Title I – Education for the Disadvantaged
http://www.ed.gov/programs/titleiparta/index.html
Department & Agency:
Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oese/index.html
Administering Agency:
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education
Agency Contact:
Gaye Leia King
Bureau of Indian Education
1011 Indian School Rd, #150
Albuquerque, NM 87104
(505) 563-5271
gking@bia.edu
Stimulus Funding:
$72 million (estimated)
Eligibility and Type:
Eligibility: Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) operated schools
Type: Tribal Set-Aside
Program Description:
“This program provides financial assistance to local education agencies and schools with high numbers or high percentages of poor children to help ensure that all 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 of education in each state. ” - from the DOE website.
Funding Guidance and Timelines:
The Department of Education expects to see Title 1, part A funds used in the following:
- four percent reservation for school improvement under section 1003(a) of the ESEA,
- the five percent reservation for administration, evaluation and technical assistance under section 1003(g) of the ESEA,
- and the optional reservation for State Academic Achievement Awards under section 1117(c)(2)(A) of the ESEA on short-term investments with the potential for long-term benefits, such as building sustainable capacity at the State and local levels to improve achievement in Title I schools, particularly those Title I schools in improvement, corrective action, and restructuring.
The Department of Education expects to see Title 1, part A funds used in the following:
- to implement evidence-based strategies that will help build sustainable capacity for improving teaching and learning in Title I schools, recognizing that the amount of funds available will support interventions at a level of intensity not always possible in the past.
- encourages LEAs to give particular consideration to early childhood education and programs serving secondary schools, areas for which they may not have had sufficient resources in the past.
- also encourages LEAs to think creatively about the various tools that Title I, Part A provides for improving teaching and learning, including schoolwide programming and the authority under section 1113(c)(4) of the ESEA to provide financial incentives and rewards for teachers in Title I schools for the purpose of attracting and retaining qualified teachers.
What is the period of availability?
- Title I, Part A ARRA funds are FY 2009 funds.
- initial period of availability through September 30, 2010.
- funds that are not obligated by that date remain available for obligation by SEAs and LEAs (subject to the carryover limitation in section 1127 of the ESEA) until September 30, 2011.
Reporting Requirements:
- A State is required to submit reports containing the information required under section 1512(c) of the ARRA.
- At a minimum, section 1512(c) of the ARRA requires a State to report:
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the total amounts of Title I, Part A ARRA funds received and expended or obligated;
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the project’s or activity’s name, description, and evaluation of its completion status on which Title I, Part ARRA funds are used;
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and an estimate of the number of jobs that were saved or created with those funds.
- The first report is due no later than ten days after the initial calendar quarter in which the State first receives Title I, Part A ARRA funds, or July 10, 2009. Thereafter, a State must submit reports no later than the tenth day after the end of each calendar quarter.
- ED is currently developing a common reporting form that will describe for States a streamlined quarterly process for reporting on the use of Title I, Part A ARRA funds.
- LEA’s that receive Title I, Part A ARRA funds must file with the SEA, no later than December 1, 2009, a school-by-school listing of its per-pupil educational expenditures from State and local sources during the 2008-09 school year. Each SEA must report this information to the Secretary by March 31, 2010. ED will issue guidance in the near future regarding this reporting requirement. Because there are separate reporting requirements with respect to Title I, Part A ARRA funds, the use of those funds must be accounted for, and reported on, separately from an SEA’s or LEA’s regular FY 2009 Title I, Part A funds. ED has assigned a new CFDA number (84.389A) to the Title I, Part A ARRA funds in order to facilitate separate accounting for the funds.
General Provisions:
To review legislative language concerning time periods for funds to available, allocation of overall Title 1 funds, and additional requirements, see: Title VIII, Department of Labor, HHS & Education, Department of Education, Education for the Disadvantaged.
Funding Notices:
- ED awarded each State 50 percent of the funds from its FY 2009 Title I, Part A allocation provided through the ARRA on April 1, 2009 on the basis of the State’s existing approved ESEA Consolidated State Application.
- ED expects to award the remaining Title I, Part A ARRA funds by September 30, 2009 after each State submits, for review and approval by ED, additional information that addresses how the State will meet the accountability and reporting requirements in section 1512 of the ARRA. ED will issue specific guidance for preparing and submitting this information in the coming weeks.
Technical Assistance:
The Department of Education provides a number of resources for schools receiving Title I funding: http://www.ed.gov/programs/titleiparta/resources.html
General Fact Sheet on Department of Education Stimulus Funding:
http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/recovery/factsheet/overview.html
Budget Information, including preliminary State allocations of Department of Education Stimulus Funding:
http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/news.html#FY2009action
