State Agency Use of Alternative Methods to Distribute Title I Funds to LEAs with Fewer than 20,000 Total Residents

These statutory provisions have been part of the Title I, Part A statute since 1994. They were first implemented in 1999 when ED switched to allocating Title I, Part A funds directly to LEAs.

Note that there is no instrument of collection for data by ED associated with these provisions in the statute and regulations. This narrative addresses only the burden associated with the actual process an SEA must follow to obtain approval from ED to use alternative poverty data to redistribute Title I, Part A funds to small LEAs.