Why is DoDEA involved in providing grants?
A1. The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), which has provided military students with an exemplary education for over 60 years, received expanded authority in the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act (2007) to work collaboratively with the Secretary of Education in any efforts to ease the transition of military students and authorized the use of DoDEA funds to share experience with local education agencies (LEAs) who educate military students. The National Defense Authorization Act (2009) includes provisions to provide programs such as distance learning and teacher training to LEAs with military students undergoing transition from force structure changes. The authority allows DoDEA to expand its reach to the approximately 92 percent of military students that do not attend DoDEA schools to not only share expertise and experience, but also use funds to provide programs for these students, regardless of where they reside. These resources may include, but are not li
