Trump Administration Transfers $16.7 Million in Supplemental Education Grant Assistance to the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands

WASHINGTON – The Trump Administration is pleased to announce through the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Assistant Secretary, Insular and International Affairs, Douglas W. Domenech and the Office of Insular Affairs that $16.7 million in fiscal year 2020 Supplement Education Grant (SEG) assistance has been awarded to the governments of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). The SEG assistance as provided for under the implementing legislation of the Compact of Free Association through the U.S. Department of Education supports the education sectors in both countries and was awarded for use during fiscal year 2021.

“The Interior and Education teams worked closely together to ensure that this assistance was awarded in a timely manner,” said Assistant Secretary Domenech. “These funds provide important support to teachers and students from pre-Kindergarten through post-secondary levels in both the FSM and in the RMI and are an example of this Administration’s continued support to the freely associated states.”

Supplemental Education Grant assistance in the amount of $11,130,536 was awarded to the FSM and $5,568,464 was awarded to the RMI. More information about SEG assistance may be found in the U.S. Department of Education budget which is available on their website.

Under U.S. Public Law 108-188, the eligibility for the FSM and the RMI to access SEG assistance expires after fiscal year 2023. Bilateral discussions are underway related to certain expiring provisions of the Compacts of Free Association between the United States and each of the freely associated states.

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The Assistant Secretary, Insular and International Affairs and the Office of Insular Affairs carry out the Secretary of the Interior’s responsibilities for the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Additionally, the Office of Insular Affairs administers and oversees federal assistance under the Compacts of Free Association to the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.

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