Congressman Gonzalez Announces Over $130M in Preliminary Title I Allocations for Rio Grande Valley School Districts
WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) today announced $130,031,486 in preliminary federal funds for Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) Title I for schools in the Rio Grande Valley in the 15th District of Texas. The U.S. Department of Education will release final totals in June 2021.
Title I Grants to local school districts are intended to ensure that the most financially and socially disadvantaged children have an equal opportunity to obtain a high quality education and reach proficiency on state academic assessments.
"Students in the 15th District of Texas deserve the highest quality education we can offer them, even in the midst of a pandemic," said Congressman Gonzalez. "Teachers and school administrators work tirelessly to make sure students are learning, whether it's virtually or in person. These federal funds will help those school districts tackle the new challenges that arise every day and make sure their students have a successful school year."
The following school districts in the Rio Grande Valley have received the following preliminary funding allocations:
- Donna ISD: $13,593,945*
- Edcouch-Elsa ISD: $3,851,589
- Edinburg CISD: $21,104,554
- Hidalgo ISD: $1,598,964
- La Joya ISD: $22,201,821*
- La Villa ISD: $319,327
- Lyford CISD: $878,507*
- McAllen ISD: $15,161,692
- Mercedes ISD: $4,120,647
- Mission CISD: $10,497,782*
- Monte Alto ISD: $580,529
- Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD: $19,153,109
- Progreso ISD: $1,228,296*
- Sharyland ISD: $3,831,677
- Valley View ISD: $2,387,251
- Weslaco ISD: $9,521,796
*Schools are only partially in the 15th District of Texas represented by Congressman Gonzalez
The U.S. Department of Education expects to release final allocations in June of this year. Final numbers will differ 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 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.
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