Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information.

For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on December 23, 2024 (89 FR 104528) and available at http://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/23/2024-30488/common-instructionsfor-applicants-to-department-of-education-discretionary-grant-programs

Purpose of Program: The purpose of the OSP is to provide low-income parents residing in the District of Columbia, particularly parents of students who attend an elementary school or secondary school identified as one of the lowest performing schools under the District of Columbia’s accountability system, with expanded opportunities for enrolling their children in private schools in the District of Columbia.

Assistance Listing Number: 84.370A.

Correction Notice Published May 2, 2025

On April 23, 2025, the Department published in the Federal Register an NIA for the FY 2025 District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program competition. The Department is correcting the NIA by revising the deadline date for transmittal of applications and the deadline date for intergovernmental review. All other information in the NIA remains the same.

If an applicant has already submitted an application, the Department will use the application that was submitted. If a new application is submitted, the Department will consider the application that is last submitted and timely received by 11:59:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on June 2, 2025.

Please see https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-02/pdf/2025-07567.pdf for additional information.

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