Your Program Funding Guide
Your schools need funding for programs that develop, enhance, or expand systems of support for improving behavioral outcomes and learning conditions for all students. Funding should be as clear as your goals for helping student success.
We’ve put together an educator’s guide to federal and state-level funding. The guide explores each program’s overview and elegibility, funding implementation, and provisions. We’ll also give you a look into how Hero by SchoolMint can fuel program success.
Federal & State Funding Allocation
School funding is distributed in several ways: federal funding, state funding, and competitive funding (grants).
State Funding Allocations
States are required to set aside 7 percent of Title I funds to support evidence-based interventions in Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI) and Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI) schools. Additionally, states and districts can use Title II funds to support culturally appropriate and effective instruction.
Advocates can lobby for using these funds to support evidence-based interventions to reduce exclusionary/disproportionate discipline or improve climate more broadly.
Funding Competitive Funding (Grants) Vs. Funding
The purpose of competitive grants is to provide schools with funding in order to develop, improve, or expand their implementation of evidence-based, multi-tiered behavioral frameworks.
Unlike formula funding, competitive grants must meet the following criteria:
Identifying Funding Sources
Your schools have unique program needs and requirements to help students achieve. View the comprehensive program funding guide and cut through the noise, easily: