Migrant education

The New York State Education Department (NYSED) received a $10.83 million Formula Grant 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 period July 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. This funding supports comprehensive educational services designed to ensure children of migratory agricultural workers and fishers have equitable access to challenging state academic content and performance standards. NYSED delivers a full range of supplemental instruction, academic support, English language development, school readiness programs, and career and technical education initiatives through coordination with local educational agencies, school districts, and educational service organizations.

NYSED distributes portions of this award to multiple sub-awardees including SUNY College at Potsdam, The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (serving SUNY College at Cortland), Oswego County Board of Cooperative Educational Services, and Eastern Suffolk Board of Cooperative Educational Services. These sub-recipients provide direct services to seasonal worker families while supporting interstate and intrastate coordination of educational services, ensuring educational continuity through timely transfer of school records, and integrating migrant education services with other local, state, and federal educational programs. All sub-awards were made effective November 12, 2025, with the exception of awards to Oswego County BOCES and Eastern Suffolk BOCES, which were dated October 21, 2025.