White House Lists 18 School Grants to Merge in $2 Billion Block

The White House’s fiscal 2026 budget request sent to lawmakers Friday afternoon identified the 18 competitive and formula grants for K-12 education that would be consolidated into a single $2 billion state formula grant program.

The earlier skinny budget had flagged a new K-12 Simplified Funding Program but hadn’t provided details about which grants would be included. States and localities would have flexibility in allocating SFP funds.

Fiscal 2026 budget summary information lays out the 18 K-12 grants grouped into SFP, including those for rural education, arts education, education for homeless children, Native Hawaiian and Alaska Native education, school safety, ...