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Title I, Part A: Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational Agencies

Grant Type
Formula grant
Office
ALN
84.010
Contact
202-401-0004
Eligibility
State Educational Agencies (SEAs)
Application Deadline
Application Status
Not Applicable

An LEA's Title I allocation is the sum of the amount that the LEA receives under each formula. LEAs target the Title I funds they receive to schools with the highest percentages of children from low-income families. If a Title I school is operating a targeted assistance program, the school provides Title I services to children who are failing, or most at risk of failing, to meet challenging academic standards. Schools in which children from low-income families make up at least 40 percent of enrollment are eligible to use Title I funds to operate schoolwide programs that serve all children in the school in order to raise the achievement of the lowest-achieving students. LEAs also must use Title I funds to provide Title I services to eligible children enrolled in private schools.

Participation

The U.S. Department of Education's (ED's) data on participation in the program show that in school year (SY) 2016-2017, 59,743 public schools across the country used Title I funds to provide additional academic support and learning opportunities to help low-achieving children master challenging curricula and meet state standards in core academic subjects. For example, funds support extra instruction in reading and mathematics, as well as special preschool, after-school, and summer programs to extend and reinforce the regular school curriculum.

In (SY) 2016-2017, Title I served approximately 24.6 million children.

 

Title I, Part A (Title I) is a formula program to States. The U.S. Department of Education allocates Title I funds to State educational agencies (SEAs) through four statutory formulas (Basic Grants, Concentration Grants, Targeted Grants, and Education Finance Incentive Grants) that are based primarily on the annually-updated census poverty local educational agency (LEA) data adjusted for the cost of education in each State. SEAs in turn distribute Title I funds to their LEAs in accordance with Title I requirements.

Basic, Concentration and Targeted Grants

Basic Grants provide funds to LEAs in which the number of children counted in the formula (formula children) is at least 10 and exceeds 2 percent of an LEA’s school-age population. Concentration Grants flow to LEAs where the number of formula children exceeds 6,500 or 15 percent of the total school-age population. Targeted Grants are based on the same data used for Basic and Concentration Grants except that the data are weighted so that LEAs with higher numbers or percentages of formula children receive more funds. Targeted Grants flow to LEAs where the number of formula children is at least 10 and comprises at least 5 percent of the LEA’s school-age population.

Education Finance Incentive Grants

Education Finance Incentive Grants (EFIG) distribute funds to states based on factors that measure (1) a state’s effort to provide financial support for education compared to its relative wealth as measured by its per-capita income and (2) the degree to which education expenditures among LEAs within the state are equalized. Once a state’s EFIG allocation is determined, funds are allocated to LEAs in which the number of formula children is at least 10 and comprises at least 5 percent of the LEA’s school-age population.

Key Documents

  • Key Documents | U.S. Department of Education. This page provides letters and reports to states for important programmatic activities, including the States’ consolidated State plans, requests for waivers, monitoring reports, and the peer reviews of State assessment systems. The list may be sorted or filtered by State, year, program, and activity.

Accountability and School Improvement

Assessments

Consolidated State Plans

ESSA Flexibilities

Equitable Services

Fiscal Requirements

Graduation Rate Requirements

Parent and Family Engagement

Schoolwide Programs

State and Local Report Cards

Special Populations

Children in Foster Care

Education for Homeless Children and Youths

Early Learning

English Learners

Student-Centered Funding

Transition to the Every Student Succeeds Act

Waivers

Other

Who May Apply: State Educational Agencies (SEAs)

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) allocates appropriated funds to local educational agencies (LEAs) through participating SEAs. Prior to calculating the LEA allocations, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESEA) generally requires ED to set aside 0.7 percent for the Secretary of the Interior and 0.4 percent for the outlying areas (American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands). The Secretary of the Interior makes subgrants to schools operated by the Bureau of Indian Education, while the outlying areas receive formula grants. In addition, appropriation acts generally make a certain amount of Basic grant funds (e.g., in the FY 2020 appropriation, up to $5 million) available to ED to obtain annually-updated LEA poverty data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Funding Status

 Fiscal Year 2021Fiscal Year 2022

Fiscal Year 2023 

Fiscal Year 2024 

Total Appropriation$16,536,802,000$17,536,802,000

$18,386,802,000 

$18,406,802,000 

Census Set Aside$5,000,000$5,000,000

$5,000,000 

$5,000,000 

Total to Outlying Areas & the Bureau of Indian Education$181,849,822$192,849,822

$202,199,822 

$202,419,822 

ESEA Section 1117(e) Bypass$8,335,845$6,734,069

$8,599,958 

$10,362,649 

Total New Awards to States (52 Awards)*$16,341,616,333$17,332,218,109

$18,171,002,220 

$18,189,019,529 

Basic Grants Amount to States$6,375,066,744$6,376,668,520

$6,374,802,631 

$6,373,039,940 

Concentration Grants Amount to States$1,347,315,689$1,347,315,689

$1,347,315,689 

$1,347,315,689 

Targeted Grants Amount to States$4,309,616,950$4,804,116,950

$5,224,441,950 

$5,234,331,950 

Education Finance Incentive Grants Amount to States$4,309,616,950$4,804,116,950

$5,224,441,950 

$5,234,331,950 

* State amounts do not represent the amounts available for distribution to local educational agencies (LEAs) within the State. As provided in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), each State reserves from its allocation funds for school improvement activities and State administration. States also have the option to reserve funds for Direct Student Services in accordance with the ESEA. A State must also distribute funds generated by children residing in local delinquent institutions in accordance with Title I, Part D, Subpart 2 of the ESEA.


Awards

AWARDS TO STATESFiscal Year 2021Fiscal Year 2022Fiscal Year 2023Fiscal Year 2024
ALABAMA

 $266,382,292 

 $279,141,859 

 $303,245,701 

 $302,826,218  

ALASKA

 $47,509,598 

 $50,604,095 

 $53,818,062 

 $53,330,548  

ARIZONA

 $355,430,155 

 $370,384,923 

 $356,281,409 

 $327,775,446  

ARKANSAS

 $163,805,363 

 $174,307,328 

 $177,3072,187 

 $176,145,048  

CALIFORNIA

 $2,040,022,511 

 $2,076,706,008 

 $2,108,516,114 

 $2,236,833,545  

COLORADO

 $161,188,874 

 $174,022,902 

 $187,782,099 

 $182,938,931  

CONNECTICUT

 $153,914.741 

 $153,701,110 

 $156,414,141 

 $155,039,806  

DELAWARE

 $54,032,779 

 $57,224,018 

 $58,187,169 

 $58,827,119  

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 $48,926,745 

 $59,793,209 

 $61,295,998 

 $57,035,479  

FLORIDA

 $907,251,212 

 $1,006,554,201 

$1,037,800,442 

 $1,002,332,843  

GEORGIA

 $568,657,600 

 $655,085,612 

 $674,982,259 

 $610,207,710  

HAWAII

 $56,700,885 

 $58,193,269 

 $73,083,993 

 $69,934,653  

IDAHO

 $57,359,431 

 $60,274,418 

 $62,700,869 

 $65,119,648  

ILLINOIS

 $685,475,824 

 $701,660,960 

 $766,835,954 

 $794,468,689  

INDIANA

 $251,572,069 

 $273,340,306 

 $286,422,432 

 $281,113,971  

IOWA

 $102,836,824 

 $110,757,782 

 $114,425,087 

 $110,591,349  

KANSAS

 $110,334,596 

 $117,527,024 

 $120,783,715 

 $125,125,449  

KENTUCKY

 $250,129,027 

 $272,020,435 

 $276,218,596 

 $281,258,456  

LOUISIANA

 $363,771,234 

 $358,954,067 

 $404,061,662 

 $394,661,073  

MAINE

 $55,961,467 

 $59,492,429 

 $62,310,440 

 $60,858,278  

MARYLAND

 $282,884,266 

 $292,786,594 

 $354,312,840 

 $323,578,584  

MASSACHUSETTS

 $259,045,775 

 $262,718,204 

 $290,493,831 

 $285,434,127  

MICHIGAN

 $482,905,001 

 $514,603,322 

 $530,826,085 

 $559,432,779  

MINNESOTA

 $179,175,386 

 $174,738,185 

 $188,503,553 

 $194,491,327  

MISSISSIPPI

 $223,969,614 

 $234,557,732 

 $233,873,060 

 $241,550,376  

MISSOURI

 $256,721,291 

 $261,748,394 

$268,296,026 

 $266,989,104  

MONTANA

 $51,289,895 

 $54,751,395 

 $57,693,671 

 $57,762,901  

NEBRASKA

 $68,069,983 

 $70,062,821 

 $80,473,008 

 $90,471,477  

NEVADA

 $147,369,407 

 $157,262,676 

 $173,052,708 

 $160,996,050  

NEW HAMPSHIRE

 $43,995,985 

 $49,193,724 

 $52,870,071 

 $47,047,272  

NEW JERSEY

 $360,293,736 

 $417,926,808 

 $465,623,241 

 $457,208,618  

NEW MEXICO

 $129,392,437 

 $135,700,229 

 $140,631,172 

 $146,145,066  

NEW YORK

 $1,221,068,608 

 $1,319,753,513 

 $1,454,589,699 

 $1,489,259,094  

NORTH CAROLINA

 $493,733,102 

 $532,882,409 

 $523,159,326 

 $513,886,365  

NORTH DAKOTA

 $43,267,112 

 $45,823,193 

 $49,279,765 

 $52,547,431  

OHIO

 $597,709,276 

 $618,531,898 

 $654,440,314 

 $657,263,062  

OKLAHOMA

 $201,507,308 

 $211,951,355 

 $224,659,304 

 $229,108,583  

OREGON

 $146,243,353 

 $145,024,800 

 $164,133,070 

 $167,711,982  

PENNSYLVANIA

 $706,423,266 

 $697,679,012 

 $762,332,443 

 $735,735,642  

PUERTO RICO

 $413,911,156 

 $472,746,632 

 $447,700,799 

 $440,614,514  

RHODE ISLAND

 $55,604,547 

 $57,211,812 

 $61,608,283 

 $59,352,446  

SOUTH CAROLINA

 $269,752,776 

 $285,456,522 

 $285,172,979 

 $279,978,220  

SOUTH DAKOTA

 $51,071,219 

 $54,599,979 

 $57,246,174 

 $57,762,901  

TENNESSEE

 $323,379,041 

 $349,663,715 

 $346,346,343 

 $335,362,718  

TEXAS

 $1,594,652,206 

 $1,785,414,630 

 $1,813,227,886 

 $1,851,187,951  

UTAH

 $87,155,176 

 $74,464,540 

 $78,722,107 

 $80,489,929  

VERMONT

 $37,506,577 

 $40,146,062 

 $42,812,209 

 $42,724,415  

VIRGINIA

 $287,851,139 

 $297,826,402 

$328,655,791 

 $320,764,254  

WASHINGTON

 $273,415,543 

 $282,409,293 

 $304,013,404 

 $306,616,767  

WEST VIRGINIA

 $98,787,010 

 $107,169,039 

 $105,341,727 

 $115,931,983  

WISCONSIN

 $212,706,265 

 $215,867,086 

 $242,679,064 

 $227,912,568  

WYOMING

 $39,495,650 

 $41,800,178 

 $44,940,234 

 $47,276,764  


School Improvement Reservations

As provided in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), each State reserves funds from its Title I, Part A allocation for school improvement activities. Under section 1003(a) of the ESEA, a State must ratably reduce as applicable the total Title I, Part A allocation of LEAs, consistent with the special rule described below, to reserve for school improvement activities the greater of: (1) seven percent of the State’s current fiscal year (FY) Title I, Part A award; or (2) the sum of the total amount that the State reserved for school improvement under section 1003(a) from its FY 2016 Title I, Part A award (generally, four percent of that award) and the amount of the State’s FY 2016 School Improvement Grants (SIG) allocation under section 1003(g) of the ESEA, as amended by NCLB. 

With respect to reserving Title I, Part A funds for school improvement, the special rule in section 1003(h) of the ESEA requires a State, in reserving funds for school improvement, to ensure that no LEA receives less in total under Title I, Part A than it received in the prior year. This means that a State may only reserve funds for school improvement from LEAs that have an increase in their Title I, Part A allocation over the prior year’s amount. It is possible that this provision in conjunction with an overall reduction in a State’s Title I, Part A allocation may limit the ability of some States to reserve the full amount for school improvement. 

The table below is based on the ED-determined Title I, Part A allocations prior to adjustments by States under 34 C.F.R. § 200.70-75 and § 200.100, including the ESEA section 1003 reservation, and therefore does not take into account the special rule in ESEA section 1003(h) described above. As such, the figures represent the maximum amount an SEA may have been required to reserve for school improvement under ESEA section 1003(a). 

STATE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT RESERVATIONSFiscal Year 2021Fiscal Year 2022Fiscal Year 2023Fiscal Year 2024
ALABAMA

 $18,646,761 

 $19,539,931 

 $21,227,200 

 $21,197,836  

ALASKA

 $3,325,672 

 $3,542,287 

 $3,77,265 

 $3,733,139  

ARIZONA

 $24,880,111 

 $25,926,945 

 $24,939,699 

 $23,166,767  

ARKANSAS

 $11,466,376 

 $12,201,513 

 $12,416,054 

 $12,330,154  

CALIFORNIA

 $142,801,576 

 $145,369,421 

 $147,596,128 

 $156,578,349  

COLORADO

 $11,283,222 

 $12,181,604 

 $13,144,747 

 $12,805,726  

CONNECTICUT

 $10,774,032 

 $10,759,078 

 $10,948,990 

 $10,852,787  

DELAWARE

 $3,782,295 

 $4,005,682 

 $4,073,102 

 $4,117,899  

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 $3,424,873 

 $4,185,525 

 $4,290,720 

 $3,992,484  

FLORIDA

 $63,507,585 

 $70,458,795 

 $72,646,031 

 $70,163,300  

GEORGIA

 $39,806,032 

 $45,855,993 

 $47,248,759 

 $42,714,540  

HAWAII

 $3,969,062 

 $4,073,529 

 $5,115,880 

 $4,895,426  

IDAHO

 $4,134,036 

 $4,219,210 

 $4,389,061 

 $4,558,376  

ILLINOIS

 $47,983,308 

 $49,116,268 

 $53,678,517 

 $55,612,809  

INDIANA

 $18,000,236 

 $19,133,822 

 $20,049,571 

 $19,677,978  

IOWA

 $7,198,578 

 $7,753,045 

 $8,009,757 

 $7,741,395  

KANSAS

 $7,991,005 

 $8,226,892 

 $8,454,861 

 $8,758,782  

KENTUCKY

 $17,509,032 

 $19,041,431 

 $19,335,302 

 $19,688,092  

LOUISIANA

 $25,463,987 

 $25,126,785 

 $28,284,317 

 $27,626,276  

MAINE

 $3,917,303 

 $4,164,471 

 $4,361,731 

 $4,260,080  

MARYLAND

 $19,801,899 

 $20,495,062 

 $24,801,899 

 $22,650,501  

MASSACHUSETTS

 $18,133,205 

 $18,390,275 

 $20,334,569 

 $19,980,389  

MICHIGAN

 $33,803,351 

 $36,022,233 

 $37,157,826 

 $39,160,295  

MINNESOTA

 $12,542,278 

 $12,231,673 

 $13,195,249 

 $13,614,393  

MISSISSIPPI

 $15,677,873 

 $16,419,042 

 $16,371,115 

 $16,908,527  

MISSOURI

 $18,302,161 

 $18,591,188 

 $19,177,321 

 $19,065,618  

MONTANA

 $3,590,293 

 $3,832,598 

 $4,038,557 

 $4,043,404  

NEBRASKA

 $5,039,029 

 $5,039,029 

 $5,633,111 

 $6,333,004  

NEVADA

 $10,315,859 

 $11,008,388 

 $12,113,690 

 $11,269,724  

NEW HAMPSHIRE

 $3,079,719 

 $3,443,561 

 $3,700,905 

 $3,293,310  

NEW JERSEY

 $25,220,562 

 $29,254,877 

 $32,593,627 

 $32,004,604  

NEW MEXICO

 $9,057,471 

 $9,499,017 

 $9,844,183 

 $10,230,155  

NEW YORK

 $85,474,803 

 $92,382,746 

 $101,821,279 

 $104,248,137  

NORTH CAROLINA

 $34,561,318 

 $37,301,769 

 $36,621,153 

 $35,972,046  

NORTH DAKOTA

 $3,028,698 

 $3,207,624 

 $3,449,584 

 $3,678,321  

OHIO

 $41,839,650 

 $43,297,233 

 $45,810,822 

 $46,008,415  

OKLAHOMA

 $14,105,512 

 $14,836,595 

 $15,726,152 

 $16,037,601  

OREGON

 $10,458,492 

 $10,458,492 

 $11,489,315 

 $11,739,839  

PENNSYLVANIA

 $49,449,629 

 $48,837,531 

 $53,363,272 

 $51,501,495  

PUERTO RICO

 $28,973,781 

 $33,092,265 

 $31,339,056 

 $30,843,016  

RHODE ISLAND

 $3,892,319 

 $4,004,827 

 $4,312,580 

 $4,154,672  

SOUTH CAROLINA

 $18,882,695 

 $19,981,957 

 $19,962,109 

 $19,598,476  

SOUTH DAKOTA

 $3,574,986 

 $3,821,999 

 $4,007,233 

 $4,043,404  

TENNESSEE

 $22,636,533 

 $24,476,461 

 $24,244,245 

 $23,475,391  

TEXAS

 $111,625,655 

 $124,979,025 

 $126,925,953 

 $129,583,157  

UTAH

 $6,198,581 

 $6,198,581 

 $6,198,581 

 $6,198,581  

VERMONT

 $2,625,461 

 $2,810,225 

 $2,996,855 

 $2,990,710  

VIRGINIA

 $20,401,419 

 $21,050,433 

 $23,264,064 

 $22,802,503  

WASHINGTON

 $19,139,089 

 $19,768,651 

 $21,280,939 

 $21,463,174  

WEST VIRGINIA

 $6,915,091 

 $7,501,833 

 $7,373,921 

 $8,115,239  

WISCONSIN

 $15,055,403 

 $15,110,697 

 $16,987,535 

 $15,953,880  

WYOMING

 $2,764,696 

 $2,926,013 

 $3,145,817 

 $3,309,374  


Additional Information

Please see ED’s Budget History Tables for information on the President’s budget requests and enacted appropriations for major ED programs.

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