Title I part a basic grants to leas

The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded the Utah State Board of Education $40,487,356 in Title I Part A Basic Grants to LEAs on July 1, 2026, under the Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies program (CFDA 84.010).

The Utah State Board of Education receives this formula grant to distribute funds to local educational agencies for improving teaching and learning in high-poverty schools, with a particular focus on children failing or most at risk of failing to meet challenging state academic standards. The funding supports targeted assistance programs serving at-risk students and schoolwide programs benefiting all children in participating schools.

The period of performance runs through September 30, 2027, with place of performance in Salt Lake City, Utah. The funding flows to the Utah State Board of Education as the state educational agency (SEA), which then passes funds to local educational agencies and Indian tribal schools as subgrantees. The Department of Education allocates Title I Part A grants through four statutory formulas based primarily on Census Bureau estimates of low-income children by LEA and state per-pupil expenditures. Recipients must maintain program records for three years and are subject to federal audit requirements if annual expenditures of federal awards reach $750,000 or more.