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Ready To Learn Programming

Federal funding opportunity ED-GRANT-26-055 from Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (Department of Health and Human Services).

Posted
May 11, 2026
Closes
July 8, 2026
Program funding
$31,000,000
Expected awards
3
Cost sharing
No
Instrument
Grant
Assistance listing
84.295
Category
Education
Archives
August 7, 2026

Program funding history

Awards made under Assistance Listing 84.295 across FY2024–FY2026, from public federal spending records.

FY2024 obligated
$31M
FY2025 obligated
$0
FY2026 (to date) obligated
$0
Awards in window
2

Top recipients: Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Twin Cities Public Television Inc

Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed July 2026

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Synopsis

Description: RTL is designed to: (1) promote school readiness and academic achievement through the development and dissemination of accessible instructional programming for preschool and elementary school children and their families; (2) develop and disseminate programming and digital content containing Ready to Learn programming that is specially designed for nationwide distribution over public television stations’ digital broadcasting channels and the Internet; and (3) Produce educational outreach materials and programs that are designed to deepen and extend the effectiveness of the educational television and interactive. RTL accomplishes this by providing grants to support the creation of nationally distributed educational media content that meets the highest standards of educational quality. RTL television and digital media products focus on developmentally appropriate curriculum frameworks that align with widely accepted learning standards. 

Who can apply

To receive funding under this competition, an entity must be a public telecommunications entity that is able to demonstrate—(a) A capacity for the development and national distribution of educational and instructional television programming of high quality that is accessible by a large majority of disadvantaged preschool and elementary school children; (b) A capacity to contract with the producers of children’s television programming for the purpose of developing educational television programming of high quality;(c) A capacity, consistent with the entity’s mission and nonprofit nature, to negotiate such contracts in a manner that returns to the entity an appropriate share of any ancillary income from sales of any program-related products; and (d) A capacity to localize programming and materials to meet specific State and local needs and to provide educational outreach at the local level. Note: If two or more public telecommunications entities wish to form a consortium and jointly submit a single application, they must follow the procedures for group applications described in 34 CFR 75.127 through 75.129.

How to apply

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Agency contact: Jennifer F Todd Grantor · Readytolearn@ed.gov · 202-550-1658

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