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ARP LEA-Level Maintenance of Equity Requirement (MOEquity)

Please note that there is not a fiscal year 2024 (school year 2023–2024) LEA-level MOEquity requirement, The LEA-level MOEquity requirement was for fiscal year 2022 (school year 2021–2022) and fiscal year 2023 (school year 2022–2023) only.

ɬ﷬Resources

Answers to frequently asked MOEquity questions are listed in the. The FAQ will be updated regularly. Use the form to submit new MOEquity questions to ɬ﷬staff.

The following MOEquity resources have also been developed by TEA:

Federal Resources

USDE will post all MOEquity resources on its website as they become available.

Federal Reporting

FY 2023 LEA-level MOEquity Reporting

In accordance with the United States Department of Education (USDE) LEA-level Maintenance of Equity (MOEquity) reporting requirements, ɬ﷬has developed the following documents:

  • FY23 LEA-level MOEquity Compliance Description:This document outlines TEA’s approach for ensuring that local educational agencies (LEAs) that receive funding authorized by section 2001 of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act comply with the LEA-level maintenance of equity (MOEquity) compliance requirement.
  • FY23 LEA-level MOEquity data(PDF Format):This Excel file includes the following worksheets:
    • Automatically Excepted LEAs: This worksheet lists the825LEAs that are automatically excepted from LEA-level MOEquity and outlines which of the three criteria they meet.
    • LEA Self-Certification: This worksheet lists the328LEAs that completed the LEA self-certification of exception, also known as “Appendix B” in USDE’s MOEquity FAQ document.
    • High-Poverty Schools: This worksheet lists the 59LEAs that selected to demonstrate LEA-level MOEquity compliance by providing LEA and school-level enrollment and financial data. In addition, the LEAs’ high-poverty campuses as determined by the LEA are listed with CDN and NCES ID #s.

Important: The data in the “LEA-level MOEquity data” workbook is accurate as of May 31, 2023.

FY 2022 LEA-level MOEquity Reporting

In accordance with the United States Department of Education (USDE) LEA-level Maintenance of Equity (MOEquity) reporting requirements, ɬ﷬has developed the following documents:

  • FY22 LEA-level MOEquity Compliance Description: This document outlines TEA’s approach for ensuring that local educational agencies (LEAs) that receive funding authorized by section 2001 of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act comply with the LEA-level maintenance of equity (MOEquity) compliance requirement.
  • FY22 Year-EndLEA-level MOEquity data(PDF Format):This Excel file includes the following worksheets:
    • Automatically Excepted LEAs: This worksheet lists the 819LEAs that are automatically excepted from LEA-level MOEquity and outlines which of the three criteria they meet.
    • LEA Self-Certification: This worksheet lists the 263LEAs that completed the LEA self-certification of exception, also known as “Appendix B” in USDE’s MOEquity FAQ document.
    • USDE Exception Request: This worksheet lists the 1LEA whose exception request has been approved by USDE.
    • High-Poverty Schools: This worksheet lists the 127LEAs that selected to demonstrate LEA-level MOEquity compliance by providing LEA and school-level enrollment and financial data. In addition, the LEAs’ high-poverty campuses as determined by the LEA are listed with CDN and NCES ID #s.

Important: The data in the “LEA-level MOEquity data” workbook is accurate as of December 20, 2022.

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