The federal presence in our community and the significant tax exemptions available to federally connected personnel, businesses, and agencies identifies Duval County Public Schools (DCPS) as an eligible applicant for the Federal Impact Aid grants.
Federal Impact Aid programs and grants are designed to provide local school districts with funding to replace lost property tax revenue. The amount of funding received by the district is dependent on the number of federally connected students enrolled within the district. To qualify for this funding, the district is required to have parents verify the student’s federally connected status via an annual survey.
The Federal Impact Aid Survey is used by the district to identify our federally connected students and support our request for Impact Aid resources. On October 28th, the survey will be released through the parent portal in FOCUS for all Duval families. We are requesting that parents/guardians complete the online survey for each school-aged child in their household. We are requesting that you log into your parent portal account and complete the survey form(s) by December 13th.
To access the survey, log in to the parent portal, the survey will be available by clicking the green box labeled “Not yet started – Click to begin in English”. A screenshot of the button is below for your reference.
For any questions regarding the online Student-Parent Survey, please contact Eugene Hays, Director, Office of School Choice via email at hayse@duvalschools.org.