Program Office: Academic Improvement and Teacher Quality Programs

CFDA Number: 84.360
Program Type: Discretionary/Competitive Grants
Also Known As: Dropout Program

The purpose of the program is to support effective, sustainable, and coordinated dropout prevention and reentry programs in high schools with annual dropout rates that exceed their state average annual dropout rate. Middle schools that have students who continue on to these high schools also are supported.

The program provides grants to state education agencies (SEAs) and local education agencies (LEAs) to support school dropout prevention and reentry efforts.