Special Education Grants to States in Louisiana

Louisiana IDEA Part B formula grants

CFDA 84.027 is titled SPECIAL EDUCATION GRANTS TO STATES. Filtered to Louisiana place of performance, obligations sum to $1,318,111,305.98 on 7 awards. The national Special Education Grants To States hub includes every state. Louisiana's spending hub includes every program. This tie is the intersection. $1,318,111,305.98 is an obligation aggregate from USAspending.gov, not an outlay and not a count of IEPs, students, or districts in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, or Shreveport.

IDEA Part B to States typically posts as a handful of large assistance instruments rather than one row per district. The join does not name recipients, split the river parishes and the coast, or count IEPs, students, or districts. Packet facts stop at $1,318,111,305.98, 7 awards, LA, and 84.027. Correlation is not causation.

84.027 is not Title I in Louisiana

Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies (CFDA 84.010) sits on other Catalog numbers. Mixing those dollars into $1,318,111,305.98 would invent a broader total than this 84.027 × LA cell contains. Facts available: Louisiana, CFDA 84.027, $1,318,111,305.98, 7 awards. Recipient names, subawards, and IEP, student, or district counts are not in the facts.

The catalog title names Special Education Grants To States, not a ranking of Louisiana outcomes. Dividing $1,318,111,305.98 by 7 yields about $188.30 million per award—an IDEA Part B state formula award, not a typical special-education teacher salary. Unique recipients are unpublished. 7 is not a count of IEPs, students, or districts.

Questions

How much Special Education Grants to States funding is obligated in Louisiana?

USAspending.gov shows $1,318,111,305.98 in CFDA 84.027 obligations coded to Louisiana across 7 awards. The join uses the program number and Louisiana place of performance. The total is obligations, not outlays. Keep Special Education Grants To States and Louisiana together when citing $1,318,111,305.98.

Is this the same as Title I in Louisiana?

No. This cell is CFDA 84.027 only. Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies (CFDA 84.010) are other catalogs. Mixing those numbers would invent a total larger than $1,318,111,305.98. 7 is a record count, not a IEP, student, or district census.

Do 7 awards mean 7 school districts?

7 is a USAspending award-record count, not a IEP, student, or district census. The implied mean is about $188.30 million per award. Unique recipients are unpublished. Obligations of $1,318,111,305.98 are not outlays. Keep Special Education Grants To States and Louisiana together when citing $1,318,111,305.98. The overlay remains the live 84.027 × LA table on USAspending.gov.

Do these obligations equal services delivered?

No. $1,318,111,305.98 is an obligation sum. Outlays are a different USAspending series. This packet has no IEP, student, or district count. Keep the obligation label when citing the pair. Original filings remain on USAspending.gov for this 84.027 × LA pair.