Completing the AEB form has a significant impact on Minneapolis Public Schools. It will assist your student, family, school, and district in receiving benefits. Benefits for schools include school funding, so by completing the application you are helping to ensure every school in MPS gets all the funding it deserves. Student and family benefits may include free or discounted fees for cable and internet providers, no-cost meals and snacks, reduced athletic, transportation, and testing fees, etc.
Funding determined by the application can be used for the following:
Family Engagement CPEO – Connecting Parents to Educational Opportunities
Early Childhood, Hi-5, Pre-School
Professional Development
Instructional Services
Direct Remedial Instruction Services: Reading, language arts, mathematics, study skills
Additional teachers and teacher aides
Lower instructor to learner ratios
Out of School Time Programming
Instructional Materials, Digital Learning
Truancy Reduction Programs
Bilingual and Bicultural Programs
All Day Kindergarten
MPS Application Information
AEB Application
The Application for Educational Benefits (formerly known as Free and Reduced) can be completed at LINQConnect.com.
An eligibility notice letter will arrive via mail or email within 10 business days.
Opting Out
Families that do not qualify or are not interested in receiving benefits have the option to opt-out. This allows families to respond to our application request without filling in their personal income information. Families can only opt-out on the paper applications – When opting-out on the paper application, families will only need to include their MPS student’s names and birthdates, their total number of household members, their signature, and check the opt-out box. Online, families will complete the application as requested and their ineligible status will be calculated based off of their income.
