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Assistance Listing 12.556

Competitive Grants: Promoting K-12 Student Achievement at Military-Connected Schools

DEPT OF DEFENSE

Assistance Listing 12.556, “Competitive Grants: Promoting K-12 Student Achievement at Military-Connected Schools,” is a federal program administered by DEPT OF DEFENSE. It provides project grants and project grants (discretionary) assistance. GrantsJunction currently tracks 0 open, 0 forecasted and 0 closed opportunities under this listing. The agency reported $73.2M in obligations for fiscal year 2023. Since October 1, 2023, USAspending.gov shows 93 grant awards under this listing; the largest recipient was KNOB NOSTER SCHOOL DISTRICT R 8.

  • Likely formula or pass-through fundingThis program obligates substantial funding but has no competitive notices in our Grants.gov records. Funds like these are often distributed by formula or through state agencies — contact your state's administering agency about sub-awards. calculated by GrantsJunction
  • Funding up 227% (FY20→FY23)Actual obligations reported in the SAM.gov listing changed +227% from FY2020 to FY2023. Historical data, not a prediction. calculated by GrantsJunction

Program objective

The DoDEA Educational Partnership Grant Program provide resources for local education agencies [LEAs] to meet the academic, social and emotional needs of the highly mobile military-connected students in their community. The Grant Program specifically provides resources to military-connected LEAs to develop and implement projects that are designed to: • Engage students where disciplines converge, including programs that meaningfully integrate science, technology, mathematics, and engineering (STEM) subjects as well as other disciplines such as Career and Technical Education (CTE), arts & humanities. • Designing innovative remote learning experiences to teach literacy, mathematics, computer science, and/or other CTE courses. • Develop partnerships or consortia approaches to implement education and outreach programs with a holistic approach to understanding real-world applications. • Fill gaps in schools that lack necessary infrastructure through innovative programming and/or novel interventions to address student achievement gaps in any curricular subject. OR progress World Languages for military-connected student through one on the following: 1) Establish and implement programs that showcase a meaningful integration of world language(s) across subject areas. Projects under this scope would include world language immersion or partial world language immersion of any of the languages included on the DoD SLL (Appendix D) and/or ASL. 2) Establish and implement an exploratory pilot program that seeks to create new world language experiences for students. For example, this type of project may link native speakers of languages other than English within the LEA with the target schools in order to promote two-way language learning. The language used for this scope must be included on the DoD SLL (Appendix D) and/or ASL. 3) Improve or expand content-based instruction in the target school’s current world language program of one or more of the languages included on the DoD SLL (Appendix D) and/or ASL. 4) Effectively use technology, such as computer-assisted instruction or distance (virtual) learning, to establish or expand course offerings of one or more world languages included on the DoD SLL (Appendix D) and/or ASL.

As published in the SAM.gov Assistance Listing.

Current opportunities under 12.556

No open or forecasted opportunities are currently posted under this listing. Programs often post notices on an annual cycle — see recently closed opportunities below for timing.

Eligible applicants (program level)

  • Local (includes State-designated lndian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals

Awards are be made to local educational agencies (LEAs) on behalf of their eligible school(s). To qualify all participating schools must have a 10 percent or greater military dependent student enrollment. School districts apply on behalf of eligible schools.

Intended beneficiaries: Education (9-12), Local and Education (0-8).

Program-level eligibility from SAM.gov. Each funding notice sets its own requirements.

Reported obligations by fiscal year

Historical data · not a prediction
FY20$22.4M
FY21$47.3M
FY22$63M
FY23$73.2M
FY24$30M est.
FY25$2M est.

Range and average of financial assistance (from the listing): Proposed projects are 54 months in duration and the total federal amount requested from DoDEA for each project must be no less than $500,000 and no more than $2,000,000 for all years of the project, including direct and indirect costs.

Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 12.556. Hatched bars are agency estimates. These totals do not indicate approval rates.

Who gets funded

Historical data · not a prediction

Since October 1, 2023, USAspending.gov shows 93 grant or cooperative agreement awards with funding actions under ALN 12.556.

Grant obligations by fiscal year

FY22$63.1M
FY23$73.2M
FY24$70.9M
FY25$9.93M
FY26$107M
Obligations recorded in USAspending.gov; FY26 may be partial. Can differ from the agency-reported totals above.

Where recipients are located

  • Texas$33.6M
  • Missouri$29.3M
  • Virginia$25.5M
  • Oklahoma$10.8M
  • California$10.7M
  • Hawaii$10.3M
  • Washington$7.75M
  • Alabama$6M
  • Kansas$5.82M
  • North Carolina$5.5M
All 29 states and territories

Nebraska $4.9M · Mississippi $4.58M · Colorado $4M · Ohio $4M · Georgia $3.25M · Illinois $3.15M · Maryland $2.86M · New Jersey $2.75M · Florida $2.5M · New York $2.25M · South Carolina $2M · Alaska $1.54M · Connecticut $1.25M · Massachusetts $1M · New Mexico $750K · Kentucky $500K · Maine $500K · North Dakota $500K · Rhode Island $500K

Most recent awards

  • HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION · HIWORLD LANGUAGE ADVANCEMENT AND READINESS PROGRAM (WLARP)$2MStarts Sep 30, 2026 · Award ↗
  • ONSLOW COUNTY SCHOOLS · NCWORLD LANGUAGE ADVANCEMENT AND READINESS PROGRAM—Starts Sep 30, 2026 · Award ↗
  • HOKE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION · NCWORLD LANGUAGE ADVANCEMENT AND READINESS PROGRAM (WLARP)$1.5MStarts Sep 30, 2026 · Award ↗
  • MADISON CITY SCHOOLS · ALWORLD LANGUAGE ADVANCEMENT AND READINESS PROGRAM (WLARP)$2MStarts Sep 30, 2026 · Award ↗
  • BEDFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS · MAWORLD LANGUAGE ADVANCEMENT AND READINESS PROGRAM (WLARP)$500KStarts Sep 30, 2026 · Award ↗
  • KNOB NOSTER SCHOOL DISTRICT R 8 · MOWORLD LANGUAGE ADVANCEMENT AND READINESS PROGRAM (WLARP)$1.25MStarts Sep 30, 2026 · Award ↗
  • CUMBERLAND COUNTY BOARD OF · NCWORLD LANGUAGE ADVANCEMENT AND READINESS PROGRAM (WLARP)—Starts Sep 30, 2026 · Award ↗
  • EL PASO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT · TXWORLD LANGUAGE ADVANCEMENT AND READINESS PROGRAM (WLARP)—Starts Sep 30, 2026 · Award ↗
  • SILVER VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT · CAMODERNIZING MILITARY-CONNECTED SCHOOL FACILITIES$2MStarts Jul 30, 2026 · Award ↗
  • MASCOUTAH COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT · TXMODERNIZING MILITARY-CONNECTED SCHOOL FACILITIES$5.1MStarts Jul 30, 2026 · Award ↗

Source: USAspending.gov (grants and cooperative agreements, award types 02–05), refreshed weekly; last checked Oct 9, 2026. Names and amounts are as reported by agencies and prime recipients. Past recipients show where money went — not who is eligible or how likely an application is to succeed.

Frequently asked questions

What is ALN 12.556?

12.556 is the Assistance Listing Number for “Competitive Grants: Promoting K-12 Student Achievement at Military-Connected Schools.” Assistance Listing Numbers (formerly CFDA numbers) identify federal assistance programs; individual grant opportunities reference the listing they are funded under.

Who can apply under ALN 12.556?

The SAM.gov listing names these applicant types: Local (includes State-designated lndian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals. Each funding notice under the program sets its own eligibility, so check the specific opportunity.

How much funding does 12.556 provide?

The agency reported $73,249,999 in obligations for FY2023 in the SAM.gov Assistance Listing. These are program-wide totals reported by the agency, not a prediction of future awards.

Who has received funding under ALN 12.556?

Since October 1, 2023, USAspending.gov records 93 grant awards under 12.556. The largest recipients by obligations were KNOB NOSTER SCHOOL DISTRICT R 8 ($23.5M), YORK COUNTY SCHOOL DIVISION ($17.5M), WICHITA FALLS ISD ($14.8M), HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ($10.3M) and 1 more. Past recipients do not indicate eligibility or chances of approval.