Migrant education

Grant Overview

The Department of Education Arkansas (Arkansas State Accountability) received a formula grant award of $5.73 million from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Migrant Education State Grant Program (CFDA 84.011) for the award period July 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. This award enables Arkansas to ensure that children of migratory agricultural workers and fishers have equitable access to challenging state academic content and performance standards aligned with state accountability measures.

Products and Services Delivered

The state agency distributed funds to 33 sub-awardees including local school districts, education service cooperatives, and specialized school districts throughout Arkansas to deliver supplemental educational and support services to eligible migratory children as defined under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Sub-recipients utilized grant funds to provide comprehensive services including supplemental instruction, academic support, English language development, school readiness programs, and career and technical education initiatives. Additional services encompassed teacher training and retention, literacy and mathematics materials and supplies, after-school and summer instructional programs, professional development for educators, special education therapies, student support services, technology improvements, parental engagement initiatives, and coordination of educational continuity through timely transfer of school records for migratory students. The program emphasized interstate and intrastate coordination of services to ensure that migratory children, including preschool-age children and those who have dropped out of school, received integrated educational services aligned with the Arkansas state comprehensive plan.