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No Child Left Behind Act
Title I, Part A
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Program
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Title I, Part A
Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Education Agencies
- Title I Basic Grants
- Concentration Grants
- Targeted Grants
- Education Finance Incentive Grants
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Program Description
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This program provides financial assistance through state
education agencies (SEAs) to local education agencies
(LEAs) and schools with high numbers or percentages of
poor children to help ensure that all children meet
challenging content and achievement standards.
Federal funds are currently allocated through four
statutory formulas that are based primarily on census
poverty estimates adjusted for the cost of education
in each state.
- Basic grants provide additional funds to LEAs
in which the number of children counted in the formula
is at least 10 and exceeds 2 percent of an LEA’s school-age
population.
- Concentration Grants flow to LEAs where the number of poor
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 poor children
receive more funds. Targeted Grants flow to LEAs where the
number of poor children is at least 10 and at least 5 percent
of the LEA’s school-age population.
- 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 poor children is
at least 10 and exceeds 5 percent of the LEA’s school-age
population.
LEAs target the Title I funds they receive to schools with the
highest percentages of children from low-income families. Unless
a participating school is operating a schoolwide program, the
school must focus Title I services on children who are failing,
or most at risk of failing, to meet local academic standards.
Schools enrolling at least 40 percent of students from poor
families are eligible to use Title I funds for schoolwide
programs that serve all children in the school.
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Contact
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Paul Cahill
515-281-3944
paul.cahill@iowa.gov
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Links to Related Content (on-site)
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Improving Basic Programs Operated by LEAs (Title I, Part A)
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Links to Related Content (off-site)
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USDE
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Program Allocations
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Title I Allocations
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Budget Worksheet
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