State Education Department Awards 34 Million in Grants to 64 School Districts to Expand Universal Prekindergarten Programs
The 澳门特码王 (NYSED) awarded $ 34,051,057 million in Universal Prekindergarten (UPK) Expansion Grants to 64 school districts across the state. The grants enable school districts to expand full-day prekindergarten programming for four-year-old students.
All public-school districts in 澳门特码王 were eligible to apply for this grant opportunity. The Department awarded these competitive grants based on a district鈥檚 plan to serve a community鈥檚 highest need schools and students, the level of existing prekindergarten services, and the extent to which a district planned to maximize the total number of eligible four-year-old children served in its programs, among other factors. Awarded school districts will be able to operate a 180-day program during the 2024-2025 school year.
School districts awarded funding include:
| Albany City School District | $1,265,442 |
| Belfast Center School District | $43,206 |
| Brewster Central School District | $900,000 |
| Buffalo City School District | $2,500,000 |
| Cambridge Central School District | $310,000 |
| Chateaugay Central School District | $161,930 |
| Clifton-Fine Central School District | $120,000 |
| Cortland Enlarged City School District | $67,322 |
| Cuba-Rushford Central School District | $162,719 |
| Deposit Central School District | $264,000 |
| Dryden Central School District | $191,543 |
| East Ramapo Central School District | $2,498,848 |
| East Syracuse Minoa School District | $465,175 |
| Elba Central School District | $130,000 |
| Ellicottville Central School District | $311,400 |
| Evans-Brant (Lake Shore) Central School District | $180,000 |
| Fabius Pompey Central School District | $180,000 |
| Farmingdale Union Free School District | $919,800 |
| Florida Union Free School District | $210,000 |
| Frontier Central School District | $519,551 |
| Fulton City School District | $917,065 |
| Gananda Central School District | $434,230 |
| Garden City Union Free School District | $2,390,000 |
| Guilderland Central School District | $800,000 |
| Hamburg Central School District | $180,000 |
| Haverstraw Stony Point Central School District | $2,454,359 |
| Hendrick Hudson Central School District | $590,000 |
| Heuvelton Central School District | $224,748 |
| Hudson City School District | $200,000 |
| Iroquois Central School District | $360,000 |
| Liberty Central School District | $221,908 |
| Lisbon Central School District | $203,349 |
| Livonia Central School District | $356,622 |
| Malverne Union Free School District | $470,000 |
| Mechanicville City School District | $180,000 |
| Medina Central School District | $494,269 |
| Merrick Union Free School District | $360,000 |
| Milford Central School District | $83,417 |
| Onondaga Central School District | $180,000 |
| Onteora Central School District | $167,900 |
| Oyster Bay & East Norwich Central School District | $660,000 |
| Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District | $360,000 |
| Poland Central School District | $400,000 |
| Queensbury Union Free School District | $194,000 |
| Riverhead Central School District | $1,000,581 |
| Rockville Centre Union Free School District | $360,000 |
| Roxbury Central School District | $100,000 |
| Royalton-Hartland Central School District | $436,404 |
| Rush-Henrietta Central School District | $544,756 |
| Saranac Lake Central School District | $402,300 |
| Seaford Union Free School District | $720,000 |
| Sherrill City School District | $839,076 |
| Southwestern at Jamestown Central School District | $114,173 |
| Springville-Griffith Institute Central School District | $330,000 |
| Starpoint Central School District | $1,213,528 |
| Syosset Central School District | $910,000 |
| Ticonderoga Central School District | $267,681 |
| Tioga Central School District | $130,000 |
| Washingtonville Central School District | $82,909 |
| Webster Central School District | $1,204,300 |
| West Canada Valley Central School District | $210,249 |
| West Irondequoit Central School District | $540,000 |
| Wheatland-Chili Central School District | $99,297 |
| York Central School District | $272,000 |
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Please visit NYSED鈥檚 Early Learning website for more information about prekindergarten programs in 澳门特码王.