Department of Education

SAFE SCHOOLS AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION

Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Request

CONTENTS

Page

Summary of request:

Appropriations Language ........................................................................................................D-1

Analysis of Language Provisions and Changes.......................................................................D-2

Appropriation, Adjustments, and Transfers .............................................................................D-3

Summary of Changes .............................................................................................................D-4

Authorizing Legislation............................................................................................................D-5

Appropriations History.............................................................................................................D-6

Significant Items in FY 2017 Appropriations Reports...............................................................D-7

Summary of Request ..............................................................................................................D-8

Activities:...............................................................................................................................D-10

School safety national activities ........................................................................................D-10

Promise neighborhoods....................................................................................................D-20

Full-service community schools ........................................................................................D-25
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Appropriations Language

For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 2 and 3 of part F of title IV of the ESEA, 

$134,857,000: Provided, That $74,857,000 shall be available for section 46311, and of which up 

to $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for the Project School Emergency 

Response to Violence (‘‘Project SERV’’) program2: Provided further, That $60,000,000 shall be 

available through December 31, 2018 for section 46243.

NOTES

A full-year 2017 appropriation for this account was not enacted at the time the budget was prepared; therefore, 

the budget assumes this account is operating under the Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2017 (P.L. 114–254). 

The amounts included for 2017 reflect the annualized level provided by the continuing resolution.

Each language provision that is followed by a footnote reference is explained in the Analysis of Language 

Provisions and Changes document, which follows the appropriations language.
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Analysis of Language Provisions and Changes

Language Provision Explanation

1

...Provided, That $74,857,000 shall be 

available for section 4631...

This language earmarks funds for School

Safety National Activities (section 4631) in 

order to override the $5 million reservation 

for School Safety National Activities in 

section 4601(b)(1) of the ESEA.

2

...of which up to $5,000,000, to remain 

available until expended, shall be for the 

Project School Emergency Response to 

Violence (‘‘Project SERV’’) program...

This language earmarks funds for Project 

SERV (under School Safety National

Activities) and makes these funds available 

for obligation at the Federal level until they 

are expended.

3

...Provided further, That $60,000,000 shall 

be available through December 31, 2018 for 

section 4624.

This language earmarks funds for the 

Promise Neighborhoods program in order to 

override the authorized level for the program 

under ESEA section 4601(b)(2)(B), and 

makes the funds available for obligation at 

the Federal level until December 31, 2018.
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Appropriation, Adjustments, and Transfers

(dollars in thousands)

Appropriation/Adjustments/Transfers 2016

2017

Annualized CR 2018

Discretionary:

Discretionar y Appropriation...................................................... $244,815 0 $134,857

Discretionar y Annualized CR (P.L. 114-254)............................ 0 $244,350 0

Discretionar y Total, discretionary appropriation................... 244,815 244,350 134,857

Discretionar y Comparative transfer from:

 Innovation and Improvement for:

 Full-Service Community Schools +10,000 +9,981 0

 Total, comparable appropriation ............... 254,815 254,331 134,857
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Summary of Changes

(dollars in thousands)

2017 Annualized CR ........................................................................ $254,331

2018................................................................................................. 134,857

Net change ............................................................... -119,474

2017

Annualized CR

Change 

from base

Decreases:

Program

Program Eliminate funding for the Elementary and Secondary 

School Counseling and Physical Education programs 

because these programs no longer are authorized 

under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. $96,378 -$96,378

Program Reduce funding for Promise Neighborhoods to pay 

only continuation costs for prior-year cohorts. 73,115 -13,115

Program Eliminate funding for the Full-Service Community 

Schools program because it has limited impact and 

largely duplicates activities that are more 

appropriately supported through other Federal, State, 

local, and private funds. 9,981 -9,981

Subtotal, decreases -119,474

Net change -119,474
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Authorizing Legislation

(dollars in thousands)

Activity

2017

Authorized

Footnote

2017

Annualized CR

2018

Authorized

footnote

2018

Request

School safety national activities (ESEA IV-F, Subpart 3, 

Section 4631) 01, 2 $74,857 $5,0003 $74,857

Elementary and secondary school counseling (ESEA V-D, 

Subpart 2) 01 49,467 04 0

Physical education program (ESEA V-D, Subpart 10) 01 46,911 04 0

Promise neighborhoods (ESEA IV-F, Subpart 2, 

section 4624)) 01, 5 73,115 (6) 60,000

Full-service community schools (ESEA IV-F, Subpart 2, 

section 4625)) 01, 5 9,981 (6) 0

Total definite authorization 0 5,000

Total appropriation 254,331 134,857

1 The GEPA extension expired September 30, 2008; the program was authorized through appropriations language. 2 Prior to fiscal year 2017, the program was Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities National Activities, as authorized by P.L. 107-110, 

ESEA IV-A, Subpart 2, section 4121. 3 A total of $220,741 thousand is authorized for Part F of Title IV. Of the funds appropriated for Part F, $5,000 thousand is reserved under section 

4601(b)(1) to carry out the School Safety National Activities under Subpart 3 (section 4631). The budget request includes appropriations language 

to override the authorization level. 4 The authorization for the program was repealed, effective October 1, 2016, by P.L. 114-95. 5 Prior to fiscal year 2017 the program was authorized under ESEA V-D, Subpart 1, which was repealed by P.L. 114-95. 6 A total of $220,741 thousand is authorized for Part F of Title IV. Of the funds appropriated for Part F, $5,000 thousand is reserved for Subpart 3 

and of the remainder, 36 percent is authorized for the Promise Neighborhoods and Full-Service Community Schools programs under Subpart 2. 

The budget request includes appropriations language to override the authorization level for Subpart 2.
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Appropriations History

(dollars in thousands)

Year

Budget 

Estimate 

to Congress

House 

Allowance

Footnote Senate 

Allowance

Footnote

Appropriation

Footnote

2009 $281,963 $714,4811 $666,3841 $690,370

2010 413,608 395,753 438,0612 393,053

2011 1,786,166 384,8413 426,0532 288,4654

2012 1,781,132 65,0005 270,4635 255,753

2013 1,447,539 108,4876 259,5896 242,375

2014 1,831,673 N/A7 330,4812 270,892

2015 1,463,370 N/A7 270,8928 223,315

2016 349,561 56,7549 120,3149 244,815

2017 228,000 63,25410 143,35410 151,25410

2018 134,857

1 The levels for the House and Senate allowances reflect action on the regular annual 2009 

appropriations bill, which proceeded in the 110th Congress only through the House Subcommittee and 

the Senate Committee.

2 The level for the Senate allowance reflects Committee action only.

3 The level for the House allowance reflects the House-passed full-year continuing resolution. 4 The level for appropriation reflects the Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations 

Act, 2011 (P.L. 112-10). 5 The level for the House allowance reflects an introduced bill; the level for the Senate allowance reflects 

Senate Committee action only. 6 The level for the House and Senate allowances reflect action on the regular annual 2013 appropriations 

bill, which proceeded in the 112th Congress only through the House Subcommittee and the Senate 

Committee. 

7 The House Allowance is shown as N/A because there was no Subcommittee action. 8 The level for the Senate allowance reflects Senate Subcommittee action only. 9 The levels for House and Senate allowances reflect action on the regular annual 2016 appropriations 

bill, which proceeded in the 114th Congress only through the House Committee and Senate Committee. 10 The levels for House and Senate allowances reflect Committee action on the regular annual 2017 

appropriations bill; the Appropriation reflects the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017.
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Significant Items in FY 2017 Appropriations Reports

Promise Neighborhoods

Senate: The Committee bill includes authority for the Secretary to extend for a period of 

up to 2 years Promise Neighborhoods grants the Department awarded prior to 

enactment of ESSA, and the Committee directs the Department to use that 

authority to extend funding for current high-quality Promise Neighborhoods 

programs operating in underserved areas that have demonstrated promising 

results through their initial implementation grant and propose to continue 

pursuing ambitious goals through continued innovative activities during such 

extension of their award. The Committee also directs the Department to ensure 

that in any new grant competition, the Department gives equal weight to new and 

current programs, including grantees proposing to continue programs operating 

in a particular neighborhood or community, provided they can demonstrate 

successful outcomes and justify the need for continued funding.

Explanatory The agreement includes bill language extending authority provided under the 

Statement: Promise Neighborhoods program in the Every Student Succeeds Act to grants 

made under the previous authorization of the program. The Department is 

directed to use that authority to extend funding for current high-quality Promise 

Neighborhoods programs operating in underserved areas that have 

demonstrated promising results through their initial implementation grant and 

propose to continue pursuing ambitious goals through continued innovative 

activities during such extension of their award.

Response: The Department will use a portion of its 2017 appropriation to extend funding for 

current Promise Neighborhoods grantees. In determining which projects to 

extend, the Department will consider available performance data and other 

information to assess which grantees have demonstrated promising results 

through their initial grants.
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Summary of R equ est

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FISCAL YEAR 2018 PRESIDENT'S BUDGET 

(dollars in thousands)

Amount Percent Amount Percent

Safe Schools and Citizenship Education

1. School safety national activities (ESEA IV-F-3, section 4631) 1 D 75,000 74,857 68,000 74,857 0 0.00% 6,857 10.08%

2. Elementary and secondary school counseling (ESEA V-D, subpart 2; repealed by P.L. 114-95) D 49,561 49,467 0 0 (49,467) -100.00% 0 ---

3. Physical education program (ESEA V-D, subpart 10; repealed by P.L. 114-95) D 47,000 46,911 0 0 (46,911) -100.00% 0 ---

4. Promise neighborhoods (ESEA IV-F-2, section 4624) D 73,254 73,115 73,254 60,000 (13,115) -17.94% (13,254) -18.09%

5. Full-service community schools (ESEA IV-F-2, section 4625) 2 D 10,000 9,981 10,000 0 (9,981) -100.00% (10,000) -100.00%

 Total D 254,815 254,331 151,254 134,857 (119,474) -46.98% (16,397) -10.84%

NOTES: D = discretionary program; M = mandatory program

Detail may not add to totals due to rounding. 

1 Prior to fiscal year 2017, the program was Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities National Activities, as authorized by P.L. 107-110, ESEA IV-A-2, section 4121.

2

 Adjusted for comparability. Includes funds In the 2016 Appropriation and 2017 Annualized CR columns that were provided under Fund for the Improvement of Education in the Innovation and Improvement account.

2018 President's Budget 

Compared to 2017 Appropriation

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Category 

Code

2016

Appropriation

2018 President's Budget 

2017 Annualized Compared to 2017 Annualized CR

CR 

2018 

President's 

Budget 

2017 

Appropriation 
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Summary of Request

A full-year 2017 appropriation was not enacted at the time the FY 2018 Budget was prepared; 

therefore, the Budget assumes the Department is operating under the Further Continuing 

Appropriations Act, 2017 (P.L 114–254). The amounts included for 2017 reflect the annualized 

level provided by the Continuing Resolution. The Department of Education Appropriations Act, 

2017, provided $151.3 million, a decrease of $103.6 million, or 40.6 percent, less than the 2016 

level for programs in this account.

The programs in the Safe Schools and Citizenship Education account support activities to 

improve students’ safety and well-being; and improve significantly the educational and 

developmental outcomes of children within some of the Nation’s most distressed communities, 

by providing comprehensive academic, social, and health services for students, students’ family 

members, and community members that promote improved educational outcomes for children. 

Funding in the account is requested for the following activities:

• Level funding of $74.9 million for School Safety National Activities, to pay continuation costs 

for activities begun in prior years, including $43.3 million for School Climate Transformation 

Grants to help schools train their teachers and other school staff to implement evidencebased behavioral intervention strategies to improve school climate; $14.5 million for Project 

Prevent grant awards to help schools in communities with pervasive violence break the 

cycle of violence; $3.6 million for Promoting Student Resilience Grants to LEAs in 

communities that have experienced significant civil unrest; $5 million for Project SERV 

(School Emergency Response to Violence); and $8.5 million for technical assistance, 

dissemination, outreach, data collection, and evaluation.

• $60 million for the Promise Neighborhoods program, a $13 million decrease, which would 

support continuation awards to the 2016 and 2017 cohorts of grants to local partnerships 

that are implementing comprehensive, neighborhood-based plans for meeting the cradle-tocareer educational, health, and social service needs of children and families in high-poverty 

communities. Funds also may be used to extend the work of grantees from the 2011 and 

2012 Promise Neighborhoods cohorts as well as to provide technical assistance to grantees 

to improve data collection and use.

No funds are requested for the Elementary and Secondary School Counseling or Physical 

Education programs because these programs no longer are authorized by the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act. Additionally, no 

funds are requested for the Full-Service Community Schools program because it has limited 

impact and largely duplicates activities that are more appropriately supported through other 

Federal, State, local, and private funds.
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Activities:

School safety national activities

(Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Title IV, Part F, Subpart 3, Section 4631)

(dollars in thousands)

FY 2018 Authorization: $5,0001

Budget Authority: 

2017

Annualized CR

2017

Appropriation 2018

Change from

Annualized CR

$74,857 $68,000 $74,857 0

1 A total of $220,741 thousand is authorized for Part F of Title IV. Of the funds appropriated for Part F, 

$5,000 thousand is reserved under section 4601(b)(1) to carry out the School Safety National Activities 

under Subpart 3 (section 4631).

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) reauthorized the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and 

Communities (SDFSC) National Activities under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

of 1965 (ESEA) into a broad discretionary authority for activities to improve students’ safety and 

well-being both during and after the school day. The predecessor program was focused on 

activities designed to prevent the illegal use of drugs and violence among students, however, in 

recent years, the program focus has shifted placing a greater emphasis on promoting overall 

school safety and positive school environments. Activities under the program may be carried 

out through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements with public and private organizations 

or individuals, or through agreements with other Federal agencies. 

The reauthorization also incorporated the longstanding Project School Emergency Response to 

Violence (Project SERV) program into the ESEA. Project SERV, which previously was 

authorized through appropriations language, provides education-related services—including 

counseling and referral to mental health services as needed—to local educational agencies 

(LEAs) and institutions of higher education (IHEs) in which the learning environment has been 

disrupted by a violent or traumatic crisis. 

In recent years SDFSC National Activities, in addition to Project SERV, have included:

• Schools Climate Transformation grants to State educational agencies (SEAs) and LEAs to 

develop and adopt, or expand to more schools, a multi-tiered decision-making framework 

that guides the selection, integration, and implementation of evidence-based behavioral 

practices for improving school climate and behavioral outcomes for all students.

• Project Prevent grants to LEAs to help schools in communities with pervasive violence break 

the cycle of violence by offering students: (1) access to school-based counseling services 

or referrals to community-based counseling services to address trauma or anxiety (including 

post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD); (2) social and emotional supports (such as 
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enhanced coping skills) to help address the effects of violence; (3) conflict resolution and 

other school-based strategies to prevent future violence; and (4) a safer and improved 

school environment, which may include activities to decrease the incidence of harassment, 

bullying, violence, and gang involvement.

• Promoting Student Resilience grants to LEAs to build and increase their capacity to address 

the comprehensive behavioral and mental health needs of students in communities that 

have experienced significant civil unrest. 

• Technical assistance to help schools, LEAs, and IHEs to (1) promote safe and supportive 

learning environments, and (2) develop, implement, and improve their emergency 

management plans.

Funding levels for the past 5 fiscal years were:

Fiscal Year (dollars in thousands)

2013.............................................................. ................$61,484

2014.............................................................. ..................90,000

2015.............................................................. ..................70,000

2016.............................................................. ..................75,000

2017.............................................................. ..................68,000

FY 2018 BUDGET REQUEST

The 2018 request includes $74.9 million for School Safety National Activities, the same as the 

fiscal year 2017 annualized Continuing Resolution level (CR level), to pay continuation costs for 

activities begun in prior years. The Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2017, provided 

$68 million for this program. The request supports a range of strategies to improve students’ 

safety and well-being through activities such as school climate transformation, violence 

prevention, mental health services to address trauma, and emergency management training. 

The Administration’s request also includes appropriations language overriding the authorized 

funding level for this program.

Funds would be used for the following activities: 

• $46.3 million for School Climate Transformation Grant continuation awards, and related 

technical assistance, to help schools train their teachers and other school staff to implement 

evidence-based strategies to improve school climate. School Climate Transformation 

Grants build on the development and testing of evidence-based, multi-tiered decisionmaking frameworks, such as Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, which provide 

differing levels of support and interventions to students based on their needs. The 

2018 request would fund the fifth year of 5-year grants to SEAs and LEAs, which use the 

grants for such activities as implementing data tracking systems; selecting the most 

appropriate programs to address students’ needs; implementing the selected programs with 

fidelity; and purchasing associated programmatic materials.
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• $14.5 million for Project Prevent continuation grant awards to LEAs to help schools in 

communities with pervasive violence to break the cycle of violence. Research shows that 

both direct and indirect exposure to community violence can impact children’s mental health 

and development and can increase the likelihood that these children will later commit violent 

acts themselves. Being the victim of, or being exposed to, community violence in childhood 

is also associated with PTSD. Project Prevent addresses this problem by supporting the 

deployment of resources and technical assistance through local projects that increase the 

capacity of LEAs to (1) identify, assess, and serve students exposed to pervasive violence, 

helping to ensure that affected students are offered mental health services for trauma or 

anxiety; (2) support conflict resolution programs; (3) and implement other school–based 

violence prevention strategies in order to reduce the likelihood that these students will later 

commit violent acts. The 2018 request would fund the fifth year of these 5-year grants.

• $3.6 million for Promoting Student Resilience (PSR) continuation grant awards to LEAs in 

communities that have experienced significant civil unrest. These funds will be used to 

enhance and increase LEA capacity to provide school-based mental health and behavioral 

services through professional development for staff on how to screen for and respond to 

trauma; school-based supports, including mental health services; and training for youth, 

parents, and community members on identifying and addressing the impact of trauma on 

students. The 2018 request would fund the final year for three 2-year PSR grants the 

Department plans to award in 2017.

• $2.5 million for the Department’s Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools 

Technical Assistance Center, which provides training and technical assistance supporting

emergency management efforts for schools, LEAs, and IHEs.

• $2.5 million for the National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE). 

The NCSSLE provides technical assistance to SEAs and LEAs, as well as to IHEs, to help 

improve conditions for learning in schools and classrooms and to provide safe and healthy 

environments to support student academic success, violence prevention, and substance 

abuse prevention, at the elementary, secondary, and postsecondary levels; supports the 

collection and dissemination of information and best practices on improving school climate; 

and provides technical assistance to the Project Prevent grantees to strengthen the 

implementation of their projects. The NCSSLE also supports SEAs, LEAs, and schools in

utilizing the model school climate survey that was released in 2016 by the National Center 

for Education Statistics to select and implement programs, policies, and practices that are 

responsive to the survey results.

• $5 million for Project SERV (School Emergency Response to Violence) to maintain a 

responsible balance in the Department’s longstanding reserve fund that supports the 

provision of education-related services to LEAs and IHEs in which the learning environment 

has been disrupted due to a violent or traumatic crisis. Consistent with previous 

appropriations for this activity, funds for Project SERV are requested on a no-year basis, to 

remain available for obligation at the Federal level until expended.
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PROGRAM OUTPUT MEASURES 

(dollars in thousands)

Output Measures 2016

2017 

Annualized CR 2018

School Climate Transformation Grants

School Climate Tr ansformati on Gr ants: 

SEA grant award funds (continuation) $7,529 $7,580 $7,578 School Climate Tr ansformati on Gr ants: 

LEA grant award funds (continuation) 36,449 36,881 35,679 School Climate Tr ansformati on Gr ants:

Technical assistance 3,080 3,000 3,000 School Climate Tr ansformati on Gr ants:

Total 47,058 46,461 46,257 School Climate Tr ansformati on Gr ants: 

Number of SEA awards (continuation) 12 12 12 School Climate Tr ansformati on Gr ants:

Range of SEA awards $256-$750 $259-$750 $263-$750 School Climate Tr ansformati on Gr ants:

Average SEA award $627 $632 $632

 Number of LEA awards (continuation) 70 70 70 School Climate Tr ansformati on Gr ants:

Range of LEA awards $186-$750 $178-$750 $172-$750 School Climate Tr ansformati on Gr ants: 

Average LEA award $521 $527 $510

Project Prevent

 Grant award funds (continuation) $14,577 $14,519 $14,488

 Supplemental grant award funds for arts

 education activities 500 0 0

Project P Total 15,077 14,519 14,488 Project Prevent: 

Number of LEA awards (continuation) 22 22 22 Project Prevent:

Range of awards $291-$1,000 $291-$1,008 $291-$1,008 Project Prevent:

Average award $663 $660 $659

Promoting Student Resilience Grants

 Grant award funds (new) $5,095 $3,063 0

 Grant award funds (continuation) 0 1,100 $3,613

 Technical assistance 200 200 0

 Peer review of new award applications 20 0 0 Promoting Student R esilience:

Total 5,315 4,363 3,613 Promoting Student R esilience:

Number of LEA awards (new) 3 3 0 Promoting Student R esilience: 

Number of LEA awards (continuation) 0 1 3 Promoting Student R esilience:

Range of awards1 $1,446-$2,375 $1,446-$2,375 $1,446-$2,375 Promoting Student R esilience:

Average award1 $1,698 $1,041 $1,204
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Output Measures 2016

2017 

Annualized CR 2018

Readiness and Emergency 

Management for Schools 

Technical Assistance Center $2,247 $2,500 $2,500

Other Activities

 National Center on Safe Supportive

Learning Environments $2,625 $2,500 $2,500

 ESEA Pooled Evaluation 350 374 374

Other data collection, dissemination,

outreach, and assistance 656 125 125

 Other Acti vities: Total 3,631 2,999 2,999

School Emergency Response to 

Violence (Project SERV) $1,672 $4,015 $5,000

NOTE: The Department is authorized to reserve up to 0.5 percent of funds appropriated for most ESEA 

programs, including this one, and to pool such funds for use in evaluating any ESEA program. The 

Department reserved funds for this from School Safety National Activities for this purpose in fiscal year 

2016 and may do so again in fiscal years 2017 and 2018.

1 Although most of the Promoting Student Resilience Grants would be funded over the span of 2 years, 

each grant has a single budget and project period of 24 months. The range of awards shown are for the 

entire 2-year project. The average award sizes correspond only to each year’s funds. 

PROGRAM PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

Performance Measures

This section presents selected program performance information and results based on GPRA 

goals, objectives, measures, and performance targets. Achievement of program results is 

based on the cumulative effect of the resources provided in previous years and those requested 

in fiscal year 2018 and future years, and the resources and efforts invested by those served by 

this program. Unless stated otherwise the source of these GPRA data is grantee annual and 

final performance reports.

LEA School Climate Transformation Grants

Goal: To help ensure that schools are safe, disciplined, and drug free by increasing the 

capacity of LEAs to improve behavioral and learning outcomes of students through the 

implementation of multi-tiered behavioral frameworks.

Objective: LEA School Climate Transformation grantees will demonstrate substantial progress 

in decreasing disciplinary actions and increasing attendance through the use of multi-tiered 

behavioral frameworks.
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Measure: The number and percentage of schools annually that are implementing the multitiered behavioral framework with fidelity.

Year Number

Target

Number

Actual

Percentage

Target

Percentage

Actual

2015 512 45%

2016 589 584 52% 55%

2017 677 60%

2018 779 69%

Additional information: Data are inclusive of all 70 grantees. Targets represent an annual 

increase of 15 percent.

Measure: The number and percentage of schools that report an annual decrease in office 

disciplinary referrals.

Year Number

Target

Number

Actual

Percentage

Target

Percentage

Actual

2015

2016 479 48%

2017 493 49%

2018 508 51%

Additional information: There are no 2015 data for this measure because two data points 

(2015 and 2016) were needed to determine how many schools had a decrease on this metric. 

2016 data are based on 61 of 70 grantees that reported valid and complete data. Targets 

represent an annual increase of 3 percent.

Measure: The number and percentage of schools that report an annual improvement in the 

attendance rate.

Year Number

Target

Number

Actual

Percentage

Target

Percentage

Actual

2015

2016 495 50%

2017 520 53%

2018 546 58%

Additional information: There are no 2015 data for this measure because two data points 

(2015 and 2016) were needed to determine how many schools had an improvement on this 

metric. Results for 2016 are based on 61 of 70 grantees that reported valid and complete data. 

Targets represent an annual increase of 5 percent.
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Measure: The number and percentage of schools that report an annual decrease in 

suspensions and expulsions, including those related to possession or use of drugs or alcohol.

Year Number

Target

Number

Actual

Percentage

Target

Percentage

Actual

2015

2016 524 51%

2017 540 53%

2018 556 55%

Additional information: There are no 2015 data for this measure because two data points 

(2015 and 2016) were needed to determine how many schools had a decrease on this metric. 

Results for 2016 are based on 64 of 70 grantees that reported valid and complete data. Targets 

represent an annual increase of 3 percent.

SEA School Climate Transformation Grants

Goal: To help ensure that schools are safe, disciplined, and drug free by increasing the 

capacity of SEAs to support LEAs to improve behavioral and learning outcomes of 

students through the implementation of multi-tiered behavioral frameworks.

Objective: SEA School Climate Transformation grantees will demonstrate substantial progress 

in increasing the capacity of LEAs in implementing a multi-tiered behavioral framework.

Measure: The number of training and technical assistance events provided by the SEA School 

Climate Transformation Grant Program to assist LEAs in implementing a multi-tiered behavioral 

framework.

Year Target Actual

2015 374

2016 449 2,246

2017 2,358

2018 2,476

Additional information: Results for 2016 are based on 11 of 12 grantees that reported valid 

and complete data. Targets represent an annual increase of 5 percent. Numbers in the chart 

reflect trainings only. The six-fold increase in trainings from 2015 to 2016 is partially attributable 

to one grantee that alone had 583 trainings in 2016, although many States increased their 

training activity in 2016.
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Measure: The number and percentage of LEAs provided training or technical assistance by the 

SEA School Climate Transformation Grant Program that report an improvement in knowledge 

and understanding of the implementation of a multi-tiered behavioral framework.

Year Number

Target

Number

Actual

Percentage

Target

Percentage

Actual

2015

2016 939 90%

2017 958 92%

2018 977 94%

Additional information: There are no 2015 data for this measure because two data points 

(2015 and 2016) were needed to determine how many schools had an improvement on this 

metric. Results for 2016 are based on 9 of 12 grantees that reported valid and complete data. 

Targets represent an annual increase of 2 percent.

Measure: The number and percentage of schools in LEAs provided training or technical 

assistance by the SEA School Climate Transformation Grant Program that implement a multitiered behavioral framework.

Year Number

Target

Number

Actual

Percentage

Target

Percentage

Actual

2015

2016 783 49%

2017 861 54%

2018 947 59%

Additional information: There are no 2015 data for this measure because most grantees didn’t 

report 2015 data for it, but instead waited until after the 2015-16 school year to report their first 

data results concurrently for all these measures. Results for 2016 are based on 8 of 12 

grantees that reported valid and complete data. Targets represent an annual increase after 

2016 of 10 percent.

Project Prevent Grants

Goal: To help ensure that schools are safe, disciplined, and drug free by increasing the 

capacity of LEAs in communities with pervasive violence to better address the needs of 

affected students and to break the cycle of violence.

Objective: Project Prevent grantees will demonstrate substantial progress in decreasing 

student violent and related behavior, increasing student access to mental health services, and 

increasing student engagement.
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Measure: The percentage of Project Prevent grantees that report a measurable decrease in 

violent, aggressive, and disruptive behavior in schools served by the grant.

Year Target Actual

2015

2016 88%

2017 90%

2018 92%

Additional information: There are no 2015 data for this measure because two data points 

(2015 and 2016) were needed to determine how many schools had a decrease on this metric. 

Results for 2016 are based on 16 of 22 grantees that reported valid and complete data. Targets 

represent an annual increase of 2 percentage points.

Measure: The percentage of Project Prevent grantees that report a measurable increase in the 

number of students in schools served by the grant receiving school-based and community 

mental health services to address student needs resulting from exposure to violence.

Year Target Actual

2015

2016 100%

2017 100%

2018 100%

Additional information: There are no 2015 data for this measure because two data points 

(2015 and 2016) were needed to determine how many schools had an increase on this metric. 

Results for 2016 are based on 12 of 22 grantees that reported valid and complete data. (The 

other 10 reported invalid or missing data because they did not have access to community health 

services data and school-based mental health personnel were not yet hired.)

Measure: The percentage of Project Prevent grantees that report a measurable increase in the 

school engagement of students served by the grant.

Year Target Actual

2015

2016 58%

2017 67%

2018 77%

Additional information: There are no 2015 data for this measure because two data points 

(2015 and 2016) were needed to determine how many schools had an increase on this metric. 

Results for 2016 are based on 12 of 22 grantees that reported valid and complete data. (The 

other 10 either reported no data due to various reasons, such as an unexpected delay in the 

testing, validation, and release of the survey instrument they used to measure school 

engagement, or submitted incomplete or invalid data.) Targets represent an annual increase of 

15 percent.
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Promoting Student Resilience Grants

The Department will have data in 2019 on the following measures for the Promoting Student 

Resilience grants:

• The number of students served by the grants receiving school-based and community mental 

health services to address student needs resulting from exposure to trauma; and

• The number of community-based organizations that are coordinating and sharing resources 

with each other as a result of the grants.

Other Performance Information

In fiscal year 2015, the Department initiated a study to examine how States and school districts 

that participate in the School Climate Transformation Grant programs are coordinating services 

and supports with grantees funded through the Department of Health and Human Services’ 

Project Advancing Wellness and Resilience in Education (Project AWARE) and the Department 

of Justice’s Keeping Kids in School and Out of Court programs. The study is informed by 

telephone interviews with State and local grantees, and will report on ways in which grantees 

coordinate services, the benefits they experience from coordination, and challenges and 

lessons learned. A final report is scheduled for completion in fall 2017.
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Promise neighborhoods

(Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Title IV, Part F, Subpart 2, Section 4624)

(dollars in thousands)

FY 2018 Authorization: (1)

Budget Authority: 

2017

Annualized CR

2017

Appropriation 2018

Change from

Annualized CR

$73,115 $73,254 $60,000 -$13,115

1

A total of $200,741 thousand is authorized for Part F of Title IV. Of the total amount appropriated for 

Title IV, Part F, 36 percent is available for the Promise Neighborhoods and Full-Service Community 

Schools Grants programs under Subpart 2.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Promise Neighborhoods program provides competitive grants to support distressed 

communities in improving the academic and developmental outcomes for children, youth, and 

their families from birth through college. Initially authorized through appropriations language, 

the program was added to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) by the Every 

Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which reauthorized the ESEA in December 2015.

The program makes 5-year awards that enable grantees to provide a continuum of services and 

supports appropriate to the needs of children and youth within the target neighborhood, 

specifically in neighborhoods with high rates of poverty, childhood obesity, academic failure, and 

involvement of community members in the justice system. The program also gives priority to 

neighborhoods with schools identified for comprehensive support and improvement or targeted 

support and improvement activities under Title I, Part A of the ESEA.

Program activities are focused on “pipeline services,” which are defined as a continuum of 

coordinated supports, services, and opportunities for children from birth through entry into and 

success in postsecondary education and career attainment. Pipeline services include, at a 

minimum: high-quality early childhood programs; high-quality school and out-of-school 

programs and strategies; transition support for children between elementary and middle school, 

middle and high school, and high school and postsecondary education and the workforce; family 

and community engagement support; activities that prepare students for postsecondary 

education and the workforce, such as job training, internships, and career counseling; support 

for students that encourages continued connection to their communities; social, health, nutrition, 

and mental health services and supports; and juvenile crime prevention and rehabilitation 

programs. Required activities for grantees include: (1) planning activities to develop and 

implement pipeline services; (2) implementing those pipeline services; and (3) continuously 

evaluating and improving their programs based on outcome data. Grantees must use at least 
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50 percent of their first-year awards, and at least 25 percent of their second-year awards, for 

planning activities related to developing and implementing pipeline services.

Eligible organizations for Promise Neighborhoods grants are institutions of higher education

(IHEs), Indian tribes or tribal organizations, or one or more non-profit organizations in 

partnership with a high-need local educational agency, IHE, local government, or an Indian tribe 

or tribal organization.

In awarding Promise Neighborhoods grants, the Department may prioritize applicants that 

incorporate evidence-based activities into their proposals. To ensure that grantees under this 

program continue to use and build evidence, the Department may reserve up to 5 percent of the 

Promise Neighborhoods appropriation for technical assistance and to evaluate the 

implementation and impact of program activities.

Grantees must report publicly information about their projects, including the number and 

percentage of children participating in their programs and progress on program performance 

metrics. Continued funding after the first 3 years of a grant project is contingent on grantee 

performance against program- and project-level performance objectives. In addition, grants 

may be extended an additional 2 years beyond the 5-year project period contingent on 

grantee performance.

Funding levels for the past 5 fiscal years were:

Fiscal Year (dollars in thousands)

2013.............................................................. ................$56,754

2014.............................................................. ..................56,754

2015.............................................................. ..................56,754

2016.............................................................. ..................73,254

2017.............................................................. ..................73,254

FY 2018 BUDGET REQUEST

The Administration requests $60 million in fiscal year 2018 for Promise Neighborhoods, a 

decrease of $13.1 million from the fiscal year 2017 annualized Continuing Resolution level. The 

Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2017, provided $73.3 million for this program.

Fiscal year 2018 funds would support approximately 10 continuation awards for the 2016 and 

2017 cohorts of implementation grantees. Funds also may be used to extend the awards for

grantees from the 2011 and 2012 Promise Neighborhoods cohorts as well as to provide

technical assistance to grantees to improve data collection and use.

The 2018 request would ensure that neighborhoods currently benefitting from Promise 

Neighborhoods funding do not lose support as they continue to work to address deep-rooted 

educational, social, health, and economic challenges in some of our Nation’s poorest and most 

distressed communities. In addition, providing current grantees with enough funding to operate 

their multi-year projects as originally proposed will help ensure that they have sufficient time to 

build relationships with community partners and create and implement plans to sustain their 

work after Federal funding ends.
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In particular, the 2018 request would provide support for grants to be awarded in 2017 under the 

reauthorized program. Consistent with statutory requirements, the program’s 2017 competition 

will ensure that at least 15 percent of the funds available for new awards support applicants 

from rural communities, assuming that applications from rural areas are sufficient in number and 

quality. Importantly, the competition would also give priority to communities that have been 

severely impacted by the opioid epidemic and communities impacted by high crime rates. To 

help ensure that distressed communities take full advantage of these priorities, the Department 

plans to engage in additional outreach and targeted technical assistance.

Often rural and low-income communities are more likely to be impacted by widespread opioid 

abuse. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, opioids contributed 

to the deaths of 33,000 people in 2015, with the highest overdose death rates in West Virginia, 

New Hampshire, Kentucky, Ohio, and Rhode Island.1

 By prioritizing awards to areas that are 

disproportionately affected by this epidemic, the Administration would support projects designed 

to revitalize communities with a framework of coordinated health and social services for families 

while ensuring students have the tools and supports they need to stay focused on their 

academic goals. The 2018 request for this program complements the Administration’s broader 

strategy, including a $500 million increase for the Department of Health and Human Services for 

the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to support opioid misuse 

prevention efforts and increase access to treatment and recovery services, while still 

maintaining fiscal discipline with respect to the Department’s competitive grant programs.

While violent and property crime rates across the Nation have fallen significantly over the past 

25 years,2 variations in crime rates remain among U.S. cities. By statute, the Promise 

Neighborhoods program supports distressed communities suffering from any number of social 

stressors, including high rates of juvenile delinquency, adjudication, or incarceration. The 2017 

competition will highlight these areas to ensure that funds for this program support areas 

impacted by high crime rates.

Finally, the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2017, included a directive to the 

Department to extend for up to 2 years Promise Neighborhoods grants that were awarded prior 

to the enactment of the ESSA. The Department intends to comply with this directive in 

2017 and 2018 by awarding extensions to current Promise Neighborhoods grantees that have 

demonstrated promising results through their initial projects.

Consistent with the statute, the Department would also retain up to 5 percent of the annual 

appropriation to provide technical assistance to grantees, continuing the work in previous years 

to improve grantees’ capacity to collect, analyze, and report performance data. For the 2017 

competition, the Department worked with experts in place-based work and data collection to 

review and revise the program’s performance measures, and is in the process of finalizing new 

measures for the 2017 cohort. The Department anticipates improved data collection and 

analysis efforts at the grantee level that will enable better aggregate reporting.

 1 See: https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/. 2 Both the 2015 annual report from the Federal Bureau of Investigations and the 2015 annual survey conducted by 

the Bureau of Justice Statistics support this statement.
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PROGRAM OUTPUT MEASURES 

(dollars in thousands)

Output Measures 2016

2017

Annualized CR 2018

Grants

Number of new awards 6 4 0

Funding for new awards $34,073 $24,861 0

Number of continuing awards 7 6 10

Funding for continuing awards $37,060 $37,840 $53,052

 Funding for extensions (section 4623(b) of 

ESEA) 0 $6,302 $6,000

National Activities

 Technical assistance/Data assistance $1,736 $3,379 $948

 Peer review of new award applications $101 $733 0

Pooled evaluation 284 0 0

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NOTE: The Department is authorized to reserve up to 0.5 percent of funds appropriated for most ESEA programs, 

including Promise Neighborhoods, and to pool such funds for use in evaluating any ESEA program. The Department 

reserved funds from the Promise Neighborhoods program in fiscal year 2016 and may do so again in fiscal years 

2017 and 2018.

PROGRAM PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

Performance Measures

The Administration established 15 performance measures for implementation grantees in 

previous competitions. Data from the first cohort of implementation grantees became available 

in May 2013, but inconsistent data collection practices among the grantees limited the validity 

and reliability of these data. Since then, the Department has provided technical assistance to 

ensure that grantees collect data in a consistent manner; this assistance has led to data that are 

comparable across reporting years for some indicators. For example, the program can now 

report trends from 2013 to 2015 in academic achievement for students residing within a Promise 

Neighborhood: these data show that achievement in mathematics and reading/language arts 

remained somewhat steady from 2013 to 2014, with a drop in achievement in 2015 which 

grantees attribute largely to changing State assessments in these content areas. In addition, 

grantees reported reduced rates of chronic absenteeism from 2013 to 2014, with a slight uptick 

in 2015.

Grantees from the second cohort of implementation grants, awarded in 2012, reported that high 

school graduation rates rose from 66 percent in 2014 to 81 percent in 2015. The 2012 cohort 
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also reported an 8 percentage point drop in the student mobility rate from 2013 to 2015. 

Increased stability at home and in a child’s community, fostered in part by the kinds of services 

the Promise Neighborhoods program provides to distressed communities, can create a more 

positive environment for students to focus on school.

Through its data and evaluation assistance contract, the Department will continue providing 

assistance to grantees on data collection and reporting. This assistance includes refining and 

improving grantee performance measures, data collection strategies, data analyses, and 

meeting reporting requirements. As of 2014, all implementation grantees are using the Promise 

Neighborhoods Scorecard to report their data and information on the solutions they are 

implementing. As of the end of 2015, all grantees developed data plans to address critical 

issues like parental consent and Institutional Review Boards.

The Department is in the process of finalizing a new set of performance measures against 

which the 2017 cohort of grantees will report.
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Full-service community schools

(Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Title IV, Part F, Subpart 2, Section 4625)

(dollars in thousands)

FY 2018 Authorization: (1)

Budget Authority: 

2017

Annualized CR

2017

Appropriation 2018

Change from

Annualized CR

$9,981 $10,000 0 -$9,981

1 A total of $200,741 thousand is authorized for Part F of Title IV. Of the total amount appropriated for 

Title IV, Part F, 36 percent is available for the Full-Service Community Schools and Promise 

Neighborhoods programs under Subpart 2.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Full-Service Community Schools (FSCS) program provides grants to (1) local educational 

agencies (LEAs) or (2) the Bureau of Indian Education, in partnership with community-based 

organizations, nonprofit organizations, or other public or private entities. Grantees provide 

comprehensive academic, social, and health services for students, students’ family members, 

and community members in school settings by integrating existing school and community 

programs and implementing coordinated strategies that can impact neighborhoods with high 

rates of poverty, childhood obesity, academic failure, and involvement of community members 

in the justice system. The program targets public elementary or secondary schools that provide 

such supports to children and families in high-poverty schools. By statute, at least 15 percent of 

funds awarded under Title IV, Part F, Subpart 2 (which authorizes both Full-service Community 

Schools and Promise Neighborhoods) must support projects in rural areas, assuming that these 

programs receive applications of sufficient number and quality from applicants in rural areas.

To ensure meaningful partnership with community-based organizations, nonprofit organizations, 

and other public or private entities, grantees must secure matching funds from non-Federal 

sources to amplify and sustain project activities. The Department may not require that an 

applicant secure matching funds in an amount that exceeds the amount of the grant award, and 

the Department cannot consider an applicant’s ability to secure matching funds when making 

funding decisions. To increase the probability of positive impacts on target populations, 

grantees must implement evidence-based activities, evaluate the effectiveness of their projects, 

and comply with any evaluations of the Full-Service Community Schools program conducted by 

the Institute of Education Sciences.
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Funding levels for the past 5 fiscal years were:

Fiscal Year (dollars in thousands)

2013.............................................................. ..................$5,344

2014.............................................................. ..................10,649

2015.............................................................. ....................9,710

2016.............................................................. ..................10,000

2017.............................................................. ..................10,000

NOTE: Until 2017, funds were provided under the Fund for the Improvement of Education Programs of National 

Significance in the Innovation and Improvement account.

FY 2018 BUDGET REQUEST

The Administration’s fiscal year 2018 Request does not include funding for Full-Service 

Community Schools. The Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2017, provided 

$10 million for this program. The Administration believes that this program has limited impact 

and that authorized activities are more appropriately supported with other Federal, State, local, 

and private funding streams. Awards for this program are relatively small—usually about 

$500,000—and reach only a handful of communities in a school system composed of more than 

16,000 LEAs. By contrast, nearly all LEAs receive ESEA Title I, Part A funds which may, at the 

LEA’s discretion, be used to provide comprehensive, integrated academic and social services 

as part of their Title I schoolwide programs. Consequently, the Department anticipates that 

current grantees would be able to use Title I funds or other Federal, State, or local resources to 

continue most activities following the end of Federal funding.

PROGRAM OUTPUT MEASURES

(dollars in thousands)

Output Measures 2016

2017

Annualized CR 2018

Number of continuing awards 21 21 0

Funding for continuing awards $10,000 $9,981 0

PROGRAM PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

Performance Measures

This section presents selected program performance information and an assessment of 

program results based on GPRA goals, objectives, measures, and performance targets and 

data. Achievement of program results is based on the cumulative effect of the resources 

provided in previous years, as well as the resources and efforts invested by those served by this 

program.
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The Administration established the following performance measure for grantees:

Measure: The percentage of individuals targeted for services who receive services during each 

year of the project period.

Year Actual

2013 Not available

2014 104%

2015 111

2016 123

2017

Additional information: All grantees must submit an annual performance report that includes 

program performance data, including project-specific indicators. The term “individuals targeted 

for services” is specific to each project; Full-Service Community Schools grantees may provide

a wide range of services and may target different combinations of students, parents, or 

community members. In 2016, 123 percent of targeted individuals for the 2013 and 

2015 cohorts, combined, received services, meaning that grantees served more targeted 

individuals than planned. The Department has not set performance targets for 2018 because 

the 2018 request does not include funding for this program.