Upcoming — Foundation/Adequacy eGrant opens September 14, 2026
Atlas Opportunity Score 97/100
Verified September 11, 2026
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Pennsylvania's enacted 2026-27 Ready to Learn Block Grant provides $1.948481 billion in formula funding to school districts and certain charter schools. The Foundation and Adequacy eGrant opens September 14, 2026 and is due October 16, 2026; the separate Tax Equity eGrant opens November 2. Ready to Learn expressly allows qualifying Foundation and Adequacy funds for physical and mental health services, student-services infrastructure, supportive learning environments, inclusion for students with disabilities, tutoring, CTE and other student supports.
Required next actionBefore September 14, confirm the school entity's published 2026-27 Ready to Learn allocation and eGrants access, identify the authorized signer needed for the required electronic signature, and brief the finance team that PDE says the eGrant's displayed Awarded Amount will remain $0 even after review and approval because this application has no budget section. In the Foundation/Adequacy eGrant, each funding-source budget column must match the PDE allocation exactly, including decimals; select the allowable-use categories, indicate whether the strategy is being established, maintained or expanded, and provide the required description for each funded strategy. Confirm any proposed clinical technology or contracted health-service cost is allowable before budgeting, and submit by October 16, 2026. Qualifying districts should separately prepare the Tax Equity board resolution and eGrant opening November 2, using February 28, 2027 as the safe operational deadline unless PDE/eGrants formally confirms the later March 31 date shown on the FAQ.
Active — Annual Formula Funding
Atlas Opportunity Score 95/100
Verified September 3, 2026
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Pennsylvania school districts, charter schools and intermediate units can use annual Title IV-A formula funding for safe and healthy students, well-rounded education and effective use of technology; there is no fixed application deadline, but funds are unavailable until the annual ESSA Consolidated Application is submitted and approved in eGrants.
Required next actionConfirm the LEA's current Title IV-A formula allocation and eGrants access; complete or update the Comprehensive Needs Assessment if the allocation exceeds $30,000; identify Safe/Healthy Schools, Well-Rounded Education and Effective Use of Technology priorities; document required stakeholder consultation and equitable-services obligations; build a compliant budget that observes the 20%/20% spending rules and 15% technology-infrastructure limitation where applicable; and submit the Title IV-A portion of the annual ESSA Consolidated Application for PDE approval.
Active
Atlas Opportunity Score 94/100
Verified September 12, 2026
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Pennsylvania has approximately $20 million available through the 2026-27 non-matching Career and Technical Education Supplemental Equipment Grant. Eligible school districts and career and technical centers with PDE-approved CTE programs must apply by September 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM; the official PDE page does not state a timezone. N9+ hardware may be a material fit for qualifying Health Sciences CTE programs if the device independently satisfies the published equipment criteria and receives the required Occupational Advisory Committee recommendation; software is expressly ineligible.
Required next actionConfirm the school district or career and technical center has a PDE-approved CTE program and 2024-25 ADM greater than zero; identify qualifying instructional equipment for an approved CTE program; secure Occupational Advisory Committee recommendation before submission; document industry-standard alignment, student hands-on use, CIP code, specifications, unit cost, quantity and budget; exclude software and other expressly ineligible costs; and submit through PDE eGrants by September 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM. The official PDE page does not state a timezone, so verify the controlling eGrants deadline timezone before final submission.
Open
Atlas Opportunity Score 94/100
Verified 2026-09-17
Pennsylvania Department of Education
The Pennsylvania Department of Education, Bureau of Career and Technical Education, is accepting applications for the Supplemental Equipment Grants (Non-Matching) (757): 2026-2027. Approximately $20 million in state funds is available through formula-based awards to eligible Pennsylvania school districts and career and technical centers with PDE-approved CTE programs and qualifying 2024-2025 average daily membership. No local […]
