New Jersey will receive nearly $533 million worth of federal grants for teacher and student support programs, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Thursday. The money will be used to help students at so-called Title I, or high-poverty, schools and children with disabilities. Programs to improve teaching skills and beef up career and technical education are also sharing the money. New Jersey will receive $209 million for Title I, $271 million for disabled-student education, $37 million for teacher quality programs and $16 million for career and technical education.

 Nationwide, the Education Department is distributing nearly $22 billion worth of grants. Each state’s share is determined by congressionally mandated formulas, which are based on population, poverty rates and school enrollment. The money will be distributed on July 1 and Oct. 1.

 “Formula funding is critically important to every state and school district as we work together to prepare young children to enter school and every student for graduation,” Duncan said in a statement.

 The grant funding is separate from the $100 billion in education money Congress approved as part of the $787 billion economic stimulus bill, which President Barack Obama signed into law in February. APP