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Federal Grants Update for Fiscal Year 2026 (7/2/2025)



Federal Grants Update for Title I-C Migrant (Migrant Ed), Title II (ESEA Consolidated), Title III, Title IV, Part A (ESEA Consolidated), Title IV, Part B (21st Century), and WIOA Title II, Adult Education State Grant Program (Adult Education Consolidated) for Fiscal Year 2026 

ADE has received information regarding federal allocations for Title I-C Migrant (Migrant Ed), Title II (ESEA Consolidated), Title III, Title IV, Part A (ESEA Consolidated), Title IV, Part B (21st Century), and WIOA Title II, Adult Education State Grant Program (Adult Education Consolidated) for fiscal year (FY) 2026. 

The United States Department of Education (ED) is reviewing the FY 2026 federal awards listed above, and therefore, ED has not issued Grant Award Notifications to the states in time for the July 1 state fiscal year opening. Federal obligations have not been made to the Arizona Department of Education (ADE), and ADE cannot access federal monies earmarked for those affected programs until ED and the Office of Management and Budget provide those financial amounts to states. 

Therefore, ADE will be taking steps to minimize confusion for Local Education Agencies (LEAs) interfacing with the affected programs in Grants Management Enterprise (GME) for FY 2026 funding applications:

A) FY 2026 funding applications that have not been SEA Director approved will be reviewed, but not SEA Director approved until a federal award has been provided by ED
B) FY 2026 funding applications that have already been SEA Director approved will have a programmatic hold placed to ensure that potential reimbursements from the affected programs are not drawn down 

No adjustments will be made to FY 2025 funding applications, and LEAs may continue to use FY 2025 funds from the affected programs. 

LEAs will be able to use FY 2026 funds to reimburse themselves for valid obligations made on or after the later of the following dates, contingent upon future grant awards from ED:

  •  The date the SEA may begin obligating funds (i.e., July 1, 2025), or The date the LEA submits its application to the SEA in substantially approvable form. (34 CFR §76.708(a)) 
  • For example, LEAs may use state and local funds to support the positions until a more permanent funding source can be identified. 
 

ADE is working to obtain information and to get access to the federal funds as soon as possible. 

Please contact specialists in the respective programs for any basic questions. Advanced questions will be forwarded to the appropriate staff.
Direct Student Services Fiscal Year 2026 Funding Opportunity (7/1/2025)

 

Direct Student Services Fiscal Year 2026 Funding Opportunity

The Direct Student Services Grant provides local education agencies (LEAs) with an opportunity to create and expand high-quality, meaningful, and engaging programming for low-achieving students. This opportunity is only available to LEAs that are either implementing a new program or expanding a currently provided program to impact a larger audience of students. LEAs should target the lowest-achieving students but can expand to all students while evaluating different program options to best serve students and parents.

This grant will support the costs of implementing or expanding access to high-quality, qualified artificial intelligence tutoring providers to expand access for students in the state of Arizona. This can help assist teachers and provide effective study practices for students across the state. Artificial intelligence can assist educators with this process by simplifying workflow, identifying student struggles, synthesizing data, and assisting with lesson planning. There are other programs available for LEAs to apply for, too.

The grant opens for competition on July 1, 2025, and is set to close for applicants by the end of business on August 31, 2025. Grant applicants should read the Direct Student Services Grant information document, which can be found on the Direct Student Services website.
New GEPA Requirement in FY24 Applications as of July 1, 2023 (7/3/2023)

 GEPA

As of July 1, 2023 all federal grant funding applications in the GME system will include a section to which will satisfy the requirements of Section 427 of the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA) (20 U.S.C. 1228a).

Section 427 requires each applicant for funds to include in its application a description of the steps the applicant proposes to take to remove barriers and to ensure equitable access to, and participation in, its Federally-assisted program for students, teachers, and other program beneficiaries.

What you need to know for FY24:

·         The GEPA page will only be visible once the application is in Revision status

·         The page will be found in the section titled General Education Provisions Act (GEPA).

o   Will not impact original applications

o   Required with first revision

o   A validation error will prevent application status from being changed to CR Draft started if the GEPA page is not completed.
·        There is not a minimum word count for a GEPA statement

What you need to know for FY25 and forward:

·         The GEPA page will be part of the Original application and will be required on initial funding application submission

For assistance within the GME system, please contact Grants Management at 602.542.3901, or submit a service request online at https://helpdeskexternal.azed.gov/

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