2026-27 Public
Charter Schools
Program Subgrant |
Office of
Education
Choice
and Family
Engagement |
Charter Schools.
See Request for
Proposals for
more Information. |
$3,000,000 |
5/8/26 |
Arts Curricular
Innovation Grants
(ACIG) - - 2026-27
Arts Enhancement
Program (AEP) |
Office of
Assessment and Standards |
All South Carolina
Title I schools, as
identified by
the SCDE are
eligible to apply.
See the Request
for Proposals
- Eligibility section
for detailed information. |
$350,000 |
4/24/26 |
Arts Curricular
Innovation Grants
(ACIG) - - 2026-27
Distinguished Arts
Program (DAP) |
Office of
Assessment and Standards |
All South Carolina
K-12 public
schools and school
districts are
eligible to apply
for only one
grant type —either
an AEP grant
or a DAP grant
— under the ACIG
program. See the
Request for Proposals
- Eligibility section
for detailed
information. |
Approximately $700,000 |
4/17/26 |
Title 1,
Part C
Migrant Education
Program 2026–27
Subgrant |
Office of
Federal and State
Accountability |
An eligible LOA is
a local educational
agency (LEA) or
public or private
agency that
demonstrates the
ability and capacity
to manage a
program that will
serve all eligible
migratory children
and youth for
the proposed service
area. |
$350,000 |
3/19/264/6/26 |
| 2026-27 Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers |
Office of Student Support |
See the Request for Proposals - Eligibility section for detailed information. |
Approximately $2-3 million |
3/23/26 |
2026 Summer Reading
Camp Community
Partnership Grant |
Office of
Instructional
Supports |
SC community
partnerships made
up of community
organizations and
local school districts. |
$700,000 |
2/13/26 |
2026 Stronger Connections
Subgrant Program |
Office of
Student Support |
See the Request
for Proposals
for a list of eligibility
South Carolina
LEAs (school districts). |
$825,000 |
2/6/26 |
2026 Advanced
Placement Teacher
Institutes |
Office of
Assessment
and Standards |
South Carolina public
or private institutions
of higher education (IHEs)
and any school district
(or a consortium of
districts) working in
collaboration with
a state public or
private IHE |
$190,000 |
1/23/26 |
2026-27 Education and Economic Development Act (EEDA)
Preparing College- and Career-Ready Graduates
Competitive Grant |
Office of Career Services |
South Carolina school districts proposing to serve students in grades 3–12 who are at risk. |
$1.5 million |
1/16/26 |
| 2026 Arts Curricular Innovation Grants -- Arts Teacher Institutes |
Office of Assessment and Standards |
South Carolina public or private institutions of higher education (IHEs), nonprofit organizations with an arts focus working in partnership with a public or private IHE in the state, South Carolina Governor’s School for Agriculture, South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities, or South Carolina Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics. |
$515,000 |
12/15/25 |
| 2025-30 WIOA Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA) Programs – Adult Education Program Subgrant, Round Three |
Office of Adult Education |
Organizations that can prove evidence
of demonstrated effectiveness in providing adult education and literacy activities to serve Fairfield County. |
$40,000 |
10/17/25 |
| 2025-26 Federal Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) Subgrant Program |
Office of Student Support |
An eligible applicant is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization whose proposed program curricula meets all A-H Title V, Section 510 definitions of Abstinence Education, as defined in the 2017 Social Security Act (Section 510 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 710). The curricula also must be deemed research-based by WeAscend.org. |
$1,110,000 |
10/15/25 |
2025-26 Gifted
and Talented
Graduate Couse
Program |
Office of
Assessment and Standards |
Public or private
South Carolina
Institutes of
Higher Education |
$200,000 |
9/15/25 |
2025-30 WIOA
Adult Education and
Family Literacy Act
(AEFLA) Programs
– Adult Education
Program Subgrant,
Round Two
|
Office of Adult Education |
Organizations that can prove evidence
of demonstrated effectiveness in providing adult education and literacy activities to serve Fairfield County |
$40,000 |
9/3/25 |
2025-26 Career
Clusters Partnership
Grant |
Office of
Career Readiness |
Private-sector
statewide trade
associations or
educational foundations
that fall under
IRS code
501(c)(3) or 501(c)(6)
that provide
nationally certified
programs in career
and technical education. |
$800,000 |
7/31/25 |
2025–26 State
Abstinence Until
Marriage—Emerging Programs |
Office of
Student Support |
Non-profit
501(c)(3) organizations
that can document
their capacity to
implement Emerging
programs that promote
abstinence-until-marriage
program services for
youth ages 10-19. |
Approximately $100,000 |
7/15/25 |
2025–26 State
Abstinence Until
Marriage—Evidence-Based
Programs |
Office of
Student Support |
Non-profit 501(c)(3)
organizations that
can document their
capacity to implement
Evidence-based programs
that promote
abstinence-until-marriage
program services
for youth ages
10-19 in priority
areas of the state. |
Approximately $546,972 |
7/15/25 |
FY 2025–26
Innovation Grant |
Office of
Governmental Affairs |
All South Carolina
school districts,
South Carolina schools,
nonprofit, and for-profit entities are eligible to
apply. Public school
districts and schools
that have high
poverty and low
achievement will
receive priority
for grants. |
$9,000,000 |
6/30/25 |
Title 1,
Part C
Migrant Education
Program 2025–26
Subgrant |
Office of
Federal and State
Accountability |
An eligible LOA is
a local educational
agency (LEA) or
public or private
agency that
demonstrates the
ability and capacity
to manage a
program that will
serve all eligible
migratory children
and youth for
the proposed service
area. |
$250,000 |
6/23/25 |
2025–26
Stronger Connections
Subgrant Program |
Office of
Student Support |
See the Request
for Proposals
for a list of eligibility
South Carolina
LEAs (school districts). |
Approximately
$5.5 million |
6/13/25 |
Summer 2025
Nita M. Lowey
21st Century
Community Learning
Centers |
Office of
Student Services |
See the Request
for Proposals
- Eligibility
section for
detailed information. |
Approximately $2 million |
5/16/25 |
2025–26
Fresh Fruit
and Vegetable
Subgrant Program |
Office of
Health and Nutrition |
See the Request
for Proposals
- Eligibility
section for
detailed information. |
Approximately $3.5 million |
5/19/25 |
2025-26
Nita M. Lowey
21st Century
Community Learning
Centers Program
Subgrant |
Office of
Student Support |
See the Eligibility
section in the
Request for Proposals
for detailed
information. |
Approximately
$3-4 million |
5/5/25 |
Arts Curricular
Innovation Grants
(ACIG) - - 2025-26
Distinguished Arts
Program (DAP) |
Office of
Assessment and Standards |
All South Carolina
K-12 public
schools and school
districts are
eligible to apply
for only one
grant type —either
an AEP grant
or a DAP grant
— under the ACIG
program. See the
Request for Proposals
- Eligibility section
for detailed
information. |
$700,000 |
4/28/25 |
Arts Curricular
Innovation Grants
(ACIG) - - 2025-26
Arts Enhancement
Program (AEP) |
Office of
Assessment and Standards |
All South Carolina
Title I schools
and/or South
Carolina Priority
schools, as
identified by
the SCDE are
eligible to apply.
See the Request
for Proposals
- Eligibility section
for detailed information. |
$350,000 |
4/21/25 |
2024-25 Federal
Sexual Risk
Avoidance Education
(SRAE) Subgrant
Program |
Office of
Student Services |
Non-profit 501(c)(3)
organizations with
minimum 3-year
history of providing
sexual risk avoidance
education program
services using
evidence-based curricula. |
$1,110,000 |
4/15/25 |
2025-30 WIOA
Adult Education
and Family
Literacy Act
(AEFLA) Programs
– Family
Literacy Program
Subgrant |
Office of
Adult
Education |
Organizations that
can prove evidence
of demonstrated
effectiveness in
providing adult
education and
literacy activities. |
$450,000 |
3/31/25 |
2025-30 WIOA
Adult Education
and Family
Literacy Act
(AEFLA) Programs
-- Integrated English
Literacy/Civics
Education (IEL/CE)
Program Subgrant |
Office of
Adult
Education |
Organizations that
can prove evidence
of demonstrated
effectiveness in
providing adult
education and
literacy activities. |
$433,000 |
3/31/25 |
2025-30 WIOA
Adult Education
and Family
Literacy Act
(AEFLA) Programs
– Corrections
Education Program
Subgrant |
Office of
Adult
Education |
Organizations that
can prove evidence
of demonstrated
effectiveness in
providing adult
education and
literacy activities. |
$500,000 |
3/31/25 |
2025-30 WIOA
Adult Education
and Family
Literacy Act
(AEFLA) Programs
– Adult Education
Program Subgrant |
Office of
Adult
Education |
Organizations that
can prove evidence
of demonstrated
effectiveness in
providing adult
education and
literacy activities. |
$7,000,000 |
3/31/25 |
2025-26 Public
Charter Schools
Program Subgrant |
Office of
Education
Choice
and Family
Engagement |
Charter Schools.
See Request for
Proposals for
more Information. |
$7,000,000 |
3/14/25 |
2025 African
American History
Instructional
Materials Grant |
Office of
Assessment
and Standards |
SC nonprofit
organizations,
school districts,
and institutions of
higher education |
$200,000 |
2/28/25 |
2025 Summer Reading
Camp Community
Partnership Grant |
Office of
Instructional
Supports |
SC community
partnerships made
up of community
organizations and
local school districts |
$700,000 |
2/24/25 |
2025 Advanced
Placement Teacher
Institutes |
Office of
Assessment
and Standards |
South Carolina public
or private institutions
of higher education (IHEs)
and any school district
(or a consortium of
districts) working in
collaboration with
a state public or
private IHE |
$190,000 |
2/24/25 |
FY 2024–25
Strategic
Compensation
Pilot Grant |
Division of
College,
Career and
Military
Readiness |
South Carolina public
school districts and
charter schools are
eligible to apply.
Public school districts
and schools located
in a critical need
geographic area as
determined by the
State Board of
Education (SBE) will
receive priority for
grants. |
$5,000,000 |
1/9/25 |
| 2025 Arts Curricular Innovation Grants -- Arts Teacher Institutes |
Office of Assessment and Standards |
South Carolina public or private institutions of higher education (IHEs), nonprofit organizations with an arts focus working in partnership with a public or private IHE in the state, South Carolina Governor’s School for Agriculture, South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities, or South Carolina Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics. |
$519,000 |
11/15/24 |
| 2024-25 State Abstinence Until Marriage—Evidence-Based Programs |
Office of Student Support |
Non-profit 501(c)(3) organizations that can document their capacity to implement Evidence-based programs that promote abstinence-until-marriage program services for youth ages 10-19 in priority areas of the state. |
$546,972 |
11/15/24 |
| 2024 National School Lunch Program Equipment Assistance Subgrant |
Office of Health and Nutrition |
School Food Authorities (SFAs) that participate in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and did not receive an award in the competition earlier in 2024 that was funded under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Pub. L. 117-328) |
$168,118 |
11/15/24 |
2025-26 Education and Economic Development Act (EEDA)
Preparing College- and Career-Ready Graduates
Competitive Grant |
Office of Career and Technical Education & Student Transition Services |
South Carolina school districts proposing to serve students in grades 3–12 who are at risk. |
$1.5 million |
11/14/24 |
| State Abstinence Until Marriage--Emerging Programs |
Office of Student Support |
Non-profit 501(c)(3) organizations that can document their capacity to implement Emerging programs that promote abstinence-until-marriage program services for youth ages 10-19. |
$100,000 |
9/23/24 |
| 2024-27 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act Education for Homeless Children and Youths |
Office of Federal and State Accountability |
SC public school districts |
$1,703,506 |
8/20/24 8/29/24 |
