Individuals with disabilities education act/american rescue plan act of 2021 (ARP)

This Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services provided $1.28 million to the Maine Department of Education from July 1, 2021 through September 30, 2021. The funding was awarded under the Special Education Preschool Grants program (CFDA 84.173) to assist in providing special education and related services to children with disabilities ages 3 through 5, as well as two-year-olds who will reach age 3 during the school year at the State's discretion.

The Maine Department of Education sub-awarded portions of the $1.28 million in funding to twenty local educational agencies across the State. The sub-awards were provided to assist the local agencies in delivering special education and related services to eligible children within their jurisdictions. Notable sub-awardees included the Greenville Consolidated School Department, RSU #71, RSU 29, and the Maine School for the Deaf. The sub-awards aimed to ensure coverage of services statewide under the objectives of the Special Education Preschool Grants program.