The State & Federal Programs Department is committed to the principle that every student succeeds. We are here to add value to the general education curriculum through the delivery of specialized services and instructional programs.

State and Federal Programs is responsible for the coordination and supervision of various federal, state, and local programs. This includes funding and initiatives under ESEA - ESSA; State Compensatory Education, including Pregnancy Related Services support and homeless services.

The new law builds on key areas of progress in recent years, made possible by the efforts of educators, communities, parents, and students across the country.

ESSA includes provisions that will help to ensure success for students and schools. Below are just a few. The law:

• Advances equity by upholding critical protections for America's disadvantaged and high-need students.
• Requires—for the first time—that all students in America be taught to high academic standards that will prepare them to succeed in college and careers.
• Ensures that vital information is provided to educators, families, students, and communities through annual statewide assessments that measure students' progress toward those high standards.
• Helps to support and grow local innovations—including evidence-based and place-based interventions developed by local leaders
• Sustains and expands this administration's historic investments in increasing access to high-quality preschool
• Maintains an expectation that there will be accountability and action to effect positive change in our lowest-performing schools, where groups of students are not making progress, and where graduation rates are low over extended periods of time.