Rural and low-income schools

The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded the Department Of Education New Hampshire a $582,884 Formula Grant under the Rural Education (CFDA 84.358) program. This funding is intended to provide financial assistance to rural districts in New Hampshire to help improve the quality of teaching and learning in their schools.

As the prime grantee, the Department Of Education New Hampshire has distributed numerous sub-awards to local school districts across the state, including Gorham Randolph Shelburne Cooperative School District, Monadnock Regional School District, Cornish School District, Pittsfield Middle High School, and many others. These sub-awards have supported a variety of educational services and goods, such as providing instructional technology, personal protective equipment, facilities upgrades, and staffing for COVID-19 response, as well as funding core academic programs, teacher training, and student support services in rural and high-need schools.