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Elementary and Secondary Education Act
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The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) (Pub.L. 89-10, 79 Stat. 77, 20 U.S.C. ch.70) is a United States federal statute enacted April 11, 1965. The Act is an extensive statute which funds primary and secondary education. As mandated in the Act, the funds are authorized for professional development, instructional materials, resources to support educational programs, and parental involvement promotion. The Act was originally authorized through 1970, however the government has reauthorized the Act every five years since its enactment.
Title I ("Title One") of the Act is a set of programs set up by the United States Department of Education to distribute funding to schools and school districts with a high percentage of students from low-income families.
To qualify as a Title I school, a school typically has around 40% or more of its students that come from families that qualify under the United States Census's definitions as low-income.
Schools receiving Title I funding are regulated by federal legislation, including the No Child Left Behind Act.
Title I funds may be used for children from preschool through high school, but most of the students served (65 percent) are in grades 1 through 6; another 12 percent are in preschool and kindergarten programs.
Recent reauthorizations of the Act include:
- Improving America's Schools Act, 1994
- No Child Left Behind, 2002
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