Resources · Funding your partnership

There is likely already a budget line for this.

Assessment, planning and coaching fit the purpose of the federal and state funds most districts already receive. Tell us what you want to do, and we’ll show you where the money usually comes from, and what makes the purchase defensible.

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District budgetLines that fit this work
  1. Title II, Part A Coaching and professional learning
  2. Title I, Part A Needs assessment, instruction, family engagement
  3. Title I, Section 1003 School improvement under a state designation
  4. Title III Support for multilingual learners
  5. State programs HQIM, early literacy and numeracy, TIA
  6. Perkins V Employability skills and CTE
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What you want to do

Pick the work to see where the money usually comes from.

These are the sources districts most often use for each kind of work, with the condition each one carries. Your district’s allocations and your state’s programs decide the final answer, and we’ll help you map them.

Diagnose classrooms, schools or the coaching program

Assessments usually come out of Title I and Title II.

A diagnostic is part of planning and part of educator development, so it fits the lines that pay for both.

  1. Title I, Part A The Data Triangle answers Title I needs-assessment and family-engagement requirements. Must supplement, not supplant, and benefit Title I students.
  2. Title II, Part A Teacher development and coaching: the Tripod 7Cs Assessment and the Coaching Effectiveness Assessment. Tied to professional development or educator effectiveness; evidence-based use preferred.
  3. Texas · Teacher Incentive Allotment The Tripod 7Cs Assessment is a recognized student-survey option for TIA designation systems.
  4. District coaching and retention budgets Instructional coaching, professional learning and teacher-retention budgets a district already sets aside.

For: the Tripod 7Cs Assessment, the Data Triangle, the Coaching Effectiveness Assessment, Texas · Teacher Incentive Allotment

Design a plan, a framework or an HQIM adoption

Design work fits professional development and state adoption funds.

A plan, a framework or an adoption is built to change instruction, which is what Title I and Title II fund, and states fund HQIM directly.

  1. Title II, Part A Improving teacher and leader quality. The most common source of professional development funding in K-12. Tied to professional development or educator effectiveness; evidence-based use preferred.
  2. Title I, Part A Improving achievement for disadvantaged students, including needs assessment and family engagement. Must supplement, not supplant, and benefit Title I students.
  3. Texas · HB 1605 High-quality instructional materials and the systems that make them work.
  4. State literacy and math grants Where a state funds early literacy, numeracy or curriculum adoption.

For: Planning & Design, HQIM Planning & Design, Texas Education Agency grants

Coach teachers, principals and coaches

Coaching is what Title II-A was written for.

Most districts fund coaching from Title II-A first, then Title I, Title III for multilingual learners, and state programs.

  1. Title II, Part A Improving teacher and leader quality. The most common source of professional development funding in K-12. Tied to professional development or educator effectiveness; evidence-based use preferred.
  2. Title I, Part A Improving achievement for disadvantaged students, including needs assessment and family engagement. Must supplement, not supplant, and benefit Title I students.
  3. Title III Supporting English learners and multilingual learners. Must directly support English learner services and language acquisition goals.
  4. Texas · HB 2 Early literacy and numeracy funding (2025).
  5. District coaching and retention budgets Instructional coaching, professional learning and teacher-retention budgets a district already sets aside.

For: Performance Improvement, Generation Ready Literacy Upskilling, Generation Ready Math Upskilling

Turn around a school

A designation usually brings its own funds.

A school under a state accountability designation usually has school-improvement money attached, and evidence-based support is what it is meant for.

  1. Title I, Section 1003 · CSI and TSI School improvement funds for schools under a comprehensive or targeted support designation.
  2. State turnaround grants State school-improvement and turnaround programs, where a state funds them.
  3. Title II, Part A Leadership development for the principals and leaders carrying the turnaround. Tied to professional development or educator effectiveness; evidence-based use preferred.

For: School Improvement, System Assessment & Design, Texas · LASO Cycle 5 grants

Measure employability skills

Readiness work usually redirects funds already earmarked.

CTE and college, career and military readiness budgets are often already set aside for employability skills.

  1. Perkins V · CTE Funds already earmarked for employability-skills initiatives.
  2. CCMR and readiness budgets College, career and military readiness, Portrait-of-a-Graduate and workforce-readiness funding.
  3. Titles I, II and IV ESSA funds, where the work fits each program’s purpose.

For: ReadyLab

Bring AI to teachers and leaders, responsibly

Federal formula funds can support AI tools, when aligned.

In its July 22, 2025 Dear Colleague Letter, the U.S. Department of Education clarified that existing federal formula funds, including Title programs, may be used to support responsible implementation of AI tools for teachers and leaders when aligned to program intent and compliance requirements.

  1. Title II, Part A Feedback and coaching tools, and professional development on AI use. Strong alignment for teachers and leaders. Tied to professional development or educator effectiveness; evidence-based use preferred.
  2. Title I, Part A When the tool directly supports instruction, school improvement or data-driven instruction. Must supplement, not supplant, and benefit Title I students.
  3. Title III Supporting English learners and multilingual learners. Must directly support English learner services and language acquisition goals.
  4. Title IV, Part A Student support and academic enrichment, including technology. Must align to the district’s needs assessment.
  5. IDEA, Part B Special education services and program administration. Must directly support students with disabilities and align to IEP requirements.

For: AI for School Leaders, GroweLab, the Dear Colleague Letter (U.S. Department of Education)

Before a committee says yes

Is it fundable, defensible and fast to procure?

A district committee asks three questions of any purchase. Answer all three before the meeting.

  1. 01

    Fundable

    Which Title, which grant. The finder above is the first answer; your allocations are the second.

  2. 02

    Defensible

    engage2learn’s coaching carries ESSA Tier 2 / Tier 3 evidence, which qualifies it for Title I and II funds and stands up to procurement scrutiny.

  3. 03

    Fast to procure

    A cooperative purchasing vehicle or a sole-source justification can shorten the path. Ask us which routes apply in your state.

Procurement

Many districts shorten procurement through a cooperative purchasing vehicle, such as TIPS/TAPS, Sourcewell, AEPA or an education service center cooperative, or through a sole-source justification for engage2learn’s own offerings. Tell us how your district buys, and we’ll find the fastest route.

Texas: TEA grant support

Map it with us

Find the line before the budget closes.

Tell us what you want to do and when your budget is set. We’ll map the work to your district’s funding sources and procurement route.

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