Title I

School funding law

Title I refers to the first major section of a U.S. federal law, most commonly the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which provides funding to schools with high percentages of low-income students: Title I schools, Title I funding.

The designation appears in other legislation too—Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act covers employment discrimination.

Context usually clarifies which law is meant.

Opposites
funding allocation basis

Title Iblock grants

Flexible federal-to-state funding

educational equity approach

Title Ienrichment programs

Added learning opportunities

honors programs · merit scholarships · elite education

funding source/control

Title Ischool vouchers

State-issued tuition payments

Phrases
Family

title, titles, titled, entitle, entitles, entitled, entitlement, entitlements

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