Each student will receive an Impact Aid Survey card on Oct. 20! When you receive the card(s), please complete it and return it to their school as soon as possible.
Every October, Chesapeake Public Schools sends home a Federal Impact Aid Program Survey Card with your student. On Tuesday, October 20, 2026, all students will receive their Federal Impact Aid card. Please complete the card and return it to your child's school as soon as possible. The Impact Aid Program Survey is required each fall to determine the number of students who are federally connected. The survey card is informally referred to as the “federal card.”
About the Federal Impact Aid Program
Since 1950, Congress has provided financial assistance to school districts across the country through the Impact Aid Program. Our school district is dependent on local real estate taxes for funding and federally owned property is not subject to those taxes.
How does the Impact Aid Program work?
The Impact Aid Program provides funding directly to school divisions to compensate for lost real estate revenues for federal property based on the number of federally connected students in total enrollment. Federally connected children include those whose parents meet specific criteria:
serve as active duty military, including foreign military;
work as a civilian on federal property including ships;
work on low-rent housing property (HUD);
live on federal property (base housing);
live on low-rent housing properties (HUD); and/or
reside on Indian lands.
How is survey data used?
Data from the survey is compiled in order to complete the Impact Aid application that is submitted to the U.S. Department of Education which administers the program. Chesapeake Public Schools received approximately $5 million in Impact Aid in 2025 based on the data collected from the annual Impact Aid Program Survey.
Please Review and Return Cards ASAP!
Please look for the pre-printed survey card brought home by your student on October 20 to review and return. If you require a replacement or an additional blank copy, printable versions can be accessed here: