Assistance program
Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities
$739.9 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Education, Department of
- Assistance
- Project Grants
- CFDA number
- 84.325
- What it does
- The purposes of this program are to (1) help address State-identified needs for highly qualified personnel--in special education, related services, early intervention, and regular education--to work with infants, toddlers, and children with disabilities; and (2) ensure that those personnel have the necessary skills and knowledge, derived from practices that have been determined through scientifically based research and experience, to be successful in serving those children
- Who benefits
- Infants, toddlers, and children with disabilities are the primary beneficiaries under this program.
- Who applies
- State educational agencies, local education agencies, public charter schools that are LEAs under State law, institutions of higher education, other public agencies, private nonprofit organizations, outlying areas, Indian tribes or tribal organizations, and, if approved by the Secretary, for-profit organizations.
- Authorized by
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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- Committed through this program
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Direct payments