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Mississippi Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Program is a grant from the Mississippi Department of Education that funds Education Scholarship Accounts (ESAs) for families of children with special needs to cover private school tuition and other approved educational expenses outside the public school system.
Created under the Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act, the program allows eligible families to use state funds for private school tuition, tutoring, therapies, and other allowable activities. Awards are up to $7,829 per student annually. Eligible applicants are Mississippi residents whose child has an active IEP within the past three years or an IDEA-eligible disability.
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Education Scholarship Account – Special Education Education Scholarship Account The Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act enacted by the Mississippi Legislature during the 2015 Session created the Education Scholarship Account (ESA) program (Senate Bill No. 2695).
It is a program designed to give those parents with special needs children the option of withdrawing their child from the public school system and receiving a designated amount of funds to help defray the cost of private school tuition or other specific allowable activities to educate their child. The administration of this program has been designated to be performed by the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE).
Parents of current ESA participants do not need to reapply each year. Understanding the ESA (Frequently Asked Questions) ESA Application SY 2025-2026 The MDE is charged in the law with the responsibility of developing a standard application to be used to assess the eligibility of each applicant. This application is available here and also in each school district so every interested person will have the opportunity to apply.
ESA Guidance for Public Schools For a student to be eligible to participate in the ESA program the parent must sign an agreement promising to adhere to statutory requirements. As part of the application process, parents are required to initial and sign the Parent/Guardian Application Responsibilities document that lists these requirements.
This signed agreement will ensure that students are selected to participate whose parents are willing to abide by these requirements set forth by the law. Once the recipients of the program are chosen, they will be mailed an award packet. This packet will include an award letter and reimbursement request instructions.
Since the law is very precise on the exact uses allowed for the ESA funds, the OSE has established a list of allowable activities that is available here and will also be given to each recipient of the ESA program in their award packet. 2025-2026 School Assurance Form Tuition at an eligible school is a permissible use of the ESA funds.
Mississippi Department of Education Duties The law is very precise on the exact duties the MDE is required to perform. A list of these duties has been established and is available here . They will also be included in the award packet provided to the selected recipients of the ESA program.
2025-2026 Reimbursement Request Form 2024-2025 Education Scholarship Account reporting form Report Education Scholarship Account (ESA) Fraud District Special Education Contacts Early Childhood Special Education Education Scholarship Account Federal Award Notifications Information and Publications Integrated Monitoring Systems Secondary Transition Services Special Education Advisory Panel Special Education Navigator – SharePoint Online Mississippi Department of Education Educator Licensure: 601-359-3483 General Information: 601-359-3513
Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Mississippi residents with an active IEP within the past 3 years (IDEA-eligible disability). Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
Current published award information indicates Up to $7,829 per student annually Always verify allowable costs, matching requirements, and funding caps directly in the sponsor documentation.
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Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Education & Human Resources (IUSE: EHR) Program is sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF). This program promotes novel, creative, and transformative approaches to generating and using new knowledge about STEM teaching and learning to improve STEM education for undergraduate students. It supports projects that bring recent advances in STEM knowledge into undergraduate education, adapt, improve, and incorporate evidence-based practices, and lay the groundwork for institutional improvement in STEM education. Professional development for instructors to ensure adoption of new and effective pedagogical techniques is a potential topic of interest.
The National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program (NLG-L) supports projects that address critical needs of the library and archives fields and have the potential to advance practice and strengthen library and archival services for the American public. Successful proposals will generate results such as new models, tools, research findings, services, practices, and/or alliances that can be widely used, adapted, scaled, or replicated to extend and leverage the benefits of federal investment. Applications to IMLS should both advance knowledge and understanding and ensure that the federal investment made generates benefits to society. Specifically, the goals for this program are to generate projects of far-reaching impact that: • Build the workforce and institutional capacity for managing the national information infrastructure and serving the information and education needs of the public. • Build the capacity of libraries and archives to lead and contribute to efforts that improve community well-being and strengthen civic engagement. • Improve the ability of libraries and archives to provide broad access to and use of information and collections with emphasis on collaboration to avoid duplication and maximize reach. • Strengthen the ability of libraries to provide services to affected communities in the event of an emergency or disaster. • Strengthen the ability of libraries, archives, and museums to work collaboratively for the benefit of the communities they serve. Throughout its work, IMLS places importance on diversity, equity, and inclusion. This may be reflected in an IMLS-funded project in a wide range of ways, including efforts to serve individuals of diverse geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds; individuals with disabilities; individuals with limited functional literacy or information skills; individuals having difficulty using a library or museum; and underserved urban and rural communities, including children from families with incomes below the poverty line. Application Process: The application process for the NLG-L program has two phases; applicants must begin by applying for Phase I. For Phase I, all applicants must submit Preliminary Proposals by the September 20th deadline listed for this Notice of Funding Opportunity. For Phase II, only selected applicants will be invited to submit Full Proposals, and only those Invited Full Proposals will be considered for funding. Invited Full Proposals will be due March 20, 2024. Funding Opportunity Number: NLG-LIBRARIES-FY24. Assistance Listing: 45.312. Funding Instrument: G. Category: AR,HU. Award Amount: $50K – $1M per award.
The California Department of Education (CDE) Early Education Division is making approximately .7 million available to expand California State Preschool Program (CSPP) services statewide, appropriated under the 2021 Budget Act. Eligible applicants are local educational agencies (LEAs), including school districts, county offices of education, community college districts, and direct-funded charter schools—both current CSPP contractors and new applicants. Funding supports full-day/full-year or part-day/part-year preschool services for income-eligible children beginning in FY 2024–25. Awards are allocated by county based on Local Planning Council priority areas and application scores, with redistribution provisions if county allocations are underutilized.