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Purpose

Title III, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as reauthorized under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), aims to ensure that English learners (ELs) and immigrant students attain English proficiency and develop high levels of academic achievement in English. Title III will also assist all English learners meet the same challenging State academic standards that all children are expected to meet.

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2023-2024 ESSA Consolidated Federal Grant

• ESSA Application Training
• General and Fiscal Guidelines

2022-2023 ESSA Consolidated Federal Grant

• General and Fiscal Guidelines
• Provisions and Assurances

2022-2023 ESSA Consolidated Compliance Report

Helpful Resource Links

• (May 2022)
• ESSA Compliance Report Resources
• Federal Funding Guidance & FAQs
• Budgeting Cost Guidance Handbook (April 2020)
• EDGAR Resources
• Supplement, Not Supplant
• Entitlements
• Amending an Application
• Grants Awarded Data (State & Federal)

Supplemental Resources

(FREE) andÌýTExES English as a Second Language (ESL) Supplemental #154 Preparation Manual (PDF 2.52 MB)Ìý- This online course and associatedÌýmanual areÌýintended to equipÌýTexas educators who desire to increase capacity in their districts and to enhance their existing ESL programs beyond minimum state requirements. Please note: These resources areÌýbased on the current ESL certification standards and test framework. Although new ESL certification standards were adopted in July 2019, an updated version of the TExES ESL Supplemental #154 exam has NOT yet been developed. Once the new test is developed, theseÌýresources will be revised.Ìý

Ìý(September 2021)

Clarifying Title III LEA Required Activities under ESSA

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U.S.Department of Education Resources

Laws & Guidance

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

• (As Amended Through P.L. 115-141, Enacted March 23, 2018)
• Resource Guide: (January 2017)
• Non-Regulatory Guidance: (September 2016)
• (January 2, 2019)

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Overview of the Law:
• Office of Civil Rights (OCR) Guidance:
• Policy Guidance:
• Policy Guidance:

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)