The Consolidated Federal Programs (CFP) team oversees the implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA), the reauthorization of the long-standing Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). The team assists local education agencies (LEAs) and other eligible entitles to: apply for competitive and formula-based grants, comply with grant terms and conditions, and achieve maximum benefit from grant investments.
Title I, Part A - Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged
The purpose of this program is to provide all children significant opportunity to receive a fair, equitable, and high-quality education, and to close educational achievement gaps.
The purpose of the Title I, Part D program is to:
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improve educational services for children and youth in local and State institutions for neglected or delinquent children and youth so that such children and youth have the opportunity to meet the same challenging State academic standards that all children in the State are expected to meet
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provide such children and youth with the services needed to make a successful transition from institutionalization to further schooling or employment; and
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prevent at-risk youth from dropping out of school, and to provide dropouts, and children and youth returning from institutions, with a support system to ensure their continued education and the involvement of their families and communities.
Title II, Part A – Supporting Effective Instruction
The purpose of this program is to provide grants to state educational agencies, local educational agencies (LEA), state agencies for higher education and eligible partnerships to:
- Increase student achievement consistent with the challenging State academic standards
- Improve the quality and effectiveness of teachers, principals and other school leaders
- Increase the number of teachers, principals, and other school leaders who are effective in improving student academic achievement
- Provide low-income and minority students greater access to effective teachers, principals and other school leaders
Title III, Part A - English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement
The purposes of this program are to help ensure that English Learners (ELs), including immigrant children and youth, attain English proficiency and develop high levels of academic achievement in English.
Title IV, Part A - Student Support and Academic Enrichment
The purpose of this program is to improve students’ academic achievement by increasing the capacity of States, local educational agencies, schools, and local communities to:
- provide all students with access to a well-rounded education;
- improve school conditions for student learning; and
- improve the use of technology in order to improve the academic achievement and digital literacy of all students.
Education for Homeless Children and Youth
Vermont's Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCY) program ensures that students experiencing homelessness have equal access to the same free, appropriate public education provided to other Vermont children, with the opportunity to meet the same challenging State academic standards.
To provide students with safer and healthier learning environments.
Equitable Services to Independent Schools
To help ensure that independent school children, teachers and other educational personnel receive services equitable to those in public schools, state educational agencies (SEAs) must now designate an Ombudsman to monitor and enforce ESSA equitable services requirements. In addition, the Ombudsman should serve as the primary point of contact for addressing questions and concerns from independent school officials and Local Education Agencies (LEAs)(ESSA 1117 (a)(3)(B) & 8501(a)(3)(B)).
Consolidated Federal Programs Training and Technical Assistance
Apply for the CFP Grant
- Online Grant Application for Local Education Agencies
- CFP Application Sequence
- GMS Assurances and Submissions
- CFP Application Revision Instructions
For help using the Vermont AOE Grants Management System, email or call the help desk at 802-828-1017
Consolidated Federal Programs Committee of Practitioners
The Committee of Practitioners (COP) is made up of education professionals, school board members, union representatives, state program administrators, and parents. The purpose of the committee is for the Agency of Education to get feedback on draft procedures for the Every Student Succeeds Act funded programs.
Resources for the Consolidated Federal Programs
- CFP Stakeholder Engagement
- Section 267 Joint Agreement
- Allowable Activities for Title I
- Allowable Activities for Title IIA
- Allowable Activities for Title IIIA
- Allowable Activities for Title IVA
- Allowable Activities for McKinney-Vento
- Allowable Uses for Consolidated Administration (Con-Admin)
- CFP Timeline
- Definition of "Evidence-Based" in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
- Highly Qualified Paraprofessional Instructions and Definitions
- Writing Approvable CFP Investments
- Title IV, Part A FY20 Use of Funds Report
- Using Evidence to Strengthen Education Investments - Non Regulatory Guidance (See page 12 for the evidence levels chart)
- Title IV Part A Waiver F25
- Title I Schoolwide Waiver Application FY25
- Title I Eligibility Waiver Application FY25
- CFP Grant Application Assurances FY25
- CFP Transfer of Funds Notice Form
- CFP Data Inventory Instructions
- CFP Data Inventory Template
- CFP Application Scope of Work Template
- ESEA Fiscal Waiver
- Professional Development Sign-in Sheet Template for LEAs and Schools
Consolidated Federal Programs Guidelines
Consolidated Federal Programs Procedures
- Vermont Agency of Education Appeals Process for Local Educational Agencies
- Consequences of Non-Compliance with Requirements of ESSA
- Consolidated Federal Programs Reallocation Procedure
- Title I Excess Carryover Waiver Procedure
Consolidated Federal Programs Memos
Grant Monitoring Activities
The CFP team regularly monitors grant funded investments in order to maximize use of resources to benefit student learning and to ensure accountability to the law. See the Annual Program Review Process document for an outline of all of our monitoring activities.
The following documents are used for the CFP comprehensive on-site monitoring reviews:
- Monitoring of Consolidated Federal Programs
- CFP Monitoring PowerPoint
- CFP Comprehensive Monitoring Document
Elementary Secondary Education Act Hearing and Complaint Process
This procedure is to be used for resolving a complaint by any individual or organization that believes that a school, school district, supervisory union, the Vermont Agency of Education, and/or other agency violated the administration of education programs required by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
Questions?
Email Amber Graves, Grants Management Specialist, at amber.graves@vermont.gov.