Formula Grant S358B260040

The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded the South Carolina Department of Education $4,259,641 on July 1, 2026, under the Rural Education program (CFDA 84.358), a formula grant providing financial assistance to rural districts to improve teaching and learning quality. The award obligates $4,259,641 for the period of performance from July 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027, with place of performance in Columbia, South Carolina. The South Carolina Department of Education, as a state educational agency, receives this funding to distribute subgrants to eligible local educational agencies within the state on a formula or competitive basis. Rural LEAs qualify for support if they serve fewer than 600 students in average daily attendance or operate schools in counties with population density below 10 persons per square mile, with all schools designated as rural by the National Center for Education Statistics using the school locale methodology established at the time of the Every Student Succeeds Act's enactment. Under the Rural and Low-Income Schools component, the recipient distributes funds to LEAs in which at least 20 percent of school-age children come from families below the poverty line and where schools carry specified NCES locale codes. Grants are awarded for one-year terms.