Migrant education

The South Dakota Department of Education received a Formula Grant of $970,442 from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Migrant Education State Grant Program (CFDA 84.011), effective July 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. This program provides federal funding to state educational agencies to ensure that children of migratory agricultural workers and fishers have equitable access to challenging state academic content and performance standards. The awarded funds support a comprehensive range of educational services, including supplemental instruction, academic support, English language development, school readiness programs, and career and technical education initiatives delivered at the state and local levels.

The South Dakota Department of Education distributed subawards to seven school districts throughout the state—Milbank School District 25-4, Estelline School District, Edmunds Central School District 22-5, Tri Valley School District 49-6, Sioux Falls School District No 49-5, Harrisburg School District 41-2, Huron School District 2-2, and Watertown School District 14-4 (Lake Area Technical College)—to provide Title I Migrant education services to migratory students within their respective districts. These subawards, issued between September 24 and November 10, 2025, fund targeted services designed to address the unique educational needs of migratory children, promote interstate and intrastate coordination of services, and ensure educational continuity through timely transfer of student records as mobile families relocate.