PreK-12 Federal Funding Assets – e-Studying Infographics
A guide to the most important federal funding programs for personal, hybrid and virtual learning
How can federal funds support your critical educational needs?
- Federal funds can help in the following areas:
- Technology (broadband / WiFi, device accessibility)
- English Learner (ELs)
- Reading and writing skills
- Continuing education and training for teachers
- Special needs and children with disabilities
- Extended day / school year
- Distance and hybrid learning
- Educational equity
- Family engagement
- Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)
- Loss of learning
- Afternoon programs
- Preferred or low income students
- End racial injustice in education
- Software purchases
- Culturally oriented curricula
- Summer learning
Snapshot of federal funding
The federal government provides funding to schools through its primary agency, the US Department of Education (USDOE).
The primary sources of federal education funding programs for states and school communities and the primary purpose of each program are:
1. Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
Helps schools with economically disadvantaged students
2. Law on the Education of People with Disabilities (IDEA)
Supports children with disabilities
3. Emergency / Critical Needs
Aid packages to support a wide variety of urgent needs
Federal funding comes from two types of grants, and different rules apply to how the funds are used:
• Formula grants
Determined by Congress; States are allocated, then the funds are given to school communities
• Freely selectable grants
Awarded through a competitive state and school community grant application process
