Impact aid program, title VII, section 7002

The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded $376,979 to Sandyston-Walpack Consolidated School District on October 1, 2025, under the Impact Aid Program (CFDA 84.041), a Project Grant designed to provide financial assistance to school districts where the federal acquisition of real property has reduced the local tax base.

The award funds educational services to the school district serving its K-12 student population in Layton and Sandyston, New Jersey. Performance extends through September 30, 2031. The district operates in a rural area where federal property presence affects its tax base and serves a student population including military-connected and Native American communities. The Impact Aid Program replaces lost local revenue that would otherwise be available to school districts to pay for education, particularly where federal property exemption from local property taxes reduces access to the primary source of funding most communities use to finance education.