Title I

Title I
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), originally passed in 1965, was most recently reauthorized in 2002 in what is known as the No Child Left Behind Act. ESEA calls for higher standards and accountability and emphasizes equal access to education for all children. The act authorized federally funded education programs that are administered by the states. These programs include Title I: Improving the academic achievement of the disadvantaged.

Title I programs include:

• Part A: Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged
• Part B-1: Reading First
• Part B-3: Even Start/Family Literacy
• Part C: Migrant and Bilingual Education
• Part D: Institutional Education

States receive federal funding based on four statutory formulas that are based on census poverty estimates adjusted for the cost of education in each state. 

Title I served more than 17 million children during the 2006-2007 school year. About 60 percent of these children were in kindergarten through fifth grade, 21 percent in grades 6-8, 16 percent in grades 9-12, three percent in pre-k, and less than one percent ungraded. In 2007, $12,838,125,280 was appropriated to Title I nationwide and in 2008 this number increased to $13,898,875,000.

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Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the Texas Education Agency received $1,229,800,000 in funds for Title I.

Any changes to Title I would take place within the reauthorization of the ESEA. Reauthorization is anticipated in early 2010.