Title I part a basic grants to leas

The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded the Nebraska Department of Education $35,361,705 on July 1, 2026, under the Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies program (CFDA 84.010), a formula grant designed to help local educational agencies improve teaching and learning in high-poverty schools, particularly for children failing or most at risk of failing to meet challenging state academic standards.

The Nebraska Department of Education, the state education agency, receives and distributes these funds as a pass-through entity to local educational agencies, school districts, and other local recipients throughout Nebraska to support direct educational services and improvement initiatives in high-poverty schools. The award carries a period of performance through September 30, 2027, with place of performance at Lincoln, Nebraska. The Department of Education establishes procedures for LEA plan submissions and approval; LEAs whose plans are disapproved may appeal to the state education agency and then to the Department of Education. Awards flow through four statutory formulas based primarily on Census Bureau estimates of low-income children and state per-pupil expenditures. Funds remain available for an additional fiscal year for obligation and expenditure, subject to carryover limitations. Recipients expending $750,000 or more in federal awards are subject to single or program-specific audit requirements.