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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. (ESSA, Section 3102)

2025-2026 ESSA Consolidated Federal Grant

• ESSA Application Training
• Program-Specific Provisions and Assurances
• General and Fiscal Guidelines

2024-2025 ESSA Consolidated Compliance Report

• ESSA Consolidated Compliance Reports Resources webpage

2024-2025 ESSA Consolidated Federal Grant

• ESSA Application Training
• Program-Specific Provisions and Assurances
• General and Fiscal Guidelines

Bilingual Education Program Monitoring

The Special Populations Monitoring team monitors both state and federal policy requirements. ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ is currently working on a redesign of a desktop programmatic monitoring system that will be implemented school year 2026-2027. The following resources support different areas of bilingual education monitoring;

• Special Population Monitoring webpage (Program Implementation)
• Post Award Compliance webpage (SNS for Title III Professional Development)
• (November 2024)

Helpful Resource Links

• (November 2024)
• 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

  (TXEL.org Web Portal)

Clarifying Title III LEA Required Activities under ESSA

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)