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BILLING CODE 4000-01-P DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Competition Announcement; Comprehensive Centers AGENCY: Department of Education. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Department of Education
(ED)announces the opportunity to apply for competitive grants for the Fiscal Year
(FY)2026 under the Comprehensive Centers program, Assistance Listing Numbers
(ALNs)84.283B and 84.283D. DATES: Complete proposals must be submitted electronically through the *Grants.gov* “APPLY” function by 11:59:59 p.m. Eastern time June 30, 2026. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Michelle Daley. Telephone:
(202)987-1057. Email: *OESE.ComprehensiveCenters@ed.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Comprehensive Centers program is to provide capacity-building services to state educational agencies, regional educational agencies, local educational agencies, and schools that improve educational opportunities and student outcomes, close achievement gaps, and improve the quality of instruction for all students, particularly for groups of students with the greatest need. The FY 2026 competition includes six absolute priorities and three competitive preference priorities, selection criteria, and requirements. The absolute priorities are: National Center, Regional Centers, National Comprehensive Center on Improving Literacy for Students with Disabilities, Field-Initiated Content Centers, Emerging Needs Content Centers, and Meaningful Learning Opportunities. The competitive preference priorities are: Returning Education to the States, Meaningful Learning Opportunities, and Promoting Evidence-Based Literacy. *To Apply:* The complete funding opportunity announcement and all information needed to apply, including the priorities and program requirements, are available on ED's website at *https://www.ed.gov/grants-and-programs/grants-birth-grade-12/school-and-community-improvement-grants/comprehensive-centers-program#applicant-information.* The information for the National Center, Regional Centers, Field-Initiated Content Centers, and Emerging Needs Center (ALN 84.283B) is also available on *Grants.gov* at *https://grants.gov/search-results-detail/362342.* The information for the National Comprehensive Center on Improving Literacy for Students with Disabilities (ALN 84.283D) is also available on *Grants.gov* at *https://grants.gov/search-results-detail/362346.* There are separate application notice and instructions documents for the National Center; for Regional Centers; for Field-Initiated and Emerging Needs Content Centers, and for the National Comprehensive Center on Improving Literacy for Students with Disabilities. The application notice and instructions documents on *Grants.gov* are the official documents governing the grant competitions under this program. *Maximum Award:* The Department will not make an award exceeding the following amount for each Center below in a single budget period of 12 months. Comprehensive Center type Maximum annual award National Center $6,750,000 National Comprehensive Center on Improving Literacy for Students with Disabilities 1,500,000 Field-Initiated Content Centers 1,150,000 Emerging Needs Content Center 1,150,000 Region 1 (Northeast) 2,548,041 Region 2 (Islands) 1,250,000 Region 3 (Mid-Atlantic) 2,293,378 Region 4 (Appalachia) 1,991,002 Region 5 (Southeast) 2,626,321 Region 6
(Gulf)2,866,431 Region 7 (Great Lakes) 2,524,549 Region 8 (Midwest) 2,342,815 Region 9 (Central) 2,355,596 Region 10 (Southwest) 5,265,052 Region 11
(West)4,712,583 Region 12 (Northwest) 3,024,323 Region 13 (Pacific East) 1,250,000 Region 14 (Pacific West) 1,250,000 Region 15 (Bureau of Indian Education) 1,000,000 *Eligible Entities:* Research organizations, institutions, agencies, institutes of higher education, or partnerships among such entities, or individuals, with the demonstrated ability or capacity to carry out the activities described in this notice, including regional entities that carried out activities under the Educational Research, Development, Dissemination, and Improvement Act of 1994 (as such Act existed on the day before November 5, 2002) and title XIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (as such title existed on the day before January 8, 2002). *Program Authority:* 20 U.S.C. 9601 *et seq.* and 20 U.S.C. 6674. *Accessible Format:* On request to the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT , individuals with disabilities can obtain this document in an accessible format. Kirsten Baesler, Assistant Secretary, Office ofElementary and Secondary Education. [FR Doc. 2026-09557 Filed 5-12-26; 8:45 am]
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