News Posts: School Choice and Improvement

ARCHIVED INFORMATION REGARDING THE FY 2010 APPLICATION AND COMPETITION

Timelines Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: Closed May 3, 2010 Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: Closed April 5, 2010 Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: Closed July 2, 2010 Pre-Application Meeting: Closed March 26, 2010 FY2010 Application Information Application Package: this is an electronic copy of the corrected application package for you to download and use as a guide […]

ARCHIVED INFORMATION REGARDING THE FY 2013 APPLICATION AND COMPETITION

Please note: The grant information below is for historical information only. The competition is closed. Please continue to visit our site for future competition information. FY 2013 Competition For copies of previously funded MSAP applications, please see the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Reading Room: http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/foia/readingroom_oii.html. The ten highest scoring applications from the FY 2010 competition […]

ARCHIVED INFORMATION REGARDING THE FY 2016 APPLICATION AND COMPETITION

For copies of previously funded MSAP applications, please see the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Reading Room: http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/foia/readingroom_oii.html. The ten highest scoring applications from the FY 2013 and 2010 competitions and the eleven highest scoring applications from the FY 2007 competition are available as PDFs. FAQs The purpose of these Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) is to […]

2017 Archived Competition Information

2017 Promise Neighborhoods Notice Inviting Applications The Promise Neighborhoods Notice Inviting Applications was posted in the Federal Register on July 21, 2017. The link to it is here: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-07-21/pdf/2017-15359.pdf 2017 Promise Neighborhoods Application Package A word version of the 2017 Promise Neighborhoods Application Package is attached. However, with the exception of the “Applicant Eligibility Checklist”, applicants should […]

Legislation, Regulations and Guidance

TITLE VI — FLEXIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY Subpart 3 — State and Local Flexibility Demonstration Sec. 6131. SHORT TITLE. Sec. 6132. PURPOSE. Sec. 6133. GENERAL PROVISION. CHAPTER A — STATE FLEXIBILITY AUTHORITY Sec. 6141. STATE FLEXIBILITY. Sec. 6142. CONSOLIDATION AND USE OF FUNDS. Sec. 6143. PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND PENALTIES. Sec. 6144. RENEWAL OF GRANT OF FLEXIBILITY […]

Eligibility

Local educational agencies (LEAs) are the eligible applicants for this program. If a State educational agency (SEA) has received State-Flex authority from the Secretary, its LEAs may not apply to the Department for Local-Flex. By statute, the Secretary may enter into Local-Flex agreements with no more than three LEAs in a State. Therefore, any consortium […]

Awards

The Department may enter into Local Flexibility Demonstration Agreements with up to 80 local educational agencies across the country. Current Local-Flex recipient: Seattle Public School District September 2003-August 2006 September 2006-August 2011 Press Release