Title I, Part A

Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational Agencies

Title I, Part A, of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), provides financial assistance to local educational agencies 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 currently allocated through four statutory formulas that are based primarily on census poverty estimates and the cost of education in each state.

Local educational agencies target the Title I (ESSA) funds they receive to schools with the highest percentages of children from low-income families. The school must focus Title I (ESSA) services on children who are failing, or most at risk of failing, to meet state academic standards. Local educational agencies also must use Title I (ESSA) funds to provide academic enrichment services to eligible children enrolled in private schools. For example, funds support extra instruction in reading and mathematics, as well as after-school and summer programs to extend and reinforce the regular school curriculum.

Under Title I (ESSA), local educational agencies are required to provide services for eligible private school students, as well as eligible public school students. In particular, section 1120 of Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, requires a participating local educational agency to provide eligible children attending private elementary and secondary schools, their teachers, and their families with Title I (ESSA) services or other benefits that are equitable to those provided to eligible public school children, their teachers, and their families. These services must be developed in consultation with officials of private schools. The Title I (ESSA) services provided by the local educational agency for private school participants are designed to meet their educational needs and supplement the educational services provided by the private school.

We value your input, suggestions, and concerns related to how we use Title I (ESSA) funds. Please use the following form to provide feedback

LCSD Title I (ESSA) Parent Input Form.