The PA Department of Education (PDE) has allocated up to $5 million dollars in state funding for equity grants for schools to purchase computer equipment, such as laptops, tablets, and internet hot spots, or to use towards providing instructional materials, such as paper lessons and coursework.

PDE will also allocate new federal monies to these grants as the federal appropriations become available.

Schools with the highest percentages of students lacking access to resources will be given priority in receiving these grants.

Grant applications will be available on April 6 and must be submitted through PDE’s eGrants system by April 10. For more information, please click here.