Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

Application deadline: May 15, 2024  This program provides competitive grants to support and demonstrate innovative partnerships to train school-based mental health services providers for employment in schools and local educational agencies (LEAs). The goal of this program is to increase the number and diversity of high-quality, trained providers available to address ...

Application deadline: April 30, 2024  This program provides competitive grants to State educational agencies (SEAs), local educational agencies (LEAs), and consortia of LEAs to increase the number of credentialed school-based mental health services providers providing mental health services to students in LEAs with demonstrated need. Funding is intended to:  Increase recruitment and ...

The Strategic Planning for Continued Recovery (SPCR) initiative aims to support state educational agencies (SEAs) as they work with local educational agencies (LEAs) to sustain effective investments funded by the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER). SEAs are encouraged to compile cross-functional teams that bring different perspectives and ...

This tool (PDF, 22 pages) is designed to help state education agencies (SEAs), local education agencies (LEAs), and other educators work as a team to leverage relationships with young people and establish meaningful engagement. By using a continuous improvement process, teams at local, district, and state levels will collaboratively assess ...

This discussion guide (PDF, 13 pages) helps state and local education agency (SEA and LEA) teams identify and consider changes to attendance policies and practices to better align them with equity considerations. The guide invites teams to explicitly focus on one or more groups of students as part of increasing ...

This webinar recording highlights the role of athletic directors in school safety, security, emergency management, and preparedness. During this webinar, presenters demonstrated the importance of developing a collaborative planning team to support emergency operations plan (EOP) development. Presenters reinforced how athletic directors contribute to EOP development and ensure student, coach, ...

This webpage contains brief video presentations about research on designing, implementing, and evaluating Grow Your Own (GYO) programs. The webpage also highlights presentations by GYO programs across the country. Learn more. 

This fact sheet (PDF, 8 pages) provides information and strategies for addressing opioid overdoses at K-12 schools and institutions of higher education (IHEs) through emergency operations plans (EOPs) and other preparedness activities. Learn more. 

This webinar recording highlights the role of special educators in school safety, security, emergency management, and preparedness. During this webinar, presenters discussed the role that special educators play in implementing the National Preparedness System mission areas before, during, and after an emergency. Presenters reinforced how special educators can enhance EOP ...

This webinar recording highlights the role of students in school safety, security, emergency management, and preparedness. During this webinar, presenters discussed the ways students can enhance the six-step planning process detailed in the Guide for Developing High-Quality School Emergency Operations Plans (PDF, 72 pages).  Presenters provided examples of how students ...