The Technical Assistance on State Data Collection grant program provides support to State agencies to collect, report, analyze, and use data on infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities. The purpose of the program is to improve the capacity of States to meet IDEA data collection and reporting requirements, including those required under sections 1416 and 1418 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
The purpose of this grant is to fund a cooperative agreement to establish and operate a National Technical Assistance (TA) Center to Improve State Capacity to Collect, Report, Analyze, and Use Accurate Early Childhood IDEA Data (Center). The Center provides TA to:
- Improve State Capacity to collect, report, analyze, and use high-quality IDEA Part C early intervention data (including IDEA section 618 Part C data and IDEA section 616 Part C data) and IDEA Part B preschool special education data on children with disabilities; and
- Enhance and streamline Part C and Part B preschool special education data systems by sharing, linking, and integrating statewide, child-level early childhood data (including Part C and Part B preschool special education data) to improve the analyses of IDEA data to address critical policy questions that will facilitate program improvement, improve compliance accountability, and improve outcomes or results for children served under Part C and Part B preschool special education programs.
These Part C early intervention and Part B preschool special education data systems must allow the States to:
- Effectively and efficiently respond to all IDEA-related data submission requirements (e.g., Part C section 616 and 618 data and Part B preschool special education data);
- Improve the analyses of IDEA data to the extent these analyses respond to critical policy questions that will facilitate program improvement and compliance accountability; and
- Comply with applicable privacy requirements, including the privacy and confidentiality requirements under Parts B and C of IDEA and applicable provisions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g) and its regulations at 34 CFR part 99.
FY 24 Funding
Estimated Available Funds: $6,250,000 in year one, $6,750,000 in years two and three, and $7,000,000 in years four and five.
Program Authority
20 U.S.C. 1411(c), 1416(i), 1418(c), 1418(d), 1442, 1482 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, Public Law 118-47, Division D, Title III, 138 Stat. 460, 685 (2024).
Applicable Regulations
- The Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84, 86, 97, 98, and 99.
- The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 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.
- The Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance in 2 CFR part 200, as adopted and amended as regulations of the Department in 2 CFR part 3474.
- 34 CFR 300.702.
- The NFP.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 apply to all applicants except federally recognized Indian Tribes.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to IHEs only.
Eligibility
- State educational agencies (SEA);
- State lead agencies under Part C of the IDEA;
- Local educational agencies (LEA), including public charter schools that are considered LEAs under State law;
- Institutions of higher education (IHE);
- Other public agencies;
- Private nonprofit organizations;
- Freely associated States and outlying areas;
- Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations; and
- For-profit organizations.
Applicant Information
FY 2024 Grantee
The Center for IDEA Early Childhood Data Systems (DaSy Center)
SRI International, AnLar, Applied Engineering Management (AEM) Corporation, Center for Technology in Education (John Hopkins University), the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE), Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE)
The Technical Assistance on State Data Collection grant program provides support to State agencies to collect, report, analyze, and use data on infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities. The purpose of the program is to improve the capacity of States to meet IDEA data collection and reporting requirements, including those required under sections 1416 and 1418 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
The purpose of this grant is to fund a cooperative agreement to establish and operate a National Technical Assistance (TA) Center to Improve State Capacity to Collect, Report, Analyze, and Use Accurate Early Childhood IDEA Data (Center). The Center provides TA to:
- Improve State Capacity to collect, report, analyze, and use high-quality IDEA Part C early intervention data (including IDEA section 618 Part C data and IDEA section 616 Part C data) and IDEA Part B preschool special education data on children with disabilities; and
- Enhance and streamline Part C and Part B preschool special education data systems by sharing, linking, and integrating statewide, child-level early childhood data (including Part C and Part B preschool special education data) to improve the analyses of IDEA data to address critical policy questions that will facilitate program improvement, improve compliance accountability, and improve outcomes or results for children served under Part C and Part B preschool special education programs.
These Part C early intervention and Part B preschool special education data systems must allow the States to:
- Effectively and efficiently respond to all IDEA-related data submission requirements (e.g., Part C section 616 and 618 data and Part B preschool special education data);
- Improve the analyses of IDEA data to the extent these analyses respond to critical policy questions that will facilitate program improvement and compliance accountability; and
- Comply with applicable privacy requirements, including the privacy and confidentiality requirements under Parts B and C of IDEA and applicable provisions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g) and its regulations at 34 CFR part 99.
FY 24 Funding
Estimated Available Funds: $6,250,000 in year one, $6,750,000 in years two and three, and $7,000,000 in years four and five.
Program Authority
20 U.S.C. 1411(c), 1416(i), 1418(c), 1418(d), 1442, 1482 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, Public Law 118-47, Division D, Title III, 138 Stat. 460, 685 (2024).
Applicable Regulations
- The Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84, 86, 97, 98, and 99.
- The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 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.
- The Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance in 2 CFR part 200, as adopted and amended as regulations of the Department in 2 CFR part 3474.
- 34 CFR 300.702.
- The NFP.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 apply to all applicants except federally recognized Indian Tribes.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to IHEs only.
Eligibility
- State educational agencies (SEA);
- State lead agencies under Part C of the IDEA;
- Local educational agencies (LEA), including public charter schools that are considered LEAs under State law;
- Institutions of higher education (IHE);
- Other public agencies;
- Private nonprofit organizations;
- Freely associated States and outlying areas;
- Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations; and
- For-profit organizations.
Applicant Information
FY 2024 Grantee
The Center for IDEA Early Childhood Data Systems (DaSy Center)
SRI International, AnLar, Applied Engineering Management (AEM) Corporation, Center for Technology in Education (John Hopkins University), the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE), Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE)