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U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants (formerly Improving Teacher Quality State Grants)

Federal program · program number 84.367 (the federal Assistance Listing number)

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Type of help
Formula grant (amounts set by a formula)
Typical award
FY 23: Range: $10,786,692 to $235,477,151 (for State awards); Average $41,487,275. FY 24: Range: $10,836 to 242,563 (for State awards); Average $41,675.

How this money reaches Tennessee: this is a formula program. The federal government sends it to the state (or to large cities and counties), and a Tennessee agency usually passes it on to local groups as pass-through grants. Ask the state agency that runs it, or your regional development district, when their next local round opens.

What it pays for

To provide grants to State Educational Agencies (SEAs), and, through the SEAs, to Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) in order to increase student academic achievement consistent with challenging State academic standards; improve the quality and effectiveness of teachers, principals, and other school leaders; increase the number of teachers, principals, and other school leaders who are effective in improving student academic achievement in schools; and provide low-income and minority students greater access to effective teachers, principals, and other school leaders.

Who can apply

NOTE: State Educational Agencies (SEAs) are the only eligible State agencies. The 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Bureau of Indian Education, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Marianas, and the Virgin Islands receive funding.

Match

None required (federal program listing).

Tennessee groups that got this money through Tennessee Department of Education

This federal money also reaches local groups as pass-through grants. In Tennessee, Tennessee Department of Education passes it on: watch that agency for applications, not the federal agency. 25 pass-through grants on file · 4 in Davidson County. Largest shown:

Past winnerWhereThroughAmountFiscal year
Shelby County Board of EducationMemphis, Shelby CountyTennessee Department of Education$8.6M2025
Shelby County Board of EducationMemphis, Shelby CountyTennessee Department of Education$7.5M2024
Shelby County Board of EducationMemphis, Shelby CountyTennessee Department of Education$7.1M2024
Shelby County Board of EducationMemphis, Shelby CountyTennessee Department of Education$6.5M2024
Metropolitan Nashville Public SchoolsNashville, Davidson CountyTennessee Department of Education$4.5M2024
Metropolitan Nashville Public SchoolsNashville, Davidson CountyTennessee Department of Education$4.3M2024
Metropolitan Nashville Public SchoolsNashville, Davidson CountyTennessee Department of Education$3.9M2025
Metropolitan Nashville Public SchoolsNashville, Davidson CountyTennessee Department of Education$3.5M2024
Knox County SchoolsKnoxville, Knox CountyTennessee Department of Education$2.7M2025
Hamilton County Board of EducationChattanooga, Hamilton CountyTennessee Department of Education$2.4M2025
Hamilton County Board of EducationChattanooga, Hamilton CountyTennessee Department of Education$2.1M2024
Knox County SchoolsKnoxville, Knox CountyTennessee Department of Education$2.1M2024

Source: USAspending.gov pass-through reports (the first recipient reports each one of $30,000 or more).

Official program listing (SAM.gov) Program website