Funding Sources for Schools | Hobsons

Title I: Overview

Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) is the largest federal-based funding program for elementary and secondary education. The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is the sixth reauthorization of ESEA.

The purpose of Title I funding is to ensure all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education and reach proficiency on state academic achievement standards and state academic assessments.

Using Title I Funding for Naviance

Naviance helps schools provide all students with comprehensive instruction related to social emotional learning, interpersonal skills, academic skills, college and career knowledge, and transition skills. This helps close the equity gap and ensure all students have the resources they need to be successful in the future.

Many Title I-eligible students are the first in their family to attend college; they and their families benefit greatly from college readiness support offered via Naviance.

Title II: Overview

Title II grants are designed to improve academic performance by increasing the number of highly qualified principals and teachers. Title II encompasses teacher and principal training and recruiting, science and math partnerships, innovation for teacher quality, and enhancing educational strategies through technology.

Using Title II Funding for Naviance

Title II programs provide middle and high schools using Naviance with professional development support to make the most of their implementation.

Professional development helps teachers and principals work effectively with school counselors, students, and families to set and achieve readiness objectives.

Title IV: Overview

Title IV encompasses a number of grants designed to bring schools into the 21st century by improving academic skills, integrating social-emotional learning, increasing family engagement, and providing counseling services.

• Part A of Title IV provides a block grant to improve academic achievement by ensuring all students have access to a well-rounded education, improving school conditions, and increasing digital literacy.
• Part B of Title IV provides funding for after-school and summer programs to serve students in low-performing schools. Activities conducted through this grant provide counseling programs and supports to help students plan ahead and stay on track with their coursework.

Using Title IV Funding for Naviance

Title IV funding can help you leverage the Naviance curriculum and toolset to improve students’ key readiness competencies, such as social-emotional learning and academic planning.

In addition, it can help you increase student and family engagement in the college search and career readiness activities.

Perkins V: Overview

The Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act is the primary source of funding for career and technical education (CTE) in the United States. It was reauthorized as “The Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act” in 2018.

Using Perkins Funding for Naviance

Naviance supports the objectives of Perkins funding by facilitating career exploration with assessments, tools, and career profiles. With Naviance, students understand the secondary courses and post-secondary training they need to attain their career-related goals.

GEAR UP: Overview

Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) is a six-year federal grant that provides early intervention for low-income students in middle and high school. It’s designed to close the equity gap and increase college attendance and college success.

Using GEAR UP Funding for Naviance

Naviance supports the college planning process as well as postsecondary attainment by helping students plan how they will apply to and pay for college and by building the transition and persistence skills they need for college success.

CARES: Overview

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act provides a variety of funding channels to help schools address the challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Education Stabilization Fund provides funding to navigate the transition to distance learning and ensure educational access and delivery.
• Rethink K12 Education Models Grant is a competitive grant that supports new models for remote education.
• Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund prioritizes states with higher rates of COVID-19 cases per capita, students from low-income backgrounds, broadband inequality, and rural schools.
• Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund provides funding to K-12 schools as a flexible discretionary fund. Recipients may decide how to best apply grant funding to their teaching and learning goals.