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ED-GRANTS-022221-001: Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA): National Professional Development (NPD) Program Assistance Listing Number 84.365Z

Closed Closed April 23, 2021 Opportunity ED-GRANTS-022221-001

This grant is closed. Who won this program's grants before is below, and similar open grants are at the end of the page. It is in our archive of Department of Education notices from 2021.

Department of Education offered grants of up to $600,000 to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make about 42 awards worth $25.5 million in total. Applications closed on April 23, 2021.

From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed February 22, 2021. Checked November 7, 2026.

Key dates

PostedFebruary 22, 2021
DeadlineApril 23, 2021
Archived by Grants.govMay 23, 2021

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

Eligible Applicants: Entities eligible to apply for NPD grants are IHEs, or public or private entities with relevant experience and capacity, in consortia with LEAs or SEAs. To maximize student population needs and geographic diversity, the number of awards per single entity will be limited to one per DUNS number.

Is this a realistic fit?

What the grant funds

Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2019 (84 FR 3768),or at www.govinfo.gov/​content/​pkg/​FR-2019-02-13/​pdf/​2019-02206.pdf. Purpose of Program: The NPD program, authorized by sections 3111(c)(1)(C) and 3131 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA), awards grants on a competitive basis, for a period of not more than five years, to institutions of higher education (IHEs) or public or private entities with relevant experience and capacity, in consortia with State educational agencies (SEAs) or local educational agencies (LEAs). The purpose of these grants is to provide professional development activities that will improve classroom instruction for English learners (ELs) and assist educational personnel working with such children to meet high professional standards, including standards for certification and licensure as teachers who work in language instruction educational programs or serve ELs. Assistance Listing Number 84.365Z.

Category: Education.

Who has won English Language Acquisition State Grants grants before

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, English Language Acquisition State Grants (84.365) awarded $4.2 billion across 434 grant awards, an average of $9.7 million per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
Department of Education CaliforniaCalifornia5$778 million
TX Education AgencyTexas5$677 million
New York State Education DepartmentNew York5$314 million
Florida Department of EducationFlorida5$277 million
Illinois State Board of EducationIllinois5$143 million

Top states: California ($831 million), Texas ($700 million), New York ($323 million), Florida ($284 million), Illinois ($144 million).

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Agencies often post the same opportunity again under a new number, so check the program's notices on Grants.gov and the similar open grants below.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.

Questions people ask

Is ED-GRANTS-022221-001 still open?

No. It closed on April 23, 2021.

Who can apply for Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA): National Professional Development (NPD) Program Assistance Listing Number 84.365Z?

Department of Education accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

What is the deadline for Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA): National Professional Development (NPD) Program Assistance Listing Number 84.365Z?

Closed April 23, 2021. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $600,000 each. About $25.5 million in total across about 42 awards.

Who has won English Language Acquisition State Grants grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Department of Education California, TX Education Agency, New York State Education Department. The program made 434 awards worth $4.2 billion in that time.

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