Impact aid program, title VII, section 7002

The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded Highland Falls Fort Montgomery School District $3.765507 million on October 1, 2025, under the Impact Aid Program (CFDA 84.041, Title VII, Section 7002). The award funds comprehensive K-12 educational services for dependent children of military personnel stationed at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, addressing the revenue loss to the school district resulting from Federal acquisition of real property that reduces the local tax base. The district, doing business as Town Of Highlands Board Of Edcuation, serves Highland Falls, New York. Performance runs through September 30, 2031. Impact Aid provides financial assistance to local educational agencies where the presence of federally connected children—including those living on Federal property and children with parents employed on Federal property or on active duty in the uniformed services—creates a financial burden, because such property is exempt from local property taxes and denies LEAs access to the primary revenue source used to finance education. Section 7002 of the statute extends assistance to districts where an aggregate of 10 percent or more of assessed real property valuation has been acquired by the Federal Government since 1938 and the district receives insufficient revenue from activities on the eligible Federal property.