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Special Education Preschool Grants

Program Information

Popular name

N/A

Program Number

84.173

Program objective

To provide grants to States to assist them in providing special education and related services to children with disabilities ages 3 through 5 years, and at a State's discretion, to 2- year- old children with disabilities who will reach age three during the school year.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2016

    No Current Data Available.

  2. 2017

    No Current Data Available.

  3. 2018

    No Current Data Available.

  4. 2019

    No Current Data Available.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

Program regulations are at 34 CFR Part 300; 34 CFR Parts 76-77, 79, 81-82, 84-86, and 97-99; and 2 CFR Part 200.

  1. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), as amended, Part B, Section 619, 20 U.S.C. 1419.

Program details

Program types

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Disabled (e.g. Deaf, Blind, Physically Disabled)
  • Education (0-8)
  • Local
  • Mentally Disabled
  • Preschool
  • State

Additional resources