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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 ESSER FAQ. The FAQ will be updated regularly. Use the ESSER FAQ Submission form to submit new MOEquity questions to TEA staff. 

The following MOEquity resources have also been developed by TEA:

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 school systems, including school districts and open-enrollment charter schools, 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 School Systems: This worksheet lists the 825 school systems that are automatically excepted from LEA-level MOEquity and outlines which of the three criteria they meet.
    • School System Self-Certification: This worksheet lists the 328 school systems that completed the school system self-certification of exception, also known as “Appendix B” in USDE’s MOEquity FAQ document.
    • High-Poverty Schools: This worksheet lists the 59 school systems that selected to demonstrate LEA-level MOEquity compliance by providing school system and school-level enrollment and financial data. In addition, the school system’s high-poverty campuses as determined by the school system 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 the school systems, including school districts and open-enrollment charter schools, 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-End LEA-level MOEquity data (PDF Format): This Excel file includes the following worksheets:
    • Automatically Excepted School Systems: This worksheet lists the 819 school systems that are automatically excepted from LEA-level MOEquity and outlines which of the three criteria they meet.
    • School System Self-Certification: This worksheet lists the 263 school systems that completed the school system self-certification of exception, also known as “Appendix B” in USDE’s MOEquity FAQ document.
    • USDE Exception Request: This worksheet lists the 1 LEA whose exception request has been approved by USDE.
    • High-Poverty Schools: This worksheet lists the 127 school systems that selected to demonstrate LEA-level MOEquity compliance by providing school system and school-level enrollment and financial data. In addition, the school system’s high-poverty campuses as determined by the school system 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.

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