Title i part a basic grants to leas

The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded the Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education $123,409,509 in Formula Grant funding on July 1, 2026, under Title I Part A Basic Grants to LEAs (CFDA 84.010).

The funding supports improved teaching and learning in high-poverty schools, with particular emphasis on children failing or most at risk of failing to meet challenging State academic standards. Massachusetts DESE, as the State Educational Agency, receives the award and distributes funds to local educational agencies and schools throughout the Commonwealth as a pass-through funding mechanism. The award period runs through September 30, 2027, with performance centered in Malden, Massachusetts.

Title I Part A allocates funding through four statutory formulas based primarily on Census Bureau estimates of low-income children in each LEA and State per pupil expenditures. The funding flows to targeted assistance programs serving individual children meeting academic risk criteria, or to schoolwide programs serving all children in eligible schools. Massachusetts DESE administers hundreds of millions in Title I funding annually across its portfolio of federal grants supporting K-12 education, special education, English language acquisition, career and technical education, and child nutrition programs, with sub-awards distributed to local school districts, charter schools, regional collaboratives, and community-based organizations statewide.