In accordance with Title III, Sec. 3114(d)(2), the IDOE provides a portion of the state Title III appropriation to support schools and districts who have experienced a significant influx of immigrant students. A local education agency is considered to have had a significant immigrant influx if it has experienced an increase of at least 50 immigrant students over the average immigrant population of the two preceding years, representing an increase in immigrant student population of at least 30%. Any local education agency meeting these criteria is eligible to receive the Title III Immigrant Influx subgrant.
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Who are Immigrant Students?
Immigrant students are students between the ages of 3 and 21 who were not born in any U.S. State (or Puerto Rico) and have been enrolled in U.S. schools for less than 3 academic years [Title III, section 3201(5)].
Note: Not all immigrant students are English learners; therefore, it is important to ensure all immigrant students are eligible for activities and resources supported with Immigrant Influx funds.
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See the allocations for 2023-2025 Immigrant Influx funding here:
Each eligible entity receiving Immigrant Influx funds may use their funds to pay for activities that will provide enhanced instructional opportunities for immigrant children and youth, which may include the following authorized activities [Section 3115 (e)]:
- family literacy, parent outreach, and training activities designed to assist parents to become active participants in the education of their children;
- recruitment and support for personnel, including paraprofessionals who have been specifically trained, or are being trained, to provide services to immigrant children and youth;
- provision of tutorials, mentoring, and academic or career counseling for immigrant children and youth;
- identification, development, and acquisition of curricular materials, educational software, and technologies to be used in the program carried out with funds;
- basic instruction services that are directly attributable to the presence in the school district involved of immigrant children and youth, including the payment of costs of providing additional classroom supplies, costs of transportation, or such other costs as are directly attributable to such additional basic instruction services;
- other instruction services that are designed to assist immigrant children and youth to achieve in elementary schools and secondary schools in the United States, such as programs of introduction to the educational system and civics education; and
- activities, coordinated with community-based organizations, institutions of higher education, private sector entities, or other entities with expertise in working with immigrants, to assist parents of immigrant children and youth by offering comprehensive community services.