State Charter School Facilities Incentive Grants

FY 2024 SFIG Competition

On April 24, 2024, the U.S. Department of Education’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Expanding Opportunity through Quality Charter Schools Program-State Charter School Facilities Incentive Grant Program (SFIG) published a Notice Inviting Applications (NIA) in the Federal Register.

The Department plans to award an estimated $30,000,000 for new SFIG grants this fiscal year. The deadline for submission of a grant application under this competition is 11:59:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on July 23, 2024.

For more information about the FY 2024 CSP SFIG Grants competition, please visit the FY 2024 SFIG Competition page.

For more information about previous awards, please visit the Awards Page.

Program Description

This Expanding Opportunity through Quality Charter Schools Program-State Charter School Facilities Incentive Grant Program (SFIG) provides competitive grants to help states establish and enhance or administer “per-pupil facilities aid” for charter schools. The federal funds are used to match programs funded with nonfederal dollars that make payments, on a per-pupil basis, to provide charter schools with facilities financing. The program is intended to encourage states to share in the costs associated with charter schools facilities funding, and as a result states pay an increasing share of the cost of the program. Under this grant, the maximum federal share of facilities funds decreases each year (from 90 percent in the first year to 20 percent in year five) and phases out entirely after five years.