Office of Innovation and Improvement: Charter Schools Program (CSP): State Educational Agencies CFDA 84.282A

Post Date

March 23rd 2010

Application Due Date

May 7th 2010

Applications Available: March 23, 2010. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: May 7, 2010.

Funding Opportunity Number

ED-GRANTS-032310-002

CFDA Number(s)

84.282

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Education

Number of Awards

6

Eligibility Categories

Other

Eligible Applicants: SEAs in States with a State statute specifically authorizing the establishment of charter schools. Note: Non-SEA eligible applicants in States in which the SEA elects not to participate in or does not have an application approved under the CSP may apply for funding directly from the Department. The Department plans to hold a separate competition for non-SEA eligible applicants under CFDA numbers 84.282B and 84.282C.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $124237000

• 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 purpose of the CSP is to increase national understanding of the charter school model and to expand the number of high-quality charter schools available to students across the Nation by providing financial assistance for the planning, program design, and initial implementation of charter schools, and to evaluate the effects of charter schools, including their effects on students, student academic achievement, staff, and parents. The Secretary awards grants to State educational agencies (SEAs) to enable them to conduct charter school programs in their States. SEAs use their CSP funds to award subgrants to non-SEA eligible applicants for planning, program design, and initial implementation of a charter school, and to support the dissemination of information about charter schools, including successful practices in charter schools. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.282A. Applications for grants under the CSP, CFDA number 84.282A, 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 Managers:
  Leslie Hankerson or Richard Payton,
  U.S. Department of Education
  400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 4W249
  Washington, DC 20202-5970
  Telephone: (202) 20

• Agency Mailing Address:

  e-Mail: Program Manager

• Agency Email Address:

  Richard.Payton@ed.gov

• More Information:

  Office of Innovation and Improvement: Charter Schools Program (CSP): State Educational Agencies CFDA 84.282A; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010