Title i part a basic grants to leas

The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded the Commonwealth of Virginia State Board of Education $142.755 million on July 1, 2026, under Title I Part A Basic Grants to LEAs (CFDA 84.010), a formula grant that supports teaching and learning in high-poverty schools for children failing or most at risk of failing to meet challenging state academic standards.

The award funds the Virginia State Board of Education's administration and pass-through of Title I formula grants to local educational agencies across Virginia. The Department of Education distributes these grants to state education agencies using statutory formulas based primarily on Census Bureau estimates of low-income children and state per-pupil expenditures; the Virginia State Board then sub-awards to LEAs and schools. In targeted assistance programs, Title I funds serve children failing or most at risk of failing academic standards; in schoolwide programs, funds support all children in eligible schools.

The period of performance runs from July 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027, with administrative oversight at the Virginia State Board of Education in Richmond, Virginia. State education agencies and LEAs must maintain program records for three years. Non-federal entities expending $750,000 or more in federal awards annually are subject to single or program-specific audit under 2 CFR 200, Subpart F.