[20160516]IF10405_适用于《中小学教育法》（ESEA）标题I-A的财政问责要求.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov May 16, 2016Fiscal Accountability Requirements That Apply to Title I-A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) was comprehensively reauthorized by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA; P.L. 114-95) on December 10, 2015. The Title I-A program is the largest grant program authorized under the ESEA and is funded at $14.9 billion for FY2016. Title I-A of the ESEA authorizes aid to local educational agencies (LEAs) for the education of disadvantaged children. Title I-A grants provide supplementary educational and related services to low-achieving and other students attending pre-kindergarten through grade 12 schools with relatively high concentrations of students from low-income families. A long-standing principle of federal aid to K-12 education is that federal funding should add to, not substitute for, state and local education funding. With respect to the ESEA, this goal is embodied in three types of federal fiscal accountability requirements: (1) maintenance of effort (MOE), (2) supplement, not supplant (SNS), and (3) comparability. To receive Title I-A funds, an LEA must meet all three fis