Title III Immigrant Student Program, Fiscal Year 2019-20

Funding Description

Funding is made available to eligible local educational agencies (LEAs) to provide supplementary programs and services to eligible immigrant students. The purpose of the subgrants is to assist immigrant students to acquire English and meet grade-level achievement and graduation goals. Note: Recipients and funding amounts are subject to budget and administrative adjustments.

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants	Local educational agencies
Required Eligibility Criteria	LEAs must have a minimum of 21 eligible immigrant students and experienced a two percent or greater growth in the enrollment of eligible immigrant students in 2018 as compared to the average of the eligible immigrant enrollments of 2017 and 2016 are eligible to apply. Immigrant student enrollment for 2019 is taken from the Fall 2018 California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS) data collections.
Other Eligibility Considerations	LEAs eligible to receive a formula subgrant may apply for Title III Immigrant program funds directly via the Consolidated Application and Reporting System (CARS).
Eligible Grade Level(s)	Pre-K, K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Adult
Eligible Age Level(s)	3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, Adult, (up to 21 yrs old)

Funding

Legal Authority	Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Budget Item 6100-125-0890(3)
Source / Type	Federal / Apportionment
State Fiscal Year	2019-20
SACS Resource / Revenue Codes	4201 / 8290
Total Available	$8,884,838
Recipient Amount	TBD
Match Requirement	No
Allocation Formula	N/A

Important Dates

Date Application Available	May 15, 2019
Due Date	June 30, 2019
Expected Notification Date	July 31, 2019

Additional Information

Application	Unavailable
Background	Title III Immigrant Student Program [http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/el/t3/immigrant.asp]
Fiscal	Unavailable
Consolidated Application	Consolidated Application Information [http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/aa/co/]
Funding Results	Res-19: Title III, Immigrant Education [http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r14/imm19result.asp]
Other	LEAs are asked to accept or decline funds via CARS by June 30, 2019. LEAs that fail to respond by the deadline cannot be guaranteed funding for 2019-20.

Contacts

Program	Geoffrey Ndirangu, Education Programs Consultant, Language Policy and Leadership Office, 916-323-5831, Gndirang@cde.ca.gov
Fiscal	Cristina Echols Gollas, Staff Services Analyst, Language Policy and Leadership Office, 916-323-5124, CEcholsgolls@cde.ca.gov
Division	Multilingual Support Division, 916-319-0845 (phone), 916-319-0138 (fax)