Grants That Can be Used for Technology
The following information has been compiled by the Arizona Department of Education to support the purchase of technology during this time period of distance learning. Each grant and program come with their own stipulations. A contact for each grant and program has been provided for your convenience, and LEAs are encouraged to work directly with the contacts listed below to determine if these funds can be leveraged.
Elementary & Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA B Consolidated)
- This funding source may be used to purchase technology for eligible students.
- Technology purchases must be directly related to an individual child’s needs based on their Individual Education Program (IEP).
- Assistive Technology (as defined by §§300.105) must be an IEP consideration.
- Each public agency must ensure that assistive technology devices or assistive technology services, or both, as those terms are defined in §§300.5 and 300.6, respectively, are made available to a child with a disability if required as a part of the child’s.
- On a case-by-case basis, the use of school-purchased assistive technology devices in a child’s home or other settings is required if the child’s IEP Team determines that the child needs access to those devices to receive FAPE.
- Must not be a “proportionate” purchase of technology for students with disabilities for technology purchased for general education purposes.
- Voluntary IDEA B/Coordinated Early Intervention Services (CEIS) funds MAY NOT be used to support the purchase or implementation of core (universal) activities or technology designed to provide high-quality instruction to all students in a grade, school, or district.
Move on When Reading (MOWR)
- This funding source can be used to purchase technology.
- Must be used for K-3 reading and online activities that support literacy.
- Early Literacy Grant.
- This funding source can be used to purchase technology.
- Must be used for K-3 reading and online activities that support literacy.
- Contact: [email protected]
- Website: https://www.azed.gov/mowr
McKinney-Vento
Title I-C (Migrant)
Title I-A – Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged
Title II-A – Effective Teachers and Leaders
Rural Low-Income Schools (RLIS)
Title I-D – Prevention and Intervention Programs for Children and Youth who are Neglected, Delinquent, or At-Risk
Title IV-A -Student Support and Academic Enrichment
Title III Funds
