Bilingual Education – Systemwide Improvement Grants

The Department of Education administers the Bilingual Education—Systemwide Improvement Grants program (CFDA 84.291), which funds school district and institutional projects to improve bilingual education delivery and student outcomes systemwide, with the most recent grant award disbursed on September 1, 2003, over 23 years ago.

The program is inactive for business development purposes. No grant opportunities have been posted recently, and no awards have been made since 2003. The portfolio shows 51 total Project Grants dispersed across 2001 and 2003, with activity concentrated in 2001 (46 awards). The program generated $22.7 million in combined federal dollars obligated over its tracked history, with the Department of Education as the sole funder for all 51 awards.

Representative recent awards funded institution-level bilingual education improvement initiatives. In September 2003, the Department obligated $598,903 (Project Grant T291R000040), $648,020 (Project Grant T291R000042), and $593,731 (Project Grant T291R000016) to support systemwide bilingual education improvement efforts. Awards from 2001 ranged widely in size; for example, Project Grant T291R970023 received $646,500 in July 2001, while Project Grant T291R990005 received $1,000. The modal award magnitude in 2001 ranged between $400 thousand and $650 thousand.

All 51 awards were structured as Project Grants with one-year performance periods ending in the fiscal year following award. The program exhibits no active solicitation or recent funding intent. Given the 23-year gap since the last award and absence of posted opportunities, this program should be classified as inactive.