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Last week, the Trump administration moved to eliminate the Department of Education, a key provision of Project 2025. The Trump administration has been implementing plans laid out clearly in Project 2025. In line with the Project 2025 education agenda is the elimination of Title I grants, and we should all be concerned an announcement about this may soon follow.

“The effects of Title I being rescinded would be devastating for our community,” said Congresswoman Escobar. “Local schools rely on over $85 million in federal funding through Title I. It is despicable that instead of focusing on his promises of lowering costs, President Trump is instead focused on destroying our education system, firing thousands of dedicated educators, and setting our children back a generation.” 

What is Title I?
Title I provides supplemental financial assistance to school districts for children from low-income families. Its purpose is to provide all children significant opportunity to receive a fair, equitable, and high-quality education, and to close educational achievement gaps by allocating federal funds for education programs and services.

Title I was created in response to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 was signed into law by then-President Lyndon B. Johnson. By enacting Title I, Congress recognized that students in high-poverty schools have greater educational needs—which continues to be a reality—and states lacked the resources to close this divide; therefore, federal aid was required to provide the academic services and opportunity necessary for these students. 

Estimates provided by the House Appropriations Committee on the federal funding and the number of teachers at risk of losing their jobs if Title I is eliminated can be found here for each congressional district.

TX-16: $85,348,754 in federal funding for schools at risk; 1,293 teachers at risk of losing their jobs

TX-23 (which includes part of El Paso County): $219,223,437 in federal funding for schools at risk; 3,321 teachers at risk of losing their jobs

Total Texas Estimates: $1,843,353,405 in federal funding for schools at risk; 27,930 teachers at risk of losing their jobs

Total National Estimates: $18,406,802,000 in federal funding for schools at risk; 278,891 teachers at risk of losing their jobs