News from the Federal Fiscal Compliance and Reporting Division

To the subscriber addressed:

Office Hour Session: Title I, Part A – Comparability of Services Requirement for the 2023–2024 School Year:

The purpose of this bulletin is to notify local educational agencies (LEAs) who receive Title I, Part A funds on the 2023–2024 ESSA Consolidated Federal Grant Application that TEA will conduct an “Office Hour” session to support LEAs who received Title I, Part A funds and are required to submit the Comparablity Assurance Document (CAD) and the Comparability Computation Form (CCF). During the course of the session, we will be available for LEAs to ask questions.

Each year, LEAs that receive Title I, Part A funding are required to document their compliance with the Title I, Part A Comparability of Services requirement under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). All LEAs that receive Title I, Part A funding must complete and submit to TEA the CAD survey. LEAs that do not meet one of the defined exemption criteria must also complete and submit to TEA the CCF. The CAD is available for completion and submission electronically through an online survey.

The CCF, along with instructions for completing/submitting that form and the instructions for completing/submitting the CAD survey, are available on the Title I, Part A Comparability of Services page of the TEA website and through the Grants and Federal Fiscal Compliance Reports and Data Collections (GFFC Reports) secure application, accessible through TEAL.

The deadline for submitting the CAD, and CCF if applicable, is November 17, 2023.

If you have questions about this process, please register for the Title I, Part A – Comparability Requirement, Office Hours Session on October 10, 2023, from 9:30–10:30 a.m. 

Utilize the following link to register: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RdFt3geyS2GWHKdcFpEaUA

For Further Information

For information on the comparability of services requirement and detailed instructions on how to complete the CAD and CCF, refer to the resources posted on the Title I, Part A Comparability of Services page. 

If you have any further questions, please email the Federal Fiscal Compliance and Reporting Division at compliance@tea.texas.gov.