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Federal Impact Aid Benefits All Students!

Every year the Bremerton School District must apply for Federal Impact Aid funds from the U.S. Department of Education.  Federal Impact Aid funds compensate the District for the loss of local tax dollars due to families living in tax exempt federal property in the Bremerton area. We receive approximately $300,000 in Impact Aid funding each year!  

Every fall the Bremerton School District must apply for Federal Impact Aid funds from the U.S. Department of Education. The information must be collected annually with a form that includes a parent signature.  Federal Impact Aid funds are used for basic education programs district wide and support all our students.  It is critical that we receive this completed form information from every family (not every student) in the District.

All of our schools will be collecting Impact Aid forms between November 5 – December 18. Dates vary by school – watch for information from your child’s school! The District only needs one form completed per family.  Surveys will be sent home with the YOUNGEST student in the family.

Questions?

Please contact our Student Data Team by email, or call 360-473-1076.

Need another form?

You can request a replacement from your child’s school, or download and print a blank form below.

2025 Impact Aid form

Formulario 2025 (español)

The district only reports the number of students living with families who live on and/or work on federal property. We do not report information about individual students to the Department of Education (DOE). The information remains confidential and will be shredded once the District has submitted the aggregate data to the the DOE. 

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Impact Aid funds compensate the District for the loss of local tax dollars due to families living in tax exempt federal property in the Bremerton area. The Bremerton School District receives approximately $300,000 in Impact Aid funding each year!  

    Every year the Bremerton School District must apply for Federal Impact Aid funds from the U.S. Department of Education. The information must be collected annually with a form that includes a parent signature. 

  • Only one form is required for each family. The District is sending home one form per family - with the youngest child in the family. 

  • Federal Impact Aid funds are used for basic education programs district wide and support all our students. Information on the number of military-connected families in the District is also used when applying for grants from the Department of Defense (DoDEA).

     

  • Due to a reduction in responses when we emphasised online forms last year, we are doing all paper forms for 2025. The form is available on the Impact Aid website, however, as a fillable PDF that can be completed, printed and returned to school.

    We’ve found that the response rate is much lower if we ask families to complete the form online.  Our schools who distribute/collect printed forms have a much higher response rate than schools that ask families to complete the form online.  Receiving a form from every family is important so we’re going to try doing it “old school” with paper forms for 2025.

     

  • The district only reports the number of students living with families who live on and/or work on federal property. We do not report information about individual students to the Department of Education (DOE). The information remains confidential and the forms are shredded once the aggregate data has been submitted to DOE.

  • While both forms are crucial, they serve different purposes. With Impact Aid, we are required to follow the federal government's specific timeline for collecting that information. The CNEEB form is collected earlier because it's used to verify your family's eligibility for a number of important benefits, including free ASB cards and discounts on school fees. This allows us to provide those benefits to our students right away, without waiting for the federal Impact Aid window later in the fall.

Las Preguntas frecuentes

  • Los fondos de Impact Aid compensan al Distrito por la pérdida de ingresos fiscales locales debido a las familias que viven en propiedades federales exentas de impuestos en el área de Bremerton. ¡El Distrito Escolar de Bremerton recibe aproximadamente $300,000 en fondos de Impact Aid cada año!

    Cada año, el Distrito Escolar de Bremerton debe solicitar fondos Federal Impact Aid Funds al Departamento de Educación de los Estados Unidos. La información debe recopilarse anualmente mediante un formulario que incluye la firma de uno de los padres.

  • Solo se necesita un formulario por familia. El distrito enviará un formulario a casa por familia, junto con el del niño más pequeño.

  • Debido a la disminución de respuestas cuando priorizamos los formularios en línea el año pasado, para 2025 utilizaremos únicamente formularios en papel. El formulario está disponible en el sitio web de Impact Aid como un PDF rellenable que se puede completar, imprimir y devolver a la escuela.

     

  • Si bien ambos formularios son cruciales, tienen propósitos diferentes. Con la Impact Aid, debemos seguir el cronograma específico del gobierno federal para recopilar la información. El formulario CNEEB se recopila antes porque se utiliza para verificar que su familia cumpla con los requisitos para una serie de beneficios importantes, como tarjetas ASB gratuitas y descuentos en las cuotas escolares. Esto nos permite brindar estos beneficios a nuestros estudiantes de inmediato, sin esperar al plazo de la Impact Aid federal más adelante en el otoño.

     

  • Los fondos federales de Impact Aid se utilizan para programas de educación básica en todo el distrito y apoyan a todos nuestros estudiantes. La información sobre el número de familias con vínculos militares en el distrito también se utiliza al solicitar subvenciones del Departamento de Defensa (DoDEA).

  • El distrito solo informa la cantidad de estudiantes que viven con familias que residen o trabajan en propiedades federales. No proporcionamos información sobre estudiantes individuales al Departamento de Educación (DOE). La información se mantiene confidencial y los formularios se destruyen una vez que se han enviado los datos agregados al DOE.

     

  • Hemos observado que la tasa de respuesta es mucho menor si pedimos a las familias que completen el formulario en línea. Nuestras escuelas que distribuyen/recogen formularios impresos tienen una tasa de respuesta mucho mayor que las que piden a las familias que completen el formulario en línea. Recibir un formulario de cada familia es importante, así que vamos a intentar volver al método tradicional con formularios en papel para 2025.

  • Si tiene alguna pregunta o sugerencia para ayudar en este proceso, póngase en contacto con:

    Michael Alford
    360-473-1076
    Michael.Alford@BremertonSchools.org