State grant - b (611)

The Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services awarded the Louisiana Department of Education $77,193,093 on July 1, 2026, under the Special Education Grants to States program (CFDA 84.027), a formula grant supporting special education and related services to children with disabilities aged 3 through 21.

The Louisiana Department of Education, operating as a division of the Louisiana Department of Administration and headquartered in Baton Rouge, serves as the state's primary administrative entity for this award. The grant runs through September 30, 2027. As the state educational agency, the department will set aside funds for administration and state-level activities, then distribute subgrants to eligible local educational agencies across Louisiana to support the excess costs of providing special education and related services. The program provides formula funding to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Department of the Interior, and eligible jurisdictions to ensure free appropriate public education to children with disabilities, conditional on States serving all eligible children between ages 3 and 21 as required by IDEA Section 612.