Categorical Equipment: a piece of equipment with an acquisition cost of $500 or more per unit that was purchased using categorical funds. The cost includes any tax, shipping and other ancillary charges.

Categorical Funds: Federal grants allocated to the District/schools. A list of the current year's categorical funds can be found below:

• Title I: 7S046, 70S46, 7E046
• Title I, PSP: 7577U
• CSI: 7T691
• ESSER II Carryover: 15583
• ESSER III - ARP: 15649, 15653, 15659, 15671, 15676, 15999, 16028, 16181

Some schools might have additional categorical funds. Contact the appropriate department that oversees the federal fund if you have any questions about inventory.

Reason for Inventory: All Title I schools are required to submit a complete and compliant Categorical Equipment Inventory, on a yearly basis, regardless of whether equipment was purchased or not.

Federal Program Monitoring (FPM), Compensatory Education 15  – The spending of Title I, Part A funding on equipment shall maintain a historical inventory record for each piece of equipment with an acquisition cost of $500 or more per unit. 

Navigating this Section: Below is a description of all the pages located on the right navigation menu. These pages will assist you with purchasing, inventorying and the disposal of equipment.

• Categorical Equipment Bulletin – District bulletin with directions on how to submit your yearly Categorical Equipment Inventory.
• Categorical Equipment Timeline – This tool is meant to help schools plan for the categorical purchasing, delivery and inventory deadlines. (Coming Soon)
• Equipment Physical Check – Look up your school to see if you are required to do a physical check this school year.
• Download School CEI – This will provide you with the most recent CEI that was submitted to FSEP. You can use this as your base and add new current year purchases.
• Title I Equipment Purchases - List of current year purchases using categorical funds for your school.
• Federal Award Identification Number – Required number that must be listed with each piece of equipment. This page will help you with determining the right number for each piece of equipment.
• Request Red Labels - Form used to request mandated red labels that belong on categorical equipment over $500.
• Disposal of Categorical Equipment – This page provides guidance for the removal of stolen, lost, or broken equipment with a cost of $500 or more.
• Arey Jones PO Lookup – Some Arey Jones purchase orders can be looked up here to find out the serial numbers of the devices.
• Equipment Vendor List - Contact list for commonly used technology vendors in Title I.
• Equipment Classifications – Tool to assist schools when purchasing equipment. It will outline the warranty restrictions and the commitment code that is generally applicable to the item. 
• Allowable Warehouse Items – List of technology (and SIM) that can be purchased using Title I funds from the District Warehouse. These items generally do not have to be inventoried unless they go over $500 each.