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Department of Education-Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational Agencies (Title I, Part A)

Agency/Department
Federal Agency/Bureau
Department of Education (ED)
Program Name
Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational Agencies (Title I, Part A)
Authorizing Legislation

Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA)

Program Overview

Title I, Part A (Title I) of the ESEA provides financial assistance to local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools with high numbers or high percentages of children from low-income families to help ensure that all children, particularly low-achieving children, meet challenging state academic standards. Federal funds are currently allocated through four statutory formulas that are based primarily on census poverty estimates and the cost of education in each State.

CFDA

84.010

Type of Funding

Formula 

Link to application site, NOFO, FOA, or Grants.gov (if different from program website above)

Not Applicable 

Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) or Federal Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Type

Not Applicable 

Important Dates (if applicable)

Not Applicable 

FY2023 Appropriations Amount

Total Amount: $18,386,802,000\


Amount Available Towards Broadband (if specified): Not Applicable

Matching Requirement

Yes 

If yes, what is the matching requirement: The ESEA requires an LEA to comply with the maintenance of effort requirements (MOE) in ESEA section 8521. These requirements stipulate that an LEA’s expenditures of State and local funds in the preceding fiscal year on an aggregate or per-pupil basis must equal or exceed 90 percent of such expenditures in the second preceding fiscal year. If an LEA does not meet these requirements twice or more in a six-year period, the ESEA requires the SEA to reduce the LEA’s Title I funding in the proportion by which the LEA did not maintain effort.

Complementary Federal Funding Option

As described in this ED letter, Title I funds (and other funds administered by ED) may be used to meet as matching funds for AmeriCorps programs.

Broadband-related Program Purpose/Eligible Expenditures
If "Other", Program Purpose(s)

Please refer to row 24 for information about how broadband may be incorporated into a Title I program.

Speed/Technical Requirement for Broadband Infrastructure

Not Applicable 

Eligible Recipients
Criteria for Eligible Recipients

See program website 

Grant Beneficiaries (if different from eligible recipients)

Not Applicable 

Programmatic Resources

See program website 

Reporting Requirements

See program website 

Publicly-available programmatic data

See program website and https://eddataexpress.ed.gov/

Contact Information

Melissa Siry
E-mail: Oese.titlei-a@ed.gov

Additional Information

Broadband related expenditures are allowable Title I costs in certain circumstances. The following paragraphs describe these circumstances. Generally, Title I can support broadband if the broadband is: (1) Used only by Title I participants (e.g., all students in a Title I schoolwide or students selected for services in a Title I targeted assistance school); (2) Designed to improve the academic achievement of low-achieving students served by Title I and the use aligns with the needs identified in a Title I school’s schoolwide plan or the design of its targeted assistance program; (3) Involves necessary and reasonable costs; and (4) Installed consistent with the definition of “minor remodeling” in 34 CFR Part 77. The definition of minor remodeling means “minor alterations in a previously completed building. The term also includes the extension of utility lines, such as water and electricity, from points beyond the confines of the space in which the minor remodeling is undertaken but within the confines of the previously completed building. The term does not include building construction, structural alterations to buildings, building maintenance, or repairs. For example, a Title I schoolwide program school that identified a need to increase its students' access to advanced coursework might decide to use Title I funds to provide students with online access to advanced coursework.


In serving Title I participants in a Title I program, a school district may only use Title I funds to add to (“supplement”) the State and local funds that would be available for Title I students if the school did not get Title I funds. This requirement is met if each Title I school receives all of the State and local funds it would otherwise receive in the absence of its Title I funds, including all such funds necessary to provide a free public education. Generally, Title I funds may not be used to meet the general needs of all students in a school district, unless all schools are Title I schools operating a schoolwide program.

Updated

April 2023

Funding Guide