In accordance with federal regulations, a local education agency (LEA) planning to submit a federal grant application must offer a reasonable opportunity for public comment on the application before it is submitted to the Texas Education Agency for approval.

Hays CISD gives public notice of the district's intention to submit a grant application for the following federal grant programs for the 2025-2026 school year: Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) (Title I, Title II, Title III, & Title IV), IDEA B, Carl D. Perkins V (CTE), and the Texas Education of Homeless Children and Youth (TEHCY).  Public comments will be considered during the planning process on the grants listed above for the 2025-2026 school year.

Please use the following link to submit public comment: 

Grant Application Public Comment Form 

Title I, Part A – Title I, Part A provides supplemental resources to local educational agencies (LEAs) to help schools with high concentrations of students from low-income families provide high-quality education that will enable all children to meet the challenging state academic standards. Campuses served with Title I funds within Hays CISD, have at least 40% of their students identified as receiving free/reduced lunch. Hays CISD Title I Schoolwide campuses are served in rank order of low-income percentage, with a formula based, per pupil allocation.

The intended program beneficiaries are students who experience difficulties mastering the state academic achievement standards. Each Title I campus completes a comprehensive needs assessment each year. The CNA is then used to review and revise their campus improvement plan with input from parents, community members, teachers, principals and other school leaders, so that all students are provided opportunities to meet the challenging State academic standards.

ATTENTION: Private Non-Profit Schools within the Hays CISD District Boundary (serving ages 5-17)

You may be eligible to participate in services through federal programs. Please contact your local school district regarding participation in the planning and receipt of services through federal programs. Email Stephanie Norris  , Director of Federal Programs.  Please include documentation of Non-Profit status (ex: 501c3)

What constitutes private nonprofit status? Response: Under 34 CFR 77.1, the term “nonprofit” as applied to an agency, organization, or institution means it is owned and operated by one or more corporations or associations whose net earnings do not benefit, and cannot lawfully benefit, any private shareholder or entity.

What are private school equitable services? Response: Through ESSA, federal grant funding is made available every year to serve students who meet certain criteria, such as economically disadvantaged. Those grant funds are awarded to TEA, which administer the funds directly to LEAs, including school districts. However, the law requires that eligible students and teachers at eligible PNPs also receive access to equitable services of those programs and services provided by the district. The term “private school equitable services” refers to the process of providing students, teachers, staff, and families at eligible PNPs fair access to federally funded education programs and services, as appropriate. The process depends on a “timely and meaningful consultation” between ISD officials and those of eligible PNPs. However, federal funds may not be awarded or paid to the PNP.