LiFT Learning is committed to supporting schools to find funding sources for our platform’s integration into their learning environment. Because LiFT offers comprehensive support to schools including Professional Development, ongoing coaching, and customization, there are several federal funding avenues to explore. Several studies found Project-Based Learning aligned with ESSA Evidence levels 1 & 2.
Title I, Part A Funds:
Significantly elevate the quality of instruction by providing staff in participating schools with substantial opportunities for professional development.
The professional development provided by LiFT Learning enables teachers and staff to elevate their quality of instruction in alignment with competency-based education and project-based learning goals. The LiFT platform provides visibility to school leaders, instructional coaches, and grade-level teams to monitor student improvement and opportunities for individual teachers’ development.
Resource: US DOE’s Title I, Part A funding website
FundsTitle V, Part B Funds:
A local education agency shall be eligible to use funding from Title I, Part A, Title II, Part A, Title III, or Part A and B of Title IV so long as it meets the qualifications for consideration as a small, or rural school. If your school meets the qualifications listed in Title V, this can be a source of funding for LiFT’s technology and services.
Resource: US DOE’s Title V funding website
Title II, Part A Funds:
Providing evidence-based professional development activities that are sustained, intensive, collaborative, job-embedded, data-driven, and classroom-focused.
LiFT’s onboarding process involves professional development that helps school leaders and teachers build capacity for competency-based and project-based learning within each class and across all subject areas. Ongoing professional development is available with the LiFT partnership to ensure sustained implementation and consistent feedback for the most effective adoption of competency-based education and project-based learning in your school or classroom.
Providing data to monitor performance and ensure continuous improvement, including plans for data collection, analysis, and/or an evaluation.
The LiFT Learning platform provides schools and districts with reporting capabilities: giving school leaders and teachers visibility and insight into individual student performance, classroom-level data, and aggregate-level trends.
Resource: US DOE’s Title II, Part A funding website
Title IV, Part A Funds:
A portion of funds should support the effective use of technology. This includes increased access to personalized learning experiences, building technological capacity and infrastructure, carrying out blended learning projects, and professional development in using data and technology to improve instruction.
LiFT provides a seamless experience to carry out blended learning projects for students, build technological capacity for teachers and school leaders to implement project-based and competency-based learning, and provide ongoing professional development using data and technology to improve the learner’s instruction. *There is a limitation that no more than 15% of funds may be used for purchasing technology infrastructure, including devices, equipment, and software applications.
*There is a limitation that no more than 15% of funds may be used for purchasing technology infrastructure, including devices, equipment, and software applications.
FundsTitle V, Part B Funds:
A local education agency shall be eligible to use funding from Title I, Part A, Title II, Part A, Title III, or Part A and B of Title IV so long as it meets the qualifications for consideration as a small, or rural school. If your school meets the qualifications listed in Title V, this can be a source of funding for LiFT’s technology and services.
Resource: US DOE’s Title V funding website
ESSER Funds:
(ESSER Funding is now closed)
LiFT Learning Platform can be an allowable use for ESSER I, II, and III federal funding. *LEAs must commit funds to specific purposes by ESSER deadlines.
Team-based planning and coordination on how to provide online learning technology to all students:
- CARES Act Section 18003(d)(8)
- CRRSA Act Section 313(d)(8)
- ARP Act Section 2001(e)(2)(J)
The purchase of educational technology (such as LiFT), which could include hardware, software, and connectivity, for students served by the LEA aids in regular, substantive educational interaction between students and educators, including low-income students and students with disabilities.
- CARES Act Section 18003(d)(9)
- CRRSA Act Section 313(d)(9)
- ARP Act Section 2001(e)(2)(K)
LiFT can help address learning loss among all students, in all subgroups, including by:
Implementing evidence-based activities to meet the comprehensive needs of students
Tracking student performance and engagement in distance learning environments.
- CRRSA Act Section 313(d)(12)
- ARP Act Section 2001(e)(2)(N)
Resource: District Administration website on ESSER, ESSER II, and ARP Funds