Charter Schools Program Grants for Replication and Expansion of High-Quality Charter Schools

What’s New

On November 26, 2019, the U.S. Department of Education posted a Notice Inviting Applications (NIA) for new awards in the Federal Register. The NIA for the Application for New Awards; Expanding Opportunity Through Quality Charter Schools Program (CSP)—Grants to Charter Management Organizations for the Replication and Expansion of High-Quality Charter Schools (CMO Grants) can be found here. For more information regarding this competition, please see the Applicant Info and Eligibility page.

For more information about previous awards and other past competitions, please visit the Awards page.

Program Description

The major purposes of the CSP are to:

• expand opportunities for all students, particularly traditionally underserved students, to attend charter schools and meet challenging State academic standards;
• provide financial assistance for the planning, program design, and initial implementation of public charter schools;
• increase the number of high-quality charter schools available to students across the United States;
• evaluate the impact of charter schools on student achievement, families, and communities;
• share best practices between charter schools and other public schools;
• encourage States to provide facilities support to charter schools; and
• support efforts to strengthen the charter school authorizing process.

The purpose of the Grants to Charter School Management Organizations for the Replication and Expansion of High-Quality Charter Schools (CMO Grants) is to support charter schools that serve early childhood, elementary school, or secondary school students by providing grant funds to eligible applicants for the replication and expansion of high-quality charter schools (CFDA number 84.282M).