Migrant Education State Grant Program Award Summary

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded the Tennessee Department of Education $1,531,966 through a Formula Grant under the Migrant Education State Grant Program (CFDA 84.011), effective July 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. This award funds comprehensive educational services designed to ensure that children of migratory agricultural workers and fishers have equitable access to challenging state academic content and performance standards. The program delivers supplemental instruction, academic support, English language development, school readiness programs, and career and technical education initiatives through the state education agency and its sub-awardees.

The Tennessee Department of Education distributed these funds to five local educational agencies as sub-awardees on July 30, 2025: Shelby County Board of Education, Hamblen County Department of Education, Rhea County Department of Education, Knox County Schools, and Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools. Through these sub-awards, the program supports improved teaching and learning for students in high-poverty schools while facilitating interstate and intrastate coordination of services for migratory children. Services emphasize educational continuity through timely transfer of school records and integration with other local, state, and federal educational programs to address the unique educational needs of migratory student populations, including preschool-age children and those who have dropped out of school.