Alaska districts face June 30 deadline for federal education funds

Alaska school districts must have their federal grant applications in substantially approvable form by June 30, 2026, or risk delayed funding that typically begins July 1, the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development announced.

The deadline applies to the fiscal year 2027 ESEA Consolidated application, which covers millions of dollars in federal Title program funding statewide. According to federal regulation, for a grant award to be effective by July 1, the application must be in substantially approvable form by June 30.

Districts have faced funding uncertainty in recent months. In July 2025, the Trump administration released more than $46 million in federal education funds that had been frozen since June 30, disrupting district budgets tied to the new school year.

Districts do not need to submit their applications to DEED for final approval to meet the substantially approvable standard. The substantially approvable form must include completed Private School Allocations, Budget, and signed Assurances for all impacted Title programs. For Title I, Part A, districts must also complete Building Eligibility, Set Asides, and Public School Allocations pages.

Title I, Part A funds support Alaska school districts in serving students from low-income families by providing supplemental instruction, staffing, and interventions. Title III, Part A federal funds help Alaska districts provide English language acquisition services to English learner students.

DEED also reminded districts about other upcoming deadlines. The Second Semester Course History Report is due June 30. The Mass Withdrawal Report is due June 15. For the Migrant Education Program, the official Summer OASIS data collection starts June 1 and is due July 15.

For districts receiving FY2024-2026 McKinney-Vento subgrants, the FY2026 data collection and evaluation form is due Tuesday, June 30, 2026. Subgrantees include Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Kenai, and Mat-Su.

Districts with questions about the June 30 deadline should contact Courtney Preziosi at [email protected].