, DC, Puerto Rico, and the outlying areas. Approximately 1.3 percent of these children are served in nonpublic schools.
Financial Information
Account Identification
91-0900-2-1-501.
Obligations
(Grants) FY 02 $7,941,397,000; FY 03 est $8,601,721,000; and FY 04 est Not available. It will be determined upon completion of the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance
State awards for fiscal year 2001 were from $18,046,000 to $989,745,000.
Regulations, Guidelines and Literature
34 CFR 200. For Title I guidance and other information, contact the program office.
Related Programs
84.011, Migrant Education_State Grant Program; 84.013, Title I Program for Neglected and Delinquent Children.
Information Contacts
Regional or Local Office
Not applicable.
Headquarters Office
Compensatory Education Programs, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 3W230, FB-6, Washington, DC 20202-6132. Office of Compensatory Education. Telephone: (202) 260-0826.
Web Site Address
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/CEP
Examples of Funded Projects
Not applicable.
Criteria for Selecting Proposals
Not applicable.
