Congressman Gonzalez Announces Almost $100 Million in Title I Allocations for Rio Grande Valley School Districts
WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) today announced $99,673,712 in final totals for Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19) Title I formula allocations funds for school districts in the Rio Grande Valley. The U.S. Department of Education recently released final totals earlier this month.
Title I funding assists schools in their efforts to provide students with fair, equal, and significant opportunities to obtain a high-quality education and reach state academic achievement standards and academic assessment goals.
"Every child in the 15th District of Texas deserves access to every possible educational resource and an opportunity to succeed," Congressman Gonzalez said. "It is my hope that these federal funds will put us one step closer to achieving educational goals and objectives at school districts across the Rio Grande Valley."
The following allocations have been provided to school districts in the Rio Grande Valley:
- Donna ISD: $14,078,136
- Edcouch-Elsa ISD: $3,982,435
- Edinburg ISD: $18,800,104
- Hidalgo ISD: $1,535,465
- La Villa ISD: $362,718
- McAllen ISD: $14,411,349
- Mercedes ISD: $4,039,174
- Mission ISD: $9,195,770
- Monte Alto ISD: $643,246
- Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD: $17,770,199
- Sharyland ISD: $3,044,602
- Valley View ISD: $2,316,419
- Weslaco ISD: $9,494,095
Final numbers are different from the preliminary allocations because of updates to the annually collected counts of children in locally operated institutions for neglected or delinquent children, in foster homes, and in families above the Census poverty line that receive assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program (non-Census formula children data) and to LEA finance data used in the Education Finance Incentive Grants formula. There may be additional differences if a State were to report revisions to its State Per-Pupil Expenditure (SPPE) data.
Congressman Gonzalez continues to be an advocate for every child in the 15th District of Texas and will work to bring additional funding to schools across South and Central Texas.