State & Local Projects

Fiscal Stabilization (K-20) - Education funding

One-time appropriation by formula in exchange for a commitment to advance essential education reforms to benefit students from early learning through post-secondary education.

Title I, Part A Recovery Fund

Provides assistance for schools that have high concentrations of students from families that live in poverty in order to help improve teaching and learning for students most at risk of failing to meet state academic achievement standards

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) - Part C (Early Steps)

Early Steps is Florida's early intervention system that offers services to infants and toddlers (birth to thirty-six months) with significant delays or a condition likely to result in a developmental delay.

Independent Living Services

The IL programs support services to individuals with significant disabilities and older individuals who are blind to maximize their leadership, empowerment, independence, and productivity, and to promote the integration and full inclusion of individuals with disabilities into the mainstream of American society.

Title II Education for Homeless Children and Youths (McKinney Vento)

Funding distributed to local education agencies to address the educational and related needs of homeless children and youth

School Lunch Equipment Grants

DOE has allocated $5,403,280 in one-time grants for equipment assistance for participants in the School Lunch Program. The funds were distributed to local school food authorities (SFAs) by competitive grant process.

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Part B Grants to States and Preschools

Funds to allow states and districts to help ensure that children with disabilities, including children aged three to five, have access to a free appropriate public education to meet each child's unique needs. Funding is by formula and is in addition to the regular Fiscal Year (FY) Part B Grants.

Educational Technology State Grants

Grants from Enhancing Education through Technology program

Services for Older Individuals Who Are Blind

Services to older individuals who are blind for integration and full inclusion into society

Race to the Top

The U. S. Department of Education will conduct a national competition among states this year for $4 billion of the Race to the Top Fund to improve education quality and results statewide. The Race to the Top Fund will support states’ effort to drive substantial gains in student achievement. These grants will focus on four reform goals – using data to drive instruction, raising standards, turning around historically low-performing schools, and improving teacher and principal quality – as described in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.