Special Education

Important Email Sent to Superintendents and Special Education Administrators Regarding the 240 Grant

Dear School Superintendents and Special Education Administrators, This is reminder of notification below previously sent out. If you have already applied, please disregard this message. If you have not, the emphasis is on if you need a 9/1/17 start date for your FY18 240 grant, you must submit your application immediately. The start date for a grant is "Upon Approval". Therefore as stated in the RFP, a reasonably approvable grant should be received prior to the requested start date.

Dear School Superintendent and Special Education Administrator, The SPED 240 FY 18 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Federal Special Education Entitlement Grant is posted for application Included here are the direct links to where everything relative to this grant is posted and also direct link to EdGrants system that this grant is administered thru. Grants Information webpage This information is currently being linked to our Special Education Grants webpage and will be available there also shortly at the following link. Front Office You should already have a user name and password. If you have trouble logging in or if you do not know what you user name is or if you need a user name, after reading the EdGrants: User Security Controls on the SPED web page, then please contact EdGrants@doe.mass.edu. It is very important should you need a start date of 9/1/16 for your FY18 240 grant, that you submit your application immediately. The start date for a grant is "Upon Approval." Therefore as stated in the RFP, a reasonably approvable grant should be received prior to the requested start date. I encourage everyone to view and familiarize with our SPED webpage. It is user friendly and has click ons for direct access to everything. Should you have questions or comments, please submit them to SPED240Grant@doe.mass.edu

Last Updated: August 30, 2017