Office of Elementary and Secondary Education — Federal Assistance Programs

To support projects that recognize and address the unique educational needs of Alaska Native students, to recognize the role of Alaska Native languages and cultures and…

The Arts in Education program promotes arts education for students, including disadvantaged students and students who are children with disabilities, through activities such as (1) professional…

The program supports startup of new charter schools and the replication and expansion of high-quality charter schools. Charter schools increase educational options for parents and students…

To provide technical assistance and training services to school districts and other responsible governmental agencies to cope with educational problems occasioned by race, sex, religion, and…

The purpose of the program is to support efforts to: (1) improve the quality, validity, and reliability of State academic assessments; (2) measure student academic achievement…

This program supports no fewer than 20 comprehensive centers that provide training, professional development, and technical assistance to State educational agencies, local educational agencies, regional educational…

The objective of the Comprehensive Literacy Development program is to advance literacy skills, including pre-literacy skills, reading and writing for students from birth through grade 12,…

To make an annual consolidated grant to assist an Insular Area in carrying out one or more State-administered formula grant programs of the Department. (i.e., -ESEA,Title…

To provide grants to eligible entities to leverage funds through credit enhancement initiatives in order to assist charter schools in using private-sector capital to acquire, construct,…

To provide low-income parents residing in the District of Columbia with expanded options for the education of their children. This program is part of a broader…

To ensure that all homeless children and youth have equal access to the same free, appropriate public education available to other children, the Education for Homeless…

To support the creation, development, implementation, replication, and scaling up of evidence-based, field-initiated innovations designed to improve student achievement and attainment for high-need students through a…

To help ensure that English learners (ELs), including immigrant children and youth, attain English proficiency and meet the same challenging State academic standards that all children…

The purpose of this program is: to pay the costs of developing the standards and high-quality assessments required by Title I of the ESEA. Once a…

To provide financial assistance to local educational agencies (LEAs) where affected by Federal activities, i.e., where the tax base of a district is reduced through the…

To maintain school facilities used to serve federally connected military dependent students that are owned by the Department of Education and operated by local educational agencies…

Funds support two grant programs, (1) Demonstration Grants for Indian Children and Youth (CFDA 84.299A), authorized under section 6121 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act…

To address (1) the unique educational and culturally related academic needs of Indian students, so that these students can meet the challenging state performance standards expected…

The objectives of the State Tribal Education Partnership (STEP) program (CFDA 84.415A) are to (a) promote Tribal self-determination in education; (b) improve the academic achievement of…

The Innovative Approaches to Literacy program supports high-quality programs designed to develop and improve literacy skills for children and students from birth through 12th grade in…