Federal Grant Award Summary

The Board of Education Charles County received a $154,584 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Impact Aid Program (CFDA 84.041, Title VII, Section 7003), effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2031. This award supports comprehensive kindergarten through twelfth grade educational services for Charles County Public Schools in La Plata, Maryland, a school district adversely affected by federal activities that reduce the local tax base. Section 7003 Impact Aid funding is specifically designated for districts where at least three percent or 400 federally connected children in average daily attendance reside on federal property, have parents employed on federal property, or have parents on active duty in the uniformed services.

The funding enables Charles County Public Schools to maintain educational quality and infrastructure across multiple service areas, including general academic instruction, special education, English language acquisition support, school nutrition programs, career and technical education, teacher professional development, and technology integration. Impact Aid formula-based allocations recognize the fiscal constraints faced by federally impacted school districts and provide sustained federal support to sustain educational services that would otherwise be constrained by reduced local property tax revenues attributable to federal property acquisition and military-connected student populations.