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Department of Education-Office of Special Education Programs-Preschool Grants

Agency/Department
Federal Agency/Bureau
Department of Education
Program Name
Office of Special Education Programs
Authorizing Legislation

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Section 619

Program Overview

The Preschool Grants program provides formula grants to states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico to make available special education and related services for children with disabilities aged 3 through 5. In order to be eligible for these grants, states must serve all eligible children with disabilities aged 3 through 5 and have an approved application under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ( IDEA ). A state that does not make a free appropriate public education (FAPE) available to all children with disabilities aged 3 through 5 cannot receive funds under this program or funds attributable to this age range under the IDEA Grants to States program. Currently, all States are making FAPE available to all children aged 3 through 5 with disabilities.

CFDA

84.173

Type of Funding

Formula

Link to application site, NOFO, FOA, or Grants.gov (if different from program website above)

Not Applicable 

Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) or Federal Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Type

Not Applicable

Important Dates (if applicable)

Not Applicable 

FY2023 Appropriations Amount

Total Amount: $420M

Amount Available Towards Broadband (if specified): Not specified

Matching Requirement

No

Complementary Federal Funding Option

Not Applicable

Broadband-related Program Purpose/Eligible Expenditures
Speed/Technical Requirement for Broadband Infrastructure

Not Specified 

Eligible Recipients
If "Other", Eligible Recipient(s)

Preschool Special Education

Criteria for Eligible Recipients

States must submit approvable IDEA applications.

Grant Beneficiaries (if different from eligible recipients)

Not applicable.

Programmatic Resources

Not applicable.

Reporting Requirements

States must annually report on the extent to which targets were achieved in the State Performance Plan. In addition, various data submissions are required under section 618 of the Act.

Publicly-available programmatic data
Contact Information

Gregg Corr
gregg.corr@ed.gov
202-245-7309

Additional Information

This is one of a number of Department programs that provides fund that may be used to support broadband access. The allowability of costs is always situation and program specific. For that reason, if you decide to use funds under one of these programs for the cost related to broadband access, you must be sure that the use of the funds is, under the specific circumstances of the expenditure and the program authority selected, reasonable and necessary for the purposes of that program, and does not violate other program requirements, such as supplement and not supplant, if it applies to program. We also not that, while funds under one of these programs can be used on broadband access the programs’ purpose is not primarily focused on that issue.

Updated

April 2023

Funding Guide