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Department of Education-Migrant Education Program – State Grants

Agency/Department
Federal Agency/Bureau
Department of Education
Program Name
Migrant Education Program – State Grants
Authorizing Legislation

Title I, Part C of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965, as amended

Program Overview

The goal of the Migrant Education Program (MEP) is to ensure that all migratory children reach challenging academic standards and graduate with a high school diploma or complete a high school equivalency program that prepares them for responsible citizenship, further learning, and productive employment. Funds support high quality education programs for migratory children and help ensure that migratory children who move among the States are not penalized by disparities among States in curriculum, graduation requirements, and State academic standards. Funds also ensure that migratory children not only are provided with appropriate instructional and/or support services that address their unique needs but also that such children receive full and appropriate opportunities to meet the same State academic standards that all children are expected to meet. Federal funds are allocated by formula to State educational agencies (SEAs) based on the three year average of the number of eligible migratory children, ages 3 through 21, residing within the state, the number of migratory children, ages 3 through 21, receiving summer services during the previous year, and each state’s per pupil expenditure for education.

CFDA

84.011

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)

MEP Basic Formula Grant Awards to be awarded on July 1 each year

FY2023 Appropriations Amount

Total Amount:$375,626,000


Amount Available Towards Broadband (if specified):

Matching Requirement

No 

Complementary Federal Funding Option

Not Applicable 

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

Not Applicable 

Criteria for Eligible Recipients

Not Applicable 

Grant Beneficiaries (if different from eligible recipients)

State educational agencies, or combinations of such agencies, may receive funds to establish or improve, directly or through local operating agencies, programs of education for migratory children.

Programmatic Resources

Not Applicable 

Reporting Requirements

Not Applicable 

Publicly-available programmatic data

Not Applicable 

Contact Information

Tara Ramsey
Email: Tara.Ramsey@ed.gov
Telephone: 202-260-1164

Additional Information

This is one of a number of Department programs that provides funds that may be used to support broadband access. The allowability of costs is always situation and program specific. For that reason, if you are considering using funds under one of these programs for costs related to broadband access, you must first ensure 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 not supplant, if it applies to program. We also note that, while funds under one of these programs can be used on broadband access, the programs’ purpose is not primarily focused on that issue.


Additional website: https://results.ed.gov/

Updated

April 2023 

Funding Guide