ESSA

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) ESSA was signed into law by President Barack Obama on December 10, 2015. The purpose of this act was to replace and update the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) which was signed into law in 2002. Like NCLB, ESSA reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965.

The purpose of this title is to provide all children significant opportunity to receive a fair, equitable, and high-quality education, and to close educational achievement gaps.

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) formally submitted the state’s Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) consolidated plan to the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) on Sept. 25, 2017. After negotiations, the USDE approved the state’s ESSA plan on March 26, 2018. The final plan and amendments are available on TEA's ESSA website.
TEA Compliance and Reporting
TEA Fiscal Compliance

*The ESSA program is a part of the Results Driven Accountability (RDA) system. The RDA system is utilized to assign required intervention activities to a local education agency (LEA) based on annual performance on individual indicators or patterns across indicators. The Department of Review and Support is responsible for RDA performance levels, identification of intervention requirements, monitoring and support for RDA.

Title I Capacity Building Initiative Resources

Smartsheet One Pager Reference Document Volume 2 - released January 2024
Maintenance of Effort (MOE) and LEAs: IDEA-B vs. ESSA - updated April, 2021
MOE vs. MOQ - updated May, 2021
Stakeholders for ESSA vs ESSER III- updated May, 2021

TEA Presentations and Resources:

TEA Compliance Play by Play presented by Cal Lopez (Fall 2023 ACET, 10/26/2023)
TEA New 2023-2024 Season of Risk Assessment presented by Cal Lopez (Fall 2023 ACET, 10/26/2023)
Huddle Up For Compliance Excellence: Winning Strategies presented by William Doyle & Lisa Thompson (Fall 2023 ACET, 10/25/23)
Supplement, Not Supplant presented by Vivian Smyrl (Fall 2023 ACET, 10/25/23)
- SNS Handbook 6.0 Revised 5.10.23
Post-Award Compliance (PAC) Federal Grant Applications presented by James Connolly (Fall 2023 ACET, 10/25/2023)
Federal Program Compliance Division Overview and Program Updates presented by Jaime Huerta (Fall 2023 ACET, 10/25/2023)
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Parents' Right to Know presented by Vivian Smyrl (Fall PFE Statewide Conference 2023, 10/6/2023)
ESSA 1116 Parent and Family Engagement Requirements At-A-Glance presented by Jaime Huerta (Fall PFE Statewide Conference 2023, 10/5/2023)
- PFE Requirements Overview Workbook
2023-2024 ESSA Program Monitoring - Random Validations Process Statewide Virtual Training (September 26, 2023)
- Information about the 2023-2024 Random Validation process can be found on TEA’s website: https://tea.texas.gov/finance-and-grants/grants/essa-program/essa-program-monitoring-random-validations
2022-2023 Rural and Low-Income Schools Compliance Report (July 31, 2023)
2022-2023 ESSA Compliance Reports & 2023-2024 ESSA Program Monitoring Random Validations (July 28, 2023)
22-23 Consolidated Compliance Reports
Post-NOGA Monitoring of the ESSA Consolidated Federal Grant Application presented by James Connolly & Jaime Huerta; William Doyle & Laura Salazar (Spring ACET 2023, 4/27/2023)
Supplement, Not Supplant for Non-Beginners presented by Vivian Smyrl (Spring ACET 2023, 4/27/2023)
What to Expect in the 2023-2024 ESSA Consolidated Grant Application, Special Education, and Perkins V - Presented by Amy Sarnet; Susan Alexander-Wilson & Lori Marquardt (Spring 2023 ACET, 4/26/2023)
Supplement, Not Supplant for Beginners presented by Vivian Smyrl (Spring ACET 2023, 4/26/2023)
Supplement, Not Supplant presented by Vivian Smyrl (Fall ACET 2022 10/20/2022)