Soar act grant

The U.S. Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $17,500,000 Project Grant to the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) for the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program (CFDA 84.370). This program aims to provide low-income parents in Washington, D.C. with expanded options for the education of their children, as part of a broader school improvement effort. The grant funding supports key DCPS initiatives such as the CONNECTED SCHOOLS program, R.I.S.E. instructional program, Head Start early childhood education, and integration of computational modeling across science curricula. DCPS has also used federal grant awards from the Department of Education, National Science Foundation, and Department of Health and Human Services to deliver a range of educational services and programs to over 51,000 pre-K through 12th grade students in the district.