Welcome to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Equitable Services
Since 1965, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) reauthorized as the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires local educational agencies (LEAs) and other eligible entities to provide for the equitable participation of private school students, staff, and families of students enrolled in nonprofit private schools.
Title I, Part A, equitable services are governed under ESEA sections 1117 and 8501. ESEA, Title VIII equitable service provisions cover the following programs:
Welcome to Title V-B Subpart 2 - Rural Education Achievement Programs
The Rural Education Achievement Program (REAP) is designed to help rural school districts that may lack the personnel and resources to compete effectively for Federal competitive grants and that often receive grant allocations in amounts that are too small to be effective in meeting their intended purposes. The Rural Education Achievement Program (REAP) is authorized by Part B of Title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, P.L.
Title I Part A, under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), provides financial assistance to local educational agencies to meet the needs of educationally disadvantaged children at preschool, elementary, and secondary school levels.
Title I, Part D, Subpart 1 (ESSA Section 1401): Program Purpose
The purpose of Title I, Part D, Subpart 1 is:
To improve educational services for children and youth in local, tribal, and state institutions for neglected or delinquent children and youth so that such children and youth have the opportunity to meet the same challenging state academic standards that all children in the state are expected to meet;
Comparability is an annual requirement. Using current-year data, it precedes eligibility for the receipt of Title I, and Part A fund allocations for that year.
Funds made available under this part shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, any other federal, state, or local education funds. An LEA may use Title I funds only to supplement and, to the extent practical, increase the level of funds that would, in the absence of Title I funds, be made available from non-federal sources for the education of students participating in Title I programs. In no case may Title I funds be used to supplant or take the place of funds from non-federal sources.
