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Skinner, Rebecca R.; Sorenson, Isobel – Congressional Research Service, 2023
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), most recently comprehensively amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA; P.L. 114-95), is the primary source of federal aid to support elementary and secondary education. The Title I-A program is the largest grant program authorized under the ESEA and was funded at $17.5 billion for FY2022.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Educational Finance
Rebecca R. Skinner; Isobel Sorenson – Congressional Research Service, 2024
The primary source of federal aid to elementary and secondary education is the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). The ESEA was initially adopted in 1965 (P.L. 89-10), and was most recently reauthorized and amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA; P.L. 114-95), which authorized appropriations for ESEA programs through FY2020.…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Donna Hale – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Education ensures that children from all backgrounds have equal opportunities to succeed. Yet, the education provided for many K-12 students in the state of Texas may not be equal due to the allocation of school funds under House Bill 3 (H.B. 3). To date, the Revenue to Population (RTP) Index and other normalized statistical metrics have not been…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, State Legislation, Educational Legislation, Resource Allocation
Krista Kaput; Jennifer O’Neal Schiess – Bellwether, 2024
The federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) entitles students with disabilities to a free appropriate public education. Students with disabilities often require additional support to enable them to achieve academic and functional goals relative to their nondisabled peers. These legally protected supports and services all add up…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Students with Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Equal Education
Skinner, Rebecca R.; Sorenson, Isobel – Congressional Research Service, 2022
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), most recently comprehensively amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA; P.L. 114-95), is the primary source of federal aid to support elementary and secondary education. The Title I-A program is the largest grant program authorized under the ESEA and was funded at $16.5 billion for FY2021.…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, State Aid, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation
Skinner, Rebecca R.; Sorenson, Isobel – Congressional Research Service, 2022
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), most recently comprehensively amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA; P.L. 114-95), is the primary source of federal aid to support elementary and secondary education. The Title I-A program is the largest grant program authorized under the ESEA and was funded at $16.3 billion for FY2020.…
Descriptors: State Aid, Grants, Educational Finance, Federal Legislation
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Rose, Heather – Journal of Education Finance, 2022
California state-level policies are responsible for allocating nearly 80 percent of the revenue received by its K-12 school districts. In 2013-14, the state implemented the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), which changed the allocation formula from one based primarily on equal revenue per pupil to an equity-focused allocation based primarily…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Income, Funding Formulas, Elementary Secondary Education
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, US Department of Education, 2022
This non-regulatory guidance discusses provisions that govern within-district allocations under Title I, Part A (Title I) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), and accompanying regulations in 34 C.F.R. §§ 200.64, 200.77, and 200.78. It first addresses required and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Guidance
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Kolbe, Tammy; Dhuey, Elizabeth; Doutre, Sara Menlove – Exceptional Children, 2023
The formula used to allocate federal funding to states for special education is one of IDEA's most critical components. The formula serves as the primary mechanism for dividing available federal dollars among states and represents policy makers' intent to equalize educational opportunities for students with disabilities nationwide. In this study,…
Descriptors: Funding Formulas, Resource Allocation, Educational Equity (Finance), Special Education
Hannah Jarmowlowski; Chad Aldeman; Marguerite Roza – Grantee Submission, 2022
School districts have increasingly adopted weighted student funding (WSF) formulas that allocate dollars, rather than staff positions, to schools in the name of equity and flexibility. While research to date has studied equity in some of these districts, there is no research that examines the entire cohort of WSF districts together. This paper…
Descriptors: School Districts, Funding Formulas, Low Income Students, Educational Finance
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Hannah Jarmolowski; Chad Aldeman; Marguerite Roza – Peabody Journal of Education, 2022
School districts have increasingly adopted weighted student funding (WSF) formulas that allocate dollars, rather than staff positions, to schools in the name of equity and flexibility. While research to date has studied equity in some of these districts, there is no research that examines the entire cohort of WSF districts together. This paper…
Descriptors: School Districts, Funding Formulas, Low Income Students, Educational Finance
Patrick Rooney – Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, US Department of Education, 2021
This document to State Title I Directors answers common questions about how the Title I carryover waiver of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) is applied to local educational agencies (LEAs). Questions include: (1) What does a waiver related to the carryover limitation in section 1127(b) of the ESEA allow?; (2) When the…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Resource Allocation
Education Commission of the States, 2019
Across all 50 states, there are different ways in which states allocate K-12 funding to districts. This document provides information on what type of funding mechanism is used by state. To classify funding mechanisms that appear in state statute or in regulations, Education Commission of the States created definitions for the terms used on this…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Finance, Funding Formulas, State Policy
Nowicki, Jacqueline M. – US Government Accountability Office, 2021
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) requires states to have statewide accountability systems to help provide all children significant opportunity to receive a fair, equitable, and high-quality education, and to close educational achievement gaps. These systems must meet certain federal requirements, but states have some discretion in…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Improvement, State Programs, Resource Allocation
Education Commission of the States, 2019
Across all 50 states, there are different ways in which states allocate K-12 funding to districts. This document provides information on special education funding by state, including funding mechanism and special education citation. To classify funding mechanisms that appear in state statute or in regulations, Education Commission of the States…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Finance, Funding Formulas, State Policy
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