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Teacher and School Leader Incentive Grants (formerly the Teacher Incentive Fund)

Program Information

Popular name

(TSL)

Program Number

84.374

Program objective

To help eligible entities develop, implement, improve, or expand human capital management systems or performance-based compensation systems for teachers, principals, or other school leaders in schools (and especially those in high-need schools) served by the grantees. NOTE: The program was authorized by P.L. 114-95, the ESEA, as reauthorized by the Every Student Succeeds Act. The provisions listed here reflect the requirements in that legislation, and are applicable to awards made with FY 2017 and subsequent year funds.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2016

    No Current Data Available. The Department collects annual program performance data from grantees; this information is available at https://www2.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/budget18/justifications/f-ii.pdf.

    In addition, the Department is conducting an evaluation of the program; additional information is available at http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/projects/evaluation/tq_incentive.asp.

  2. 2017

    The Department collects annual program performance data from grantees; this information is available at https://www2.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/budget19/justifications/f-ii.pdf.

    In addition, the Department is conducting an evaluation of the program; findings from the study are available at http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/projects/evlaution/tq_incentive.asp.

  3. 2019

    In FY 2019, the Department made 1 new award and 27 continuation awards.

  4. 2020

    The Department made 13 new grant awards; information on the awards is available at https://oese.ed.gov/offices/office-of-discretionary-grants-support-services/effective-educator-development-programs/teacher-and-school-leader-incentive-program/awards/.

  5. 2021

    The Department announced a competition for new awards on July 9, 2021. See https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-07-09/pdf/2021-14714.pdf.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

2 CFR part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards, applies to this program. (a) The Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84, 86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The OMB Office of Management and Budget Guidelines to Agencies on Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement) in 2 CFR part 180, as adopted and amended as regulations of the Department in 2 CFR part 3485. (c) The Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards in 2 CFR part 200, as adopted and amended as regulations of the Department in 2 CFR part 3474. (d) Notice of Final Priority published in the Federal Register on November 27, 2019 (84 FR 65300) (Opportunity Zones NFP). (e) Secretary's Final Administrative Priorities for Discretionary Grant Programs published in the Federal Register on March 9, 2020 (85 FR 13640) (The Administrative Priorities). Contact the program office for additional information.

  1. II, B, Subpart 1, 2211 et seq., Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended (ESEA).

Program details

Categories & sub-categories

Education

Program types

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Education Professional
  • Local
  • School
  • State
  • Student/Trainee

Additional resources