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Comprehensive Centers

Program Information

Popular name

N/A

Program Number

84.283

Program objective

This program supports no fewer than 20 comprehensive centers that provide training, professional development, and technical assistance to State educational agencies, local educational agencies, regional educational agencies, and schools to improve educational outcomes for all students, close achievement gaps, and improve the quality of instruction. By statute, the Department is required to establish at least 1 center in each of the 10 geographic regions served by the Department's regional educational laboratories (RELs). Information on the REL regions is available at http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/.)

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. No Current Data Available.

  2. 2017

    Information on an evaluation of the program, which began in 2013, is available at http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/projects/evaluation/other_techcenters12.asp. A report describing findings is expected in late 2018. It will be announced and available on http://ies.ed.gov/ncee.

  3. 2024

    Regional Centers provided intensive capacity-building services to help SEAs and other recipients identify, implement, and sustain effective evidence-based practices that improve instruction and student outcomes. The National Center provided universal and targeted capacity-building services to address common high-leverage problems and common programmatic monitoring and audit findings, as well as information on emerging national education issues. Information on Comprehensive Center activities is available at https://compcenternetwork.org/.

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.

(a) The Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84, 86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The OMB Office of Management and Budget Guidelines to Agencies on Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement) in 2 CFR part 180, as adopted and amended as regulations of the Department in 2 CFR part 3485. (c) The Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards in 2 CFR part 200, as adopted and amended as regulations of the Department in 2 CFR part 3474. (d) The regulations in 34 CFR part 299. (e) The Notice of Final Priorities, Requirements, Definitions, and Performance Measures-Comprehensive Centers Program ((89 FR 41498, May 13, 2024) (f) The Secretary's Final Supplemental Priorities and Definitions for Discretionary Grant Programs (86 FR 70612, December 10, 2021). Contact the program office for additional information.

  1. 203 et seq., Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002.