Federal Programs - Federal Grants

ESSA - (Click Here)

ESSA -

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) ESSA was signed into law by President Barack Obama on December 10, 2015. The purpose of this act was to replace and update the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) which was signed into law in 2002. Like NCLB, ESSA reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965.

The purpose of this title is to provide all children significant opportunity to receive a fair, equitable, and high-quality education, and to close educational achievement gaps.

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) formally submitted the state’s Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) consolidated plan to the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) on Sept. 25, 2017. After negotiations, the USDE approved the state’s ESSA plan on March 26, 2018. The final plan and amendments are available on TEA's ESSA website.
TEA Compliance and Reporting
TEA Fiscal Compliance

*The ESSA program is a part of the Results Driven Accountability (RDA) system. The RDA system is utilized to assign required intervention activities to a local education agency (LEA) based on annual performance on individual indicators or patterns across indicators. The Department of Review and Support is responsible for RDA performance levels, identification of intervention requirements, monitoring and support for RDA.

Maintenance of Effort (MOE) and LEAs: IDEA-B vs. ESSA - updated April, 2021
MOE vs. MOQ - updated May, 2021
Stakeholders for ESSA vs ESSER III- updated May, 2021

Federal Report Card

The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), requires each State education agency to prepare and publish an annual report card with state-, local education agency (LEA)- and campus-level data.

Click on this link to go to the webpage to view the federal report card.
Every Student Succeeds Act

ESSER - Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (Click Here)

Click Here to view NISD's ESSER program information.

Click Here to view the ESSER II Grant Application.

Click Here to view the ESSER III Grant Application.

ESSER grant funding is authorized in three pieces of legislation. As a result, the ESSER programs are administered by TEA as separate grant programs. An ESSER side-by-side is under development. The ESSER I, CRRSA ESSER II, and ARP ESSER III grant programs run concurrently. During the overlap in periods of availability, grantees may expend funds from any of the grant programs.

Source:

Texas Education Agency. (2021, August 4). Elementary and secondary school emergency relief (Esser) grant programs. Texas Education Agency. Retrieved November 30, 2021, from https://tea.texas.gov/finance-and-grants/grants/elementary-and-secondary-school-emergency-relief-esser-grant-programs.

Title I, Part A (Click Here)

Title I, Part A –Improving Basic Programs Operated By Local Educational Agencies—of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) of 2015, provides supplemental funding to state and local educational agencies to acquire additional education resources at schools serving high concentrations of students from low-income homes. These resources are used to improve the quality of education programs and ensure students from low-income families have opportunities to meet challenging state assessments.

Title I, Part A schools implement either a Schoolwide program or a Targeted Assistance program. Both Title I, Part A models — Schoolwide and Targeted Assistance — use evidence-based methods and instructional strategies.

NISD Title I, Part A Campuses:

Brule Elementary
High Point Elementary
Webb Elementary

NISD Title I - Parental Involvement Policy

TEA Title I, Part A Webpage

Title I, Part A FAQ

TEA Statewide Series

Companion Guide to Title I, Part A Within-LEA Allocations Presentation - presented on 6/9/21
Collaborative Comprehensive Needs Assessment Toolkit - presented on 9/14/21

Title II (Click Here)

TITLE II, PART A (Click here for ESSA Grant Application)

ESSA LEA Fund Code 255

The purpose of the program is to increase academic achievement by improving teacher and principal quality. This program is carried out by: increasing the number of highly qualified teachers in classrooms; increasing the number of highly qualified principals and assistant principals in schools; and increasing the effectiveness of teachers and principals by holding LEAs and schools accountable for improvements in student academic achievement.

Title V - RLIS (Click Here)

RLIS - Title V - Click here to view grant application.

Title V, Part B - Rural Education Initiative or REAP

P.L. 114-95, Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Section 5202)

The Rural Education Achievement Program (REAP) assists eligible LEAs in addressing local academic needs more effectively by giving them greater flexibility in the use of limited federal resources. Programs under subparts 1 and 2 are designed to address the unique needs of rural school districts that frequently -

Lack the personnel and resources to compete effectively for federal competitive grants; and
Receive formula allocations in amounts too small to be effective in meeting their intended purposes.

The programs are designed to supplement funding to help rural local educational agencies (LEAs) to increase student academic achievement and decrease dropout rate.

Source:

Texas Education Agency. (2021, July 16). Title V, part B - rural education initiative or reap. Texas Education Agency. Retrieved November 30, 2021, from https://tea.texas.gov/finance-and-grants/grants/essa-program/title-v-part-b-rural-education-initiative-or-reap.

Special Ed Consolidated Grant & IDEA-B Grant (Click Here)

Special Ed Consolidated Grant - Click here for grant application.

IDEA-B Grant - Click here for grant application.

For more information, please contact the Grimes County Special Education COOP at 936-825-4278.