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The U.S. Department of Education has released the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) for income year 2022. These estimates will be used to calculate fiscal year 2025 Title I allocations. A file of 2022 Poverty Data by Local Education Agency (LEA) is provided, including Poverty Count, 5-17 Population, and Poverty Percentage in the FY 2025 Preliminary Eligibility. 

Note that this preliminary data does not include other non-census information, such as foster, neglected, or delinquent counts, that will be included to calculate actual Title I allocations. 

This data allows LEAs to determine their potential eligibility for the various funding streams of Title I -- Basic, Concentration, Targeted, and Education Finance Incentive Grants (EFIG).

• Basic Grant eligibility: An LEA must have at least 10 poverty children, and the number of poverty children must be greater than 2 percent of the LEA population of children ages 5-17.
• Concentration Grant eligibility: An LEA must have at least 6,500 poverty children, or the number of those children exceeds 15 percent of the total 5-17 population.
• Targeted Grant and EFIG eligibility: An LEA must have at least 10 poverty children, and that number must be at least 5 percent of the 5-17 population.

Superintendents, business managers, and Title I directors should carefully examine the data for their LEA, as this will be the first indication as to whether your LEA may be gaining or losing in eligibility for Title I funds in FY 2025. ISBE neither controls nor generates the data. 

There is a challenge period for LEAs to review the 2022 poverty and population data for certain non-statistical errors, which include errors the U.S. Census Bureau may have made in 1) processing input data or in running the estimation models/programs, or 2) preparing or processing information to define geographic boundaries (i.e., school district boundaries). This challenge period ends on March 13. 

Please contact the SAIPE program at (301) 763-3193 or email sehsd.saipe@census.gov to obtain information on the process to challenge the data. More information and guidance concerning the U.S. Census Bureau’s challenge procedure, as well as information about the data sources and the methodology used to prepare this data, are available on the United States Census Bureau website​.

If you have questions, please contact Andy Krupin in Funding and Disbursements at AKRUPIN@isbe.net or (217) 782-5256.​​​​​​​​​

The U.S. Department of Education has released the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) for income year 2021. These estimates will be used to calculate fiscal year 2024 Title I allocations. A file of 2021 Poverty Data by Local Education Agency (LEA) is provided, including Poverty Count, 5-17 Population, and Poverty Percentage in the FY 2024 Preliminary Eligibility. 

Note that this preliminary data does not include other non-census information, such as foster, neglected, or delinquent counts, that will be included to calculate actual Title I allocations. 

This data allows LEAs to determine their potential eligibility for the various funding streams of Title I -- Basic, Concentration, Targeted, and Education Finance Incentive Grants (EFIG).

• Basic Grant eligibility: An LEA must have at least 10 poverty children, and the number of poverty children must be greater than 2 percent of the LEA population of children ages 5-17.
• Concentration Grant eligibility: An LEA must have at least 6,500 poverty children, or the number of those children exceeds 15 percent of the total 5-17 population.
• Targeted Grant and EFIG eligibility: An LEA must have at least 10 poverty children, and that number must be at least 5 percent of the 5-17 population.

Superintendents, business managers, and Title I directors should carefully examine the data for their LEA, as this will be the first indication as to whether your LEA may be gaining or losing in eligibility for Title I funds in FY 2024. ISBE neither controls nor generates the data. 

There is a challenge period for LEAs to review the 2021 poverty and population data for certain non-statistical errors, which include errors the U.S. Census Bureau may have made in 1) processing input data or in running the estimation models/programs, or 2) preparing or processing information to define geographic boundaries (i.e., school district boundaries). This challenge period ends on March 16. 

Please contact the SAIPE program at (301) 763-3193 or email sehsd.saipe@census.gov to obtain information on the process to challenge the data. More information and guidance concerning the U.S. Census Bureau’s challenge procedure, as well as information about the data sources and the methodology used to prepare this data, are available.

If you have questions, please contact Andy Krupin in Funding and Disbursements at AKRUPIN@isbe.net or (217) 782-5256.​​​​​​​​

​The U.S. Department of Education has released the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) for income year 2020.  These estimates will be used to calculate fiscal year 2023 Title I allocations.  A file of ​2020 Poverty Data by Local Education Agency (LEA) is provided, including Poverty Count, 5-17 Population, and Poverty Percentage in the FY 2023 Preliminary Eligibility.

Note that this preliminary data does not include other non-census information, such as foster, neglected, or delinquent counts, that will be included to calculate actual Title I allocations.

LEAs can use this data to determine their potential eligibility for the various funding streams of Title I -- Basic, Concentration, Targeted, and Education Finance Incentive Grants (EFIG).

• Basic Grant eligibility: An LEA must have at least 10 poverty children, and the number of poverty children must be greater than 2 percent of the LEA population of children ages 5-17.
• Concentration Grant eligibility: An LEA must have at least 6,500 poverty children, or the number of those children exceeds 15 percent of the total 5-17 population.
• Targeted Grant and EFIG eligibility: An LEA must have at least 10 poverty children, and that number must be at least 5 percent of the 5-17 population.
  

Superintendents, business managers, and Title I directors should carefully examine the data for their LEA, as this will be the first indication as to whether your LEA may be gaining or losing in eligibility for Title I funds in FY 2023.  ISBE neither controls nor generates the data.

There is a challenge period for LEAs to review the 2020 poverty and population data for certain non-statistical errors, which include errors the U.S. Census Bureau may have made in 1) processing input data or in running the estimation models/programs, or 2) preparing or processing information to define geographic boundaries (i.e., school district boundaries). This challenge period ends on March 16.

Please contact SAIPE program of the U.S. Census Bureau at (301) 763-3193 or email sehsd.saipe@census.gov to obtain information on the process to challenge the data.

If you have questions, please contact Christine Kolaz in Funding and Disbursement Services at ckolaz@isbe.net​ or (217) 782-5256.​​​​​

​The U.S. Department of Education has released the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) for income year 2019. These estimates will be used to calculate FY 2022 Title I allocations. A file of 2019 Poverty Data by Local Education Agency (LEA)​  is provided including Poverty Count, 5-17 Population, and Poverty Percentage in the FY 2022 Preliminary Eligibility.

Note that this preliminary data does not include other non-census information, such as foster, neglected, or delinquent counts that will be included to calculate actual Title I allocations.

With this data, LEAs can determine their potential eligibility for the various funding streams of Title I -- Basic, Concentration, Targeted, and Education Finance Incentive Grants (EFIG).

• Basic Grant eligibility: An LEA must have at least 10 poverty children and the number of poverty children must be greater than 2 percent of the LEA population of children ages 5-17.
• Concentration Grant eligibility: An LEA must have at least 6,500 poverty children or the number of those children exceeds 15 percent of the total 5-17 population.
• Targeted Grant and EFIG eligibility: An LEA must have at least 10 poverty children and that number must be at least 5 percent of the 5-17 population.

Superintendents, business managers, and Title I directors should carefully examine the data for their LEA, as this will be the first indication as to whether your LEA may be gaining or losing in eligibility for Title I funds in FY 2022. ISBE neither controls nor generates the data.

There is a challenge period for LEAs to review the 2019 poverty and population data for certain non-statistical errors, which include errors the Census Bureau may have made in 1) processing input data or in running the estimation models/programs or 2) preparing or processing information to define geographic boundaries (i.e., school district boundaries). This challenge period ends on March 8, 2021. 

To obtain information on the process to challenge the data, please contact SAIPE at (301) 763-3193 or email: sehsd.saipe@census.gov

More information and guidance concerning the Census Bureau’s challenge procedure is available at: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/about/contact/challenges.html​​

Information about the data sources and the methodology used to prepare this data is available at: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/about.html  

If you have questions, please contact Christine Kolaz in Funding and Disbursements at ckolaz@isbe.net​ or (217) 782-5256.

​The U.S. Department of Education has released the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) for income year 2018.  These estimates will be used to calculate fiscal year 2021 Title I allocations.  A file of 2018 Poverty Data by Local Education Agency (LEA)​ is provided including Poverty Count, 5-17 Population, and Poverty Percentage in the FY21 Preliminary Eligibility.

Note that this preliminary data does not include other non-census information, such as foster, neglected, or delinquent counts that will be included to calculate actual Title I allocations.

With this data, LEAs can determine their potential eligibility for the various funding streams of Title I; Basic, Concentration, Targeted and Education Finance Incentive Grants (EFIG).

• Basic Grant eligibility: An LEA must have at least 10 poverty children and the number of poverty children must be greater than 2 percent of the LEA population of children ages 5-17.
• Concentration Grant eligibility: An LEA must have at least 6,500 poverty children or the number of those children exceeds 15 percent of the total 5-17 population.
• Targeted Grant and EFIG eligibility: An LEA must have at least 10 poverty children and that number must be at least 5 percent of the 5-17 population.

Superintendents, business managers, and Title I directors should carefully examine the data for their LEA, as this will be the first indication as to whether your LEA may be gaining or losing in eligibility for Title I funds in FY 2021.  ISBE neither controls nor generates the data.  

There is a challenge period for LEAs to review the 2018 poverty and population data for certain non-statistical errors which include errors the Census Bureau may have made in

1. processing input data or running the estimation models/programs or
2. preparing or processing information to define geographic boundaries (i.e. school district boundaries). This challenge period ends on March 11, 2020.  To obtain information on the process to challenge the data, please contact the Small Area Estimates Branch of the U.S. Census Bureau at (301) 763-3193 or email: sehsd.saipe@census.gov

Resources

• Information and guidance concerning the Census Bureau's challenge procedures
• Information about the data sources and the methodology used to prepare these data

If you have questions, please contact Beth Minder in Funding and Disbursements at eminder@isbe.net or (217) 782-5256.​​​

The U.S. Department of Education has released the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) for income year 2017. These estimates will be used to calculate fiscal year 2020 Title I allocations. A file of 2017 Poverty Data by Local Education Agency (LEA) is provided in an alphabetical listing of LEAs, Children in Poverty Count, 5-17 Population, and Poverty Percentage in the FY20 Prelimina​ry Eligibility.

With this data, LEAs can determine their potential eligibility for Basic, Concentration, Targeted and Education Finance Incentive grants (EFIG).

Basic Grant eligibility: An LEA must have at least 10 children in poverty and the number of children in poverty must be greater than 2 percent of the LEA population of children ages 5-17.

Concentration Grant eligibility: An LEA must have at least 6,500 children in poverty or the number of those children exceeds 15 percent of the total 5-17 population.

Targeted Grant and EFIG qualifications: An LEA must have at least 10 children in poverty and that number must be at least 5 percent of the 5-17 population.

The Census Bureau's Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) Program webpage provides various aspects of the SAIPE count, including the data sources and methodology used to prepare these data. We will be using the 2017 data to calculate school year 2019-20 Title I, Part A allocations because they are the most recent available data.

Superintendents, business managers, and Title I directors should carefully examine the data for their LEA as this will be the first indication as to whether your LEA may be gaining or losing in eligibility for Title I funds in FY 2020. ISBE neither controls nor generates the data. The challenge period for the 2017 estimates ends March 4​, 2019. Refer to the Census Bureau's How to Request Information about the Challenge Procedures webpage, if interested.

Note that this preliminary data does not include other non-census information, such as foster, neglected, or delinquent counts, that may be used to calculate Title I allocations.

If you have questions, please contact Beth Minder in the Department ​of Funding and Disbursements at eminder@isbe.net ​or (217) 782-5256.​

The U.S. Department of Education has released the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) for income year 2016. These estimates will be used to calculate fiscal year 2019 Title I allocations. A file of 2016 Poverty Data by Local Education Agency (LEA) is provided in an alphabetical listing of LEAs, Children in Poverty Count, 5-17 Population, and Poverty Percentage in the FY19 Preliminary Eligibility.​

With this data, LEAs can determine their potential eligibility for Basic, Concentration, Targeted and Education Finance Incentive grants (EFIG).

Basic Grant eligibility: An LEA must have at least 10 children in poverty and the number of children in poverty must be greater than 2 percent of the LEA population of children ages 5-17.

Concentration Grant eligibility: An LEA must have at least 6,500 children in poverty or the number of those children exceeds 15 percent of the total 5-17 population.

Targeted Grant and EFIG qualifications: An LEA must have at least 10 children in poverty and that number must be at least 5 percent of the 5-17 population.

The Census Bureau's Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) Program webpage provides various aspects of the SAIPE count, including the data sources and methodology used to prepare these data. We will be using the 2016 data to calculate school year 2018-19 Title I, Part A allocations because they are the most recent available data.

Superintendents, business managers, and Title I directors should carefully examine the data for their LEA as this will be the first indication as to whether your LEA may be gaining or losing in eligibility for Title I funds in FY 2018. ISBE neither controls nor generates the data. The challenge period for the 2016 estimates ends February 28, 2018. Refer to the Census Bureau's How to Request Information about the Challenge Procedures webpage, if interested.

Note that this preliminary data does not include other non-census information, such as foster, neglected, or delinquent counts, that may be used to calculate Title I allocations.

If you have questions, please contact Beth Minder in the Department ​of Funding and Disbursements at eminder@isbe.net ​or (217) 782-5256.