OCTAE-PM-2026-ADULT.pdf

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

OFFICE OF CAREER, TECHNICAL, AND ADULT EDUCATION

PROGRAM MEMORANDUM

TO: State Directors of Adult Education April 8, 2026

FROM: Nicholas J. Moore Acting Assistant Secretary Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education

RE: Estimated Adult Education State Award Amounts for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026

Attached are the estimated amounts each State will be awarded for FY 2026 under the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA), title II of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). These funds will become available July 1, 2026.

The second column of the attached table shows the estimated award amounts for the AEFLA State grant program based on the allotment described in section 211(c) of WIOA. Under section 211(e), certain funds are reserved for the outlying areas of American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the Republic of Palau.

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 20261 provides $629,600,400 for formula grants to States to carry out adult education and literacy activities. This represents level funding for the national basic adult education formula grant program in comparison to the appropriation for FY 2025. For purposes of calculating allotments under section 211(c)(2) of WIOA, the Department of Education (ED) used data from the 2024 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year estimates. The ACS 1-year estimate provides the most current data and is a standard dataset used by other State formula grant programs at ED2.

The third column of the attached table shows the amount reserved under section 243 of WIOA for the Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education (IELCE) program, which provides integrated English literacy and civics education, in combination with integrated education and training activities, for English language learners. The total amount provided for IELCE activities under the 2026 Consolidated Appropriations Act is $85,854,600. This represents level funding for the IELCE program in comparison to the appropriation for FY 2025.

Section 243(b)(1)(A) of WIOA allocates 65 percent of IELCE funds to States based on a State’s need for integrated English literacy and civics education. This is determined by calculating each State’s share of a 10-year average of the data of the Office of Immigration Statistics of the Department of Homeland Security for immigrants admitted for legal permanent residence for the 10 most recent years.

Under section 243(b)(1)(B) of WIOA, the remaining 35 percent of IELCE funds are allocated to States that have experienced recent growth among the target population as measured by the average of the three most recent years for which the Office of Immigration Statistics of the Department of Homeland Security data for immigrants admitted for legal permanent residence are available. Every State must receive a minimum of $60,000 for IELCE as required by section 243(b)(2) of WIOA. The most recent year for which legal immigration data are available is 2023.

The fourth column is the total estimated 2026 State award amount, adding columns two and three together. Although the FY 2026 appropriation for the national AEFLA grant program remained the same, in comparison to the appropriation for FY 2025, it is important to note that the estimated amount of individual FY 2026 State grant awards may have increased or decreased due to changes in State-level ACS or legal immigration data.

For State-specific information about the attached estimates, please contact NRS@ed.gov.

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1 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (P.L. 119-75).

2 Allocations for American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and the US Virgin Islands are determined using data from the 2020 decennial census, the most recent source of population data for the outlying areas, for the purposes of calculating allotments under section 211(c)(2).

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STATE Basic State Grant:

FY 2026 Estimated

Award Amount

IELCE: FY 2026

Estimated Award

Amount

Total: FY 2026 Estimated Award

Amount

ALABAMA $9,636,731 $317,434 $9,954,165

ALASKA $1,192,228 $95,695 $1,287,923

ARIZONA $14,388,920 $1,499,836 $15,888,756

ARKANSAS $5,997,524 $254,419 $6,251,943

CALIFORNIA $101,469,588 $15,868,822 $117,338,410

COLORADO $7,773,860 $1,058,011 $8,831,871

CONNECTICUT $5,596,855 $938,691 $6,535,546

DELAWARE $1,868,386 $181,332 $2,049,718

FLORIDA $42,347,637 $10,016,526 $52,364,163

GEORGIA $20,794,400 $2,178,510 $22,972,910

HAWAII $1,889,961 $358,929 $2,248,890

IDAHO $3,032,340 $191,446 $3,223,786

ILLINOIS $21,152,156 $3,015,378 $24,167,534

INDIANA $11,881,067 $759,828 $12,640,895

IOWA $4,371,971 $400,333 $4,772,304

KANSAS $4,337,713 $408,245 $4,745,958

KENTUCKY $9,114,084 $541,595 $9,655,679

LOUISIANA $9,730,260 $381,116 $10,111,376

MAINE $1,653,471 $117,262 $1,770,733

MARYLAND $9,741,047 $1,948,594 $11,689,641

MASSACHUSETTS $11,141,372 $2,652,282 $13,793,654

MICHIGAN $14,740,275 $1,498,010 $16,238,285

MINNESOTA $6,401,156 $1,035,734 $7,436,890

MISSISSIPPI $6,344,374 $138,007 $6,482,381

MISSOURI $9,237,248 $572,228 $9,809,476

MONTANA $1,589,578 $60,000 $1,649,578

NEBRASKA $2,751,161 $369,720 $3,120,881

NEVADA $7,470,039 $846,385 $8,316,424

NEW HAMPSHIRE $1,590,408 $175,016 $1,765,424

NEW JERSEY $16,289,724 $4,332,457 $20,622,181

NEW MEXICO $4,970,959 $310,605 $5,281,564

NEW YORK $42,282,676 $10,010,754 $52,293,430

NORTH CAROLINA $18,236,641 $1,691,552 $19,928,193

NORTH DAKOTA $1,096,329 $118,408 $1,214,737

OHIO $16,773,609 $1,417,096 $18,190,705

OKLAHOMA $7,202,492 $408,126 $7,610,618

OREGON $6,521,238 $694,458 $7,215,696

PENNSYLVANIA $18,453,334 $2,200,115 $20,653,449

STATE Basic State Grant:

FY 2026 Estimated

Award Amount

IELCE: FY 2026

Estimated Award

Amount

Total: FY 2026 Estimated Award

Amount

RHODE ISLAND $2,176,237 $299,191 $2,475,428

SOUTH CAROLINA $9,287,865 $442,248 $9,730,113

SOUTH DAKOTA $1,284,098 $80,747 $1,364,845

TENNESSEE $12,228,629 $828,594 $13,057,223

TEXAS $69,255,724 $8,862,547 $78,118,271

UTAH $4,019,668 $545,623 $4,565,291

VERMONT $933,928 $60,000 $993,928

VIRGINIA $12,872,425 $2,268,738 $15,141,163

WASHINGTON $11,528,289 $2,328,656 $13,856,945

WEST VIRGINIA $3,463,118 $62,108 $3,525,226

WISCONSIN $7,022,310 $535,037 $7,557,347

WYOMING $898,247 $60,000 $958,247

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA $1,215,937 $215,931 $1,431,868

PUERTO RICO $10,842,767 $202,225 $11,044,992

VIRGIN ISLANDS $530,070 $0 $530,070

AMERICAN SAMOA $181,080 $0 $181,080

GUAM $487,164 $0 $487,164

NORTHERN MARIANAS $210,032 $0 $210,032

PALAU $5,234 $0 $5,234

Subtotal $629,505,634 $85,854,600 $715,360,234 Set-Asides Pacific Region Competitive Grants [Section 211(e)] $94,766 $0 $94,766

TOTAL $629,600,400 $85,854,600 $715,455,000

PROGRAM MEMORANDUM