Office of Innovation and Improvement (OII): Assistance for Arts Education: Assistance for Arts Education Development and Dissemination (AAEDD) CFDA Number 84.351D

Agency: Department of Education

84.351 -- Arts in Education

Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026

Description

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. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information.

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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 February 12, 2018 (83 FR 6003) and available at www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-02-12/pdf/2018-02558.pdf.

Purpose of Program: The AAEDD program, which is part of the AAE program, is authorized under title IV, part F, subpart 4 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).\1\ In general, the purpose of the AAE program is to promote arts education for students, including disadvantaged students and students who are children with disabilities. The AAEDD program specifically supports the development and dissemination of accessible instructional materials and arts-based educational programming, including online resources, in multiple arts disciplines that effectively (1) increase access to standards-based arts education; (2) integrate standards-based arts education into other subjects; and (3) improve students' academic performance, including their knowledge and skills in creating, performing, and responding to the arts.

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\1\ Unless otherwise indicated, all references to the ESEA are to the ESEA, as amended by the ESSA.

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Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.351D.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Miscellaneous

Other

Additional information

1. Eligible Applicants: (1) An LEA or consortium of LEAs in which 20 percent or more of the students served by the LEA or LEAs within the consortium are from families with an income below the Federal poverty line \2\ (including a public charter school that meets the definition of LEA in section 8101(30) of the ESEA) (eligible LEA), and that may work in partnership with one or more of the following: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \2\ An LEA must show that at least 20 percent of students served by the LEA are from families with an income below the poverty line, based on the most recent LEA poverty estimates provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. The Census LEA poverty estimates are available at: www.census.gov/did/www/saipe/data/index.html. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- (a) An SEA; (b) An institution of higher education; (c) The Bureau of Indian Education; or (d) A museum or cultural institution, or another private agency, institution, organization. (2) An SEA; an institution of higher education; a museum or cultural institution; Bureau of Indian Education; or private agency, institution, or organization, that must partner with an eligible LEA, and that may partner with another eligible entity.

Grantor contact information

Description

Julius Cotton ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin. Phone 202-245-6288 educationgrantinquiries@ed.gov Program Manager: Bonnie Carter, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 4W223, Washington, DC 20202-5960. Telephone: (202) 401-3579. Email: Bonnie.Carter@ed.gov.

Email

e-Mail: Program Manager

Bonnie.Carter@ed.gov

Documents

File name	Description	Last updated
2018-02558.pdf	Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs	May 1, 2018 12:34 PM UTC
2018-09215.pdf	Office of Innovation and Improvement (OII): Assistance for Arts Education: Assistance for Arts Education Development and Dissemination (AAEDD) CFDA Number 84.351D	May 1, 2018 12:33 PM UTC

Link to additional information

Office of Innovation and Improvement (OII): Assistance for Arts Education: Assistance for Arts Education Development and Dissemination (AAEDD) CFDA Number 84.351D; Notice Inviting Applications for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018

Archived: August 1, 2018

Application process

This site is a work in progress. Go to www.grants.gov to apply, track application status, and subscribe to updates.

Award

$14,000,000

Program Funding

Expected awards

$--

Award Minimum

$--

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

ED-GRANTS-050118-001

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

Funding instrument type:

Grant

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

Category of Funding Activity:

Education

Category Explanation:

History

Version:

Posted date:

May 1, 2018

Archive date:

August 1, 2018