School Leadership Grant Program CFDA 84.363A

Post Date

February 16th 2010

Application Due Date

April 6th 2010

Applications Available: February 9, 2010. Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: March 8, 2010. Date of Pre-Application Meetings: February 19, 2010. The Department will hold two pre-application meetings for prospective applicants on February 19,

Funding Opportunity Number

ED-GRANTS-020510-001

CFDA Number(s)

84.363

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Education

Number of Awards

15

Eligibility Categories

Other

Eligible Applicants: High-need LEAs; consortia of high-need LEAs; and partnerships of high-need LEAs, non-profit organizations (which may be a community- or faith-based organization), and institutions of higher education. Applicants must identify and confirm in their applications that the participating LEAs meet the definition of high-need LEA in section 2102(3) of the ESEA.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $11000000

• Award Range:

  $None - $None

Grant Description

Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. Purpose of Program: The School Leadership Grant Program (SLP) is designed to assist high-need local educational agencies (LEAs) in recruiting and training principals (including assistant principals) through such activities as: Providing financial incentives to aspiring new principals. Providing stipends to principals who mentor new principals. Carrying out professional development programs in instructional leadership and management. Providing incentives that are appropriate for teachers or individuals from other fields who want to become principals and that are effective in retaining new principals. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.363A. Applications for grants under the SLP--CFDA Number 84.363A must be submitted electronically using e-Application, accessible through the Department's e-Grants Web site at: http://e-grants.ed.gov. While completing your electronic application, you will be entering data online that will be saved into a database. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a grant application to us.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Education

• Office:

  None

• Agency Contact:

  Julius Cotton
  ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin.
  Phone 202-245-6140
  julius.cotton@ed.gov
  Program Manager:
  Beatriz Ceja
  U.S. Department of Education
  400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 4W210
  Washington, DC 20202-5960
  Telephone: (202) 205-5009 or by e-mail:

• Agency Mailing Address:

  e-Mail: Program Mailbox

• Agency Email Address:

  Schoolleadershipmatters@ed.gov

• More Information:

  School Leadership Grant Program CFDA 84.363A; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010