Federal & State Programs Overview
Districts receive supplemental federal and state resources to provide additional services to assist students in meeting the challenging state performance standards.
Our mission as your Region 16 Federal & State Programs Team is to provide you technical assistance and extraordinary service for the grant process (application planning/submission, monitoring and compliance) and programmatic guidance for high-quality federal and state programs. We hold a strong commitment to serve our Region 16 districts so they can provide far-reaching and positive outcomes for the students served with the following:
Title I, Part A - Improving Basic Programs
Title II, Part A - Supporting Effective Instruction
Title III, Part A - English Language Acquisition
Title IV, Part A - Student Support and Academic Enrichment
Title V, Part A - Funding Transferability
Title V, Part B - Rural Education Initiative, or REAP/Subpart 2 - Rural and Low-Income School Program
Title VIII, Part F, Subpart 2 - ESSA Unsafe School Choice Option
We also assist with:
and much more.
Texas Education Agency (TEA) Grant Compliance and Administration (GCA) ~
GCA divisions our team provides assistance with:
- Federal Fiscal Compliance and Reporting Division: Oversees activities of federal grant programs to ensure they are compliant with fiscal requirements and ensures that the agency is compliant with federal reporting requirements.
- Federal Fiscal Monitoring Division: Monitors the expenditures of federal grant subrecipients to ensure federal funds are used for authorized purposes in compliance with federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of federal awards.
- Federal Program Compliance Division: Provides state administration and implementation of ESSA programs (Title I, Parts A and D); Migrant; Title II, Part A; Title IV, Part A; Titles V, VI, and VII; and ESSA PNP services).
- Grants Administration Division: Provides centralized administration of all formula and discretionary state-appropriated funds and federal grant funds awarded to TEA; administers all grant funds awarded to subrecipients.
