Source Verification HoldAtlas Opportunity Score 58/100
ID-SDE-ICRS-MICRO-SY2026-2027Idaho
Idaho Career Ready Students SY2026-2027 Micro-Grant
FundingUp to $400,000 statewide; individual awards up to $20,000.
DeadlineOctober 30, 2026; the Idaho Department of Education's current official agency announcement confirms applications close October 30 but does not state a closing clock time or time zone. The controlling SY2026-2027 Micro-Grant Instructions and Application must still be verified before publication or outreach.
Last verifiedSeptember 21, 2026
Required next actionKeep unpublished on Source Verification Hold. The current Idaho Department of Education program page confirms up to $400,000 statewide, awards up to $20,000, districts/public charter schools as applicants, three funding tiers, and competitive scoring favoring durable equipment, program development, and sustainable investments. The Department's current official agency announcement confirms applications close October 30, 2026, but no closing clock time or time zone is stated there. Retrieve and verify the controlling SY2026-2027 Micro-Grant Instructions and Application, including exact deadline time/time zone, match or cost share, required forms/attachments, submission method, scoring details, eligible/ineligible costs, and material restrictions before publication or ORIGINAL outreach. Do not force an N9+ use case; any healthcare-CTE equipment pathway must be project-specific and expressly allowable.
Broad Eligibility
Idaho public school districts and public charter schools supporting CTE in grades 7-12; current page states up to $400,000 statewide and awards up to $20,000.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score 58/100. Idaho school CTE funding with verified equipment and program-development relevance. The current public page says competitive scoring favors durable equipment, program development, and sustainable investments and identifies eligible expense categories including CTE capital expenditures, machines/tools and other one-time purchases, initial CTE program-development investments, consumables, and program-specific equipment. A healthcare-CTE project could therefore present a conditional equipment pathway, but N9+ is not expressly named and project-specific allowability is not established until the controlling SY2026-2027 application and deadline are verified. Keep unpublished and do not initiate outreach while the exact application deadline remains unverified.
The Idaho Department of Education currently lists the Idaho Career Ready Students (ICRS) SY2026-2027 Micro-Grant for Idaho public school districts and public charter schools supporting Career Technical Education in grades 7-12.
Funding: Up to $400,000 is available statewide, with individual awards of up to $20,000.
Program structure: Awards will be made in three funding tiers. Within each tier, 50% of available funding is initially reserved for qualified middle school programs. Applications are competitively scored, with emphasis on durable equipment, program development, and sustainable investments.
Eligibility: The current Idaho Department of Education page identifies districts and public charter schools as eligible applicants. The program supports CTE capacity in Idaho middle and high schools, grades 7-12.
Allowable-use indicators: The state page describes eligible uses including capital expenditures to upgrade or expand CTE programs, program-development investments, supplies, and equipment specific to instruction. Healthcare or nursing CTE may be relevant where the applicant has an eligible program need, but the current page does not establish N9+ or telehealth equipment as expressly allowable.
Deadline and submission rules: The current landing page does not publish the SY2026-2027 application deadline, exact closing time/time zone, or complete submission mechanics. The linked Micro-Grant Instructions and Application must be retrieved and verified before publication or outreach.
Atlas assessment: 58/100. This is a legitimate Idaho school funding opportunity with equipment and program-development relevance, including potential healthcare-CTE applicability, but no N9+ use case should be assumed. Any N9+ strategy must be based on a specific eligible applicant, a documented health-career instructional need, and confirmation that the controlling grant instructions allow the proposed equipment and costs.
Outreach status: Hold pending controlling-source verification. Do not publish or initiate applicant outreach until the exact deadline, open status, scoring, required attachments/forms, match requirements, allowable costs, and submission mechanics are verified from the current SY2026-2027 instructions.
Source verificationOfficial government source · www.sde.idaho.govAtlas last verified this record September 21, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗
