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ESSA (Title I, II, III, IV)
ESSA (Title I, II, III, IV)
EVERY STUDENT SUCCEEDS ACT
EVERY STUDENT SUCCEEDS ACT
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) is a United States federal statute originally enacted in 1965. These federal funds are authorized for supplemental professional development, instructional materials, resources to support educational programs, as well as parent and family engagement programs. The current reauthorization of ESEA is the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).
Yorktown ISD receives funding for the following entitlement programs within the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
Title I, Part A
Title II, Part A
Title III, Part A: English Learners (EL)
Title IV, Part A
Title I, Part A
Improving Basic Programs
Provides supplemental funding for resources to help schools with high concentrations of students from low-income families provide a high-quality education that will enable all children to meet the state's student performance standards. These programs must use effective methods and instructional strategies that are grounded in scientifically-based research.
Yorktown ISD is a Title I District.
Title II, Part A
Supporting Effective Instruction
Provides supplemental funding to improve student achievement. The funds are used to elevate teacher and principal quality through recruitment, hiring, and retention strategies, and to increase the number of highly qualified teachers in the classroom and highly qualified principals and assistant principals in schools. The program uses scientifically based professional development interventions and holds districts and schools accountable for improvements in student academic performance.
Title III, Part A: English Learners (EL)
English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement
Provides supplemental resources to local education agencies to help ensure that children who are English Learners attain English proficiency at high levels in core academic subjects to meet state-mandated achievement performance standards.
Title IV, Part A
Student Support and Academic Enrichment
Provides all students with access to a well-rounded education.
Improves schools conditions for student learning.
Improves the use of technology in order to improve the academic achievement and digital literacy of all students
Yorktown ISD has applied for 2021-2022 federal funding. You can read more below about the programs. If you have any feedback, questions, or concerns regarding the funding and the programs these funds support, please let us know by contacting Dr. Ashley Chandler, Director of Federal, State, and Student Programs, at achandler@yisd.org.
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