Impact aid program, title VII, section 7003

The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded Monterey Peninsula Unified School District $1,307,523 under the Impact Aid Program, Title VII, Section 7003 on October 1, 2025. The award funds educational services for the district's student population, including military-connected children living on or whose parents work on Federal property or are on active duty in the uniformed services. The Section 7003 program provides financial assistance to school districts where the presence of federally connected children places a financial burden on the local educational agency, replacing lost local revenue that would otherwise come from property tax on tax-exempt Federal land.

The award covers the six-year period of October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2031 and is performed in Monterey, California. Monterey Peninsula Unified School District, a K-12 local government school district serving the Monterey Peninsula region, has received five consecutive Impact Aid awards from the Department of Education since February 2022. The district also holds federal grants from the Department of Defense Education Activity for military-connected student programs and serves as a pass-through sub-grantee for multiple federal education programs addressing high-poverty schools, special education, English language learning, career and technical education, and school nutrition services.