Allowable Costs
Resources
- Allowable Uses of Title II, Part A Funds
- Allowable Uses of Title II, Part A Funds for Private Schools
- Non-Regulatory Guidance for Equitable Services
- ESEA Title II, Part A Non-Regulatory Guidance
- Unlocking State and Federal Funds to Support Student Success
- Rural Education Achievement Program (REAP)
- Supplement Not Supplant Guidance
Title II, Part A is a U.S. Department of Education (ED) grant program that provides supplemental funding to help support effective instruction. ED awards Title II, Part A funds to state educational agencies (SEAs), such as OSPI, which then sub-grant funds to local education agencies (LEAs).
The Title II, Part A program offers an LEA the flexibility to design and implement a wide variety of activities that can promote a teaching staff that meets applicable state certification and licensure requirements and increases the number of teachers who are effective in improving student achievement consistent with state learning standards. Funds can also be used to provide principals and other school leaders with the knowledge and skills necessary to lead their schools' efforts in increasing student achievement.
Title II funds can be used to provide supplemental activities that strengthen the quality and effectiveness of teachers, principals, and other school leaders. The purpose of Title IIA funding is to:
- Increase student achievement consistent with state standards,
- Improve the quality and effectiveness of teachers, principals, and other school leaders,
- Increase the number of teachers, principals, and other school leaders who are effective in improving student academic achievement in schools, and
- Provide low-income and minority students greater access to effective teachers, principals, and other school leaders.
Professional development funded by Title IIA must be sustained (not stand-alone, 1-day or short-term workshops), intensive, collaborative, job-embedded, data-driven and classroom focused. ESSA Section 8101(42)
Transferability
Under ESSA, LEAs can transfer up to 100 percent of Title IIA funds into:
- Title I, Part A - Improving Basic Programs
- Title I, Part C - Migrant
- Title I, Part D - Neglected and Delinquent
- Title III, Part A - Bilingual
- Title IV, Part A - Student Support and Academic Enrichment
- Title V, Part B - Rural and Low-Income Schools (RLIS)
Carryover
LEAs may carryover up to 100 percent of their Title II, Part A funds for one additional year.
Private School Equitable Services Carryover
The LEA must engage in meaningful consultation with the private school throughout the school year. Ideally the LEA will spend all the equitable services on the private school needs during the year. If funds are left over, the private school may have carryover for one year, unless the LEA has documentation of:
- The private school informed the LEA that they have no unmet professional learning needs, or
- The private school was unresponsive to multiple consultation attempts (email, phone, certified letter).
- If the private school is not entitled to the carryover, the funds return to the general fund to be distributed to all eligible private schools and the LEA equally. The LEA is responsible for maintaining accurate records.