CO Educational Stability Grant

CO Educational Stability Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Colorado Department of Education
Last Updated: April 01, 2025

Summary

The CO Educational Stability Grant, administered by the Colorado Department of Education, aims to support educational stability for highly mobile students, including those in foster care, experiencing homelessness, or migrants. Established by House Bill 18-1306 in 2018, the program focuses on removing educational barriers, improving attendance, and increasing graduation rates for these vulnerable populations. By providing academic and social-emotional support, the grant seeks to enhance educational outcomes for students facing high mobility challenges.

Overview

Overview As a dynamic service agency, the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) provides leadership, resources, support and accountability to the state’s *178 school districts, 1,927 schools, over 55,000 teachers and over 4,100 administrators to help them build capacity to meet the needs of the state’s approximately 886,517 public school students. CDE also provides services and support to boards of cooperative educational services (BOCES), early learning centers, state correctional schools, facility schools, the state’s libraries, adult/family literacy centers, and General Education Development (GED) testing centers reaching learners of all ages. CDE operates the Colorado Talking Book Library which provides supports for people who have vision, print, and reading disabilities. In addition, CDE provides structural and administrative support to the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind and the Charter School Institute. CDE serves students, parents, and the general public by protecting the public trust through ensuring adherence to laws, strong stewardship of public funds, and accountability for student performance. As the administrative arm of the State Board of Education, CDE is responsible for implementing state and federal education laws, disbursing state and federal funds, holding schools and districts accountable for performance, licensing all educators, and providing public transparency of performance and financial data. Educational Stability Grant In 2018, Colorado passed House Bill 18-1306; Concerning Ensuring Educational Stability for Students in Out-of-Home Placement. This bill included the creation of the Educational Stability Grant Program, which is intended to support educational stability of highly mobile students. In this context, highly mobile refers to students who experience (or are at risk of experiencing) multiple school moves during their K-12 education outside of regular grade promotion. This includes youth in foster care, those experiencing homelessness, and migrant students. These student groups experience low graduation rates, high dropout rates, and tend to be disproportionately represented in disciplinary actions and are above the state average in special education designations. Goals To improve educational experiences and outcomes for the following student populations that are negatively affected by high mobility: Foster Care (or out-of-home placement) Homeless/Unaccompanied homeless youth Migrant Intent of the Grant Program The intent of the Educational Stability Grant Program is to provide academic and social-emotional services and supports to highly mobile students. The purpose of this funding opportunity is to remove educational barriers and support educational stability. The emphasis is on improving school attendance, reducing behavioral and discipline incidents, increasing grade-level promotion, reducing dropout rate, and increasing graduation and completion rates.

Eligibility

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