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Grant Application for Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) for 2025-26

2025-26 IDEA GRANT APPLICATION DOCUMENTS

Materials Required for Application SubmissionÌýÌý

A signed original Application and three original signed FS-10 Budgets are due by July 1, 2025.Ìý ¿ìè³É°æÊÓƵ (¿ìè³É°æÊÓƵ) will continue to accept application/budget submissions after the due date.

Please note: The District may not obligate funds for a proposed federal grant until the Application and Budget (FS-10) have been received by the ¿ìè³É°æÊÓƵ in a substantially approvable form.

Applicants must submit the following to be substantially approvable. Please use this as a check list to ensure that all requested materials have been submitted:

  • TheÌýApplication Cover PageÌýwithÌýoriginal signatureÌýof theÌýChief School/Administrative OfficerÌý(inÌýBlue Ink)
  • General Education Provision Act (GEPA) Section 427 form
  • Section I. – Maintenance of Effort (MOE) – Separate submission of your districts LEA MOE Calculator Excel Worksheet.Ìý
  • Section II. –ÌýLEA Certification for the Payment of Funding to Approved Special Education Providers (ASEPs)Ìý– Please selectÌýONEÌýoption.
  • Section III. –ÌýComprehensive Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CCEIS) and Voluntary Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CEIS) Calculation Worksheet.

    This is necessary if the LEA is required to (Mandatory CCEIS Redirect) or has opted to use up to 15 percent of funds for CEIS (Optional CEIS).Ìý Please note that the items and costs represented on these worksheets must be reconcilable to their corresponding grants. Additional technical assistance regarding CCEIS and CEIS can be found in theÌýIDEA Grant Application Guidance

  • Section IV. – Parentally Placed Students with Disabilities Calculation Worksheet.

    This is necessary if the LEA must expend a proportionate amount of its IDEA, Part B funds on special education services to students with disabilities parentally placed in nonpublic elementary and/or secondary schools in their district.Ìý Please note that the items and costs represented on the Parentally Placed Worksheets must be reconcilable to their corresponding grants.Ìý Additional technical assistance regarding Parentally Placed can be found in theÌýIDEA Grant Application Guidance

  • Section VI. –ÌýBudget –ÌýFS-10 Budget for their 611 and 619 grantÌýwith anÌýoriginal signatureÌý(inÌýBlue Ink).Ìý The formÌýÌýis located on the ¿ìè³É°æÊÓƵ Grant Finance website.

The FS-10 budget forms must include the following:

  1. The project number in the space provided on the cover page.Ìý Your project number can be found in Column A of the Allocation Table.
  2. The Chief School/Administrative Officer’s signature in Blue Ink on the Budget Summary Page.

Application for IDEA Funding for the Period July 1, 2025– June 30, 2026

Allocation tables containing the award amounts for Section 611 and Section 619 for the 2025-26 School Year have been posted online, please visit theÌý.

Information regarding CCEIS requirements and your district’s status under IDEA have been sent to the School Superintendents’ Office and you may find the information online on theÌýAnnual Determinations of IDEA Status to Schools web site.

Please visit theÌýÌýfor additional information on:

  • ASEPs - Flow Through Funds (per pupil minimum and child count)
  • Parentally-Placed Students with Disabilities (per pupil minimum and child count)
  • Article 81 allocation
  • CCEIS and CEIS (Notice of Allocation for Public School Districts)

Important:ÌýSection 611 funds are to be used for students ages 3-21.Ìý Please note that as such, LEAs providing payments to ASEPs through federal funds must use both section 611 and 619 funds for students ages 3-5.

The original Application and three FS-10 Budgets with original signatures, for the IDEA Section 611 and Section 619 Grants are due by July 1, 2025Ìýto:

¿ìè³É°æÊÓƵ
89 Washington Ave., Rm 560 EBA
Albany, New York 12234
Attention: IDEA Grants Office

(Please note that the room number changed to Rm 560 EBA from last year's application.)

If you need assistance, have any questions and/or concerns regarding the submission of the IDEA grant application; please contact the IDEA Grants Office at (518) 486-4662 or send an emailÌýtoÌýIDEA@nysed.gov.

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2025-26 IDEA GRANT APPLICATION DOCUMENTS