Title One Appropriations Nationwide
$10,350,000,000 (2002)

Total North Carolina Appropriations
$153,591,443 (2000-1)

State with the Most Title One Money
California $989,744,870

State with the Least Title One Money
Vermont $18,046,546

No Money? Have some school-wide Title One money!

Individual schools with poverty rates above fifty percent may use Title One funds to operate a “school-wide program.”

This is funded by ESEA Title I, Part A.

Schools that have more than fifty percent of their population above the poverty line can offer a “targeted assistance program.”  This program targets the students most likely the fail the States performance standards.

What kind of Title One grants does the federal government give states?

Basic grants, concentration grant and accountability grants

Basis grants provide extra money to local education agencies in which then need is at least two percent of the population.

Targeted grants give funding where at least five percent of the system is needy.

Concentration grants fund those schools where at least fifteen percent of the population is needy.

Local educational agencies are responsible for distributing the money but they follow criteria laid out by the federal government.

What do Local Educational Agencies do to determine how to distribute the money?

Rank school attendance areas in rank order of poverty using a uniform method.
 
How is poverty determined?

Any of the following:
Census information
Free or reduced-price lunch counts
Children in families that receive money for the Aid to Families with Dependent Children
Children eligible for Medicaid
A mixture of the above

More than 49,000 public schools use Title One funds

Where can I get an application for my school to apply?
http://www.ncpublicschools.org