Title III Administration

This page is primarily intended to provide guidance for state educational agencies working with Title III state formula grants. For broader information on Title III outcomes, please see our accountability page.

U.S. Department of Education pages

U.S. Department of Education Title III State Formula Grant
U.S. Department of Education, Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA)

Legislation, Regulation & Guidance

Legislation:

Title III full text

Regulation:

Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR)

For regulations on state administered programs, see part 76 of EDGAR

Guidance:

Notice of Final Interpretations of Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as Amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), published in the Federal Register, October 17, 2008 (available in pdf or html format). For more information, see the Summary of Title III Notice of Final Interpretations or the Overview of Notice of Final Interpretations presented at the LEP Partnership Meeting, October 15-16, 2008.

Supplement, not Supplant guidance, U.S. Department of Education, October 2, 2008, and the accompanying letter sent to Chief State School Officers.

Non-Regulatory Guidance for the Title III State Formula Grant Program, Part I. U.S. Department of Education, March 2002.

Non-regulatory Guidance for the Title III State Formula Grant Program, Part II: Standards, Assessment and Accountability. U.S. Department of Education, February 2003.

Monitoring Reports

Title III Monitoring Reports for the 2008-09 school year, via the U.S. Department of Education

Reporting & Accountability

The U.S. Department of Education collects data from states on the implementation and outcomes of the Title III state formula grant program using Consolidated State Performance Reports. States enter data using the Education Data Exchange Network (EDEN) data submission tool, maintained by the EDFacts Initiative.

2008-09 CSPR Reporting Instrument: Part I and Part II

2007-08 CSPR Reporting Instrument

2006-07 CSPR Reporting Instrument

Data are publically available via biennial reports to Congress.

Information on accountability is also available in each state's accountability plan.

Funding

Funding allocations for each state from fiscal year 2001 through fiscal year 2009 can be accessed via the U.S. Department of Education budget overview.