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Applicant Info and Eligibility (Archive)

Page Updates April 17, 2020 – Updated with FY’20 TSL FAQs April 30, 2020 – Updated with FY’20 Webinar TSL Pre-Application Webinar Recording May 4, 2020 – Updated with FY’20 TSL Pre-Application Webinar Slides and Follow-up responses to webinar questions May 22, 2020 – Updated with new Budget Worksheet and Budget Narrative template FY 2020 […]

ESEA Flexibility

ESEA Reauthorization: The Every Student Succeeds Act The U.S. Department of Education has invited each State education agency (SEA) to request flexibility regarding specific requirements of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) in exchange for rigorous and comprehensive State-developed plans designed to improve […]

For Competitions in 2010 and Earlier Years (March 2010)

For Competitions in 2010 and Earlier Years (March 2010) 1. The Application Process 1. What is the purpose of the Enhanced Assessment Grants? The purpose of these grants is to support state activities designed to improve the quality, validity, and reliability of state academic assessments beyond the requirements for such assessments described in section 1111(b)(3) […]

Resources: Race to the Top — Early Learning Challenge

  Early Learning Career Pathways Initiative: Credentialing in the Early Care and Education Field PDF (15MB)

About US – Office of Early Learning

The Office of Early Learning (OEL) is the principal office charged with supporting the Department’s Early Learning Initiative with the goal of improving the health, social-emotional, and cognitive outcomes for children from birth through third grade, so that all children, particularly those with high needs, are on track for graduating from high school college- and […]

Grants for Opening Doors, Expanding Opportunities

Program Description This program supports Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) and their communities in preparing to implement innovative, effective, ambitious, comprehensive, and locally driven strategies to increase socioeconomic diversity in schools and LEAs as a means to improve the achievement of students in the lowest-performing schools. Through the Opening Doors, Expanding Opportunities program, the Department will […]

Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Programs

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION   This program provides funding to LEAs to establish or expand elementary and secondary school counseling programs, with special consideration given to applicants that can: Demonstrate the greatest need for counseling services in the schools to be served; Propose the most innovative and promising approaches; and Show the greatest potential for replication and […]

Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools

TYPES OF PROJECTS Grant funds may be used for the following activities: reviewing and revising emergency management plans, training school staff, conducting building and facilities audits, communicating emergency response policies to parents and guardians, implementing the National Incident Management System (NIMS), developing an infectious disease plan, developing or revising food defense plans, purchasing school safety […]

2018 OII Competitions

CFDA Number and Competition Application Notice Available Link to Notice Application Deadline Estimated Average Size/Number of Awards Program Contact Person Project Period 84.282B/E – Charter Schools Program Developer Grants for the Opening of New Charter Schools and for the Replication and Expansion of High-Quality Charter Schools 3/2/2018 PDF TXT Correction notice* 4/30/2018(closed) $200,000per school per […]