Cedar Ridge School District

Cedar Ridge School District is a school district that provides educational services to students. As an other not for profit organization, it has been registered to receive federal grants since June 2009. Through federal grants, Cedar Ridge School District provides special education services, academic support services, professional development for teachers, parent engagement programs, and technology improvements.

Cedar Ridge School District has received over 30 federal sub-awards to provide services related to special education, improving academic achievement, digital literacy, and responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. The sub-awards were provided through programs such as the Student Support and Academic Enrichment program, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund. The prime grantees for these programs have been the Department of Education Arkansas, the Arkansas Department of Human Services, and the Department of Agriculture Arkansas. Specifically, the grant funds have been used by Cedar Ridge School District to pay for salaries, benefits, therapies, materials, supplies, equipment, temporary housing, professional development, tutoring programs, technology improvements, meals programs, health initiatives, and services for homeless students. The district has used the grant funds to deliver these services as a sub-recipient, with state agencies serving as the prime recipients of federal grants.