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Federal Formula Grants
The United States Department of Education awards many types of Public
Education Grants. They fall into three categories:
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Discretionary Grants, which are awarded using a competitive process.
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Student Loans or Grants, which are designed to help students attend college.
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Formula Grants, which are awarded using allocation formulas determined by Congress.
Formula Grants are awarded to the states, rather than school districts, and in turn, the states award the federal grants to school districts.
The largest formula grant is administered through the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended, also known as No Child Left Behind (NCLB).
Programs that are currently funded and administered under NCLB include:
Title I, Part A
Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational Agencies
Title I 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 meet challenging state academic standards. Federal funds are allocated through statutory formulas that are based primarily on census poverty estimates and the cost of education in each state.
Title I funds are used to provide additional academic support and learning opportunities to help low-achieving children master challenging curricula and meet the state standards. Funds are used to support extra instruction in core academic subjects, especially reading and mathematics, as well as preschool, after-school and summer programs to extend and reinforce the regular school curriculum.
Title I can be implemented in one of two ways in a district. Campuses in which at least 40% of the students are from low income families may use Title I funds to operate Schoolwide programs. Campuses with less than the 40 percent threshold, or campuses that choose not to operate a Schoolwide program, may offer Targeted Assistance programs.
Title I, Part C
Education of Migratory Children
The Migrant program supports high quality education programs for migratory children and helps ensure that migratory children who move among the states are not penalized in any manner by disparities among states in curriculum, graduation requirements, or state academic content and student academic achievement standards.
Program funds are used to identify eligible children and to provide approved education and support services such as academic instruction, remedial and compensatory instruction, bilingual and multicultural instruction, vocational instruction, career education services, special guidance, counseling and testing services, health services, and preschool services.
Title I, Part D
Prevention and Intervention Programs for Children and Youths who are Neglected, Delinquent, or At Risk
This program provides for supplementary education services to help provide education continuity for children and youths in state-run institutions for juveniles and in adult correctional institutions so they can make successful transitions to school or employment once they are released.
Program funds can be used to support supplemental instruction in core subject areas, such as reading and mathematics, as well as tutoring, counseling, and transition services.
Title II, Part A
Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting (TPTR)
The purpose of this program is to increase academic achievement by improving teacher and principal quality. This can be done by increasing the number of highly qualified teachers in classrooms; increasing the number of highly qualified principals and assistant principals in schools; and increasing the effectiveness of teachers and principals by holding districts and schools accountable for improvements in student academic achievement.
Program funds can be used to address challenges to teacher quality such as teacher preparation, qualifications of new teachers, recruitment, hiring, professional development, teacher retention, and the need for more capable principals and assistant principals to serve as effective school leaders
Title III, Part A
English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement and Academic Achievement Act
This program is designed to improve the education of limited English proficient (LEP) students by helping them learn English and meet the challenging state academic standards.
Title IV, Part B Subpart 1
Rural Education Achievement Program (REAP)
This program allows rural districts to use federal resources more effectively to improve the quality of instruction and increase student academic achievement. It is designed to address the needs of rural districts that frequently lack the personnel and resources needed to compete effectively for federal competitive grants or receive formula funds in amounts too small to be effective in meeting their intended purposes.
Eligible districts may redirect up to 100% of funds received under Title II, Part A, Title II, Part D, Title IV, Part A, or Title V to carry out activities authorized under ESEA. Funds that are redirected must operate under the rules, regulations, and guidelines of the program to which they are redirected.
Title IV, Part B - Subpart 2
Rural and Low-Income School Program
The purpose of this program is to provide financial assistance to rural districts to assist them in meeting their state’s definition of adequate yearly progress.
Funds can used for activities such as teacher recruitment and retention, professional development, educational technology, parent involvement activities, safe and drug-free activities, Title I activities, and Title III activities.
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Special Education
Formula Grants are also available for Special Education through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). These grants assist districts with the excess costs of providing special education and related services to children with disabilities. Programs that are administered under IDEA include IDEA-B Formula, IDEA-B Preschool, IDEA-C Early Childhood Intervention, and IDEA-D Deaf Blind.
Allowable expenditures include salaries of special education teachers, costs of related services personnel, providing positive behavioral interventions, and improving technology in the classroom.
Career and technical education is funded through the Carl D. Perkins Vocational-Technical Education Act (Perkins Act). The funds are available to help provide vocational-technical education programs and services to youth and adults.
Funds can be used for a broad range of programs, services, and activities designed to improve career-technical education programs and ensure access to the programs by students who are members of populations with special needs.
Vocational & Technology Education