Bilingual Education – Comprehensive School Grants

The Department of Education administers the Bilingual Education Comprehensive School Grants program (CFDA 84.290), with the most recent grant award issued on September 1, 2004. This program is no longer active; no grant opportunities have been posted since 2004, and no awards have been disbursed in the past 22 years.

The program funded comprehensive bilingual education initiatives at schools, as evidenced by Project Grants awarded to schools and districts implementing bilingual instructional programs. Representative recent awards include a $5.53 million grant (T290U000092, September 2003), a $1.25 million grant (T290U010458, October 2001), and a $274,698 grant (T290U000039, September 2004), each with one-year performance periods.

The Department of Education was the sole funder, awarding all 297 grants totaling $73.4 million in federal obligations over the program's lifetime from 2001 to 2004. The combined federal and non-federal share reached $100.5 million. All grants were structured as Project Grants. Award volume declined sharply: 264 awards in 2001, 32 in 2003, and only 1 in 2004, indicating the program's conclusion. Typical individual award amounts ranged from approximately $150,000 to $300,000, though several outlier awards exceeded this range.

Do not pursue funding under this Assistance Listing. The program ceased operations over two decades ago and shows no indication of reactivation.