The United States, through the US Department of Education, provides states federal educational funds based on a state's population, unemployement rate, poverty rates, low-income families and more. SCUC-ISD applies annually for these funds, known as the Every Student Succeeds Act (or ESSA) funds. These programs are divided by title, including:

(1) Title I, Part A: Improving the academic achievement of students
(2) Title II, Part A: Preparing, training and recruiting high quality teachers and principals
(3) Title III, Part A: Language instruction for Emergent Bilingual and immigrant students
(4) Title IV, Part A: To support safe and healthy students with a well-rounded education