Rural and low-income schools

The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded the Board of Education Colorado $375,628 on July 1, 2026, under the Rural Education program (CFDA 84.358) to provide financial assistance to rural districts for activities that improve the quality of teaching and learning in their schools. The Board of Education Colorado, a state-level educational agency overseeing K-12 public education throughout Colorado, serves as the recipient and distributes funds to local educational agencies. The award obligates $375,628 for the period July 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027, with place of performance in Denver, Colorado. This is a formula grant awarded to the state educational agency, which will make subgrants to eligible local educational agencies on a formula or competitive basis. Eligible recipients are local educational agencies in which at least 20 percent of school children ages 5–17 come from families with incomes below the poverty line and all schools served are designated with specified school locale codes under the National Center for Education Statistics methodology.