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.
TEA 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 TEA staff.
The following MOEquity resources have also been developed by TEA:
- MOEquity Guidance Handbook (including instructions for completing the MOEquity Tool)
- MOEquity Tool
- LEA Campus Data Sheet for MOEquity Tool
- MOEquity Training: Overview and Updates - September 2022
- MOEquity Training: Tool Completion - October 2022
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, TEA 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, TEA 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.