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Grant awards are made annually to States with approved Consolidated State Applications on file with the US Department of Education automatically during the Federal grant award cycle in July of each year.
None currently.
This program is designed to support the development of the additional state assessments and standards required by Sec. 1111(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended. If a state has developed the assessments and standards required by Sec. 1111(b), funds support the administration of those assessments or other activities related to ensuring that the state’s schools and local education agencies (LEAs) are held accountable for results.
Projects include development or subsequent implementation of standards-based state academic assessments in reading or language arts, mathematics, and science as required by the authorizing statute. When the state has met all assessment requirements, the funds may be used to improve standards, alignment, reporting, or expanded use of test accommodations.
June 5, 2015
The Honorable Kirsten Baesler
State Superintendent
North Dakota Department of Public Instruction
600 East Boulevard Avenue, Department 201
Bismarck, ND 58505
Dear Superintendent Baesler:
I am writing in response to the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction’s (ND DPI) request on March 31, 2015, to waive certain statutory and regulatory requirements of Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended. Specifically, ND DPI requested to waive accountability determinations based on State assessments administered during the 2014–2015 school year, because this is the first year that the State is administering new, more challenging State assessments in reading/language arts and mathematics aligned to the State’s college- and career-ready content standards.
After reviewing ND DPI’s request, I am pleased to grant, pursuant to my authority under ESEA section 9401, the following waiver for school year (SY) 2014–2015:
Under this waiver, ND DPI and its LEAs are not required to include results on State assessments administered in the 2014–2015 school year in making AYP determinations for LEAs and schools, respectively. I am granting this waiver because it is likely to increase the quality of instruction and improve the academic achievement of students by enabling ND DPI and its LEAs to focus on administering the new State assessments and setting high achievement standards for the knowledge and skills students need to demonstrate they are ready for college and the workforce.
This waiver is granted to ND DPI on the condition that it will do the following:
I appreciate the work you are doing to improve your schools and provide a high-quality education for your students. If you have any questions, please contact Megan Oberst at (202) 453-5673 or Janine Rudder at (202) 205-3785 or OSS.NorthDakota@ed.gov.
Sincerely,
/s/
Deborah S. Delisle
Assistant Secretary
cc: Laurie Matzke
Greg Gallagher
March 23, 2015
The Honorable Kirsten Baesler
State Superintendent
North Dakota Department of Public Instruction
600 East Boulevard Avenue, Department 201
Bismarck, ND 58505
Dear Superintendent Baesler:
I am writing in response to the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction’s (ND DPI) request on February 27, 2015, to waive certain statutory and regulatory requirements of Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended. After reviewing ND DPI’s request, I am pleased to grant the following waiver:
This waiver is granted on the condition that ND DPI will satisfy the condition detailed in the enclosure to this letter, including the requirement to report certain information about the use of the waiver to the Department by September 30, 2016. Please be sure to review the enclosure carefully.
I appreciate the work you are doing to improve your schools and provide a high-quality education for your students. If you have any questions, please contact Megan Oberst at (202) 453-5673 or Janine Rudder at (202) 205-3785 or OSS.NorthDakota@ed.gov.
Sincerely,
/s/
Deborah S. Delisle
Assistant Secretary
Enclosure
cc. Laurie Matzke
Approving schools and LEAs identified for improvement, corrective action, or restructuring as supplemental educational services (SES) providers (34 C.F.R. § 200.47(b)(1)(iv)(A) and (B))
This waiver is granted on the condition that ND DPI will submit to the Department, by September 30, 2016, a report that includes:
June 5, 2015
The Honorable Kirsten Baesler
State Superintendent
North Dakota Department of Public Instruction
600 East Boulevard Avenue, Department 201
Bismarck, ND 58505
Dear Superintendent Baesler:
I am writing in response to the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction’s (ND DPI) request on March 31, 2015, to waive certain statutory and regulatory requirements of Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended. Specifically, ND DPI requested to waive accountability determinations based on State assessments administered during the 2014–2015 school year, because this is the first year that the State is administering new, more challenging State assessments in reading/language arts and mathematics aligned to the State’s college- and career-ready content standards.
After reviewing ND DPI’s request, I am pleased to grant, pursuant to my authority under ESEA section 9401, the following waiver for school year (SY) 2014–2015:
Under this waiver, ND DPI and its LEAs are not required to include results on State assessments administered in the 2014–2015 school year in making AYP determinations for LEAs and schools, respectively. I am granting this waiver because it is likely to increase the quality of instruction and improve the academic achievement of students by enabling ND DPI and its LEAs to focus on administering the new State assessments and setting high achievement standards for the knowledge and skills students need to demonstrate they are ready for college and the workforce.
This waiver is granted to ND DPI on the condition that it will do the following:
I appreciate the work you are doing to improve your schools and provide a high-quality education for your students. If you have any questions, please contact Megan Oberst at (202) 453-5673 or Janine Rudder at (202) 205-3785 or OSS.NorthDakota@ed.gov.
Sincerely,
/s/
Deborah S. Delisle
Assistant Secretary
cc: Laurie Matzke
Greg Gallagher
March 23, 2015
The Honorable Kirsten Baesler
State Superintendent
North Dakota Department of Public Instruction
600 East Boulevard Avenue, Department 201
Bismarck, ND 58505
Dear Superintendent Baesler:
I am writing in response to the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction’s (ND DPI) request on February 27, 2015, to waive certain statutory and regulatory requirements of Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended. After reviewing ND DPI’s request, I am pleased to grant the following waiver:
This waiver is granted on the condition that ND DPI will satisfy the condition detailed in the enclosure to this letter, including the requirement to report certain information about the use of the waiver to the Department by September 30, 2016. Please be sure to review the enclosure carefully.
I appreciate the work you are doing to improve your schools and provide a high-quality education for your students. If you have any questions, please contact Megan Oberst at (202) 453-5673 or Janine Rudder at (202) 205-3785 or OSS.NorthDakota@ed.gov.
Sincerely,
/s/
Deborah S. Delisle
Assistant Secretary
Enclosure
cc. Laurie Matzke
Approving schools and LEAs identified for improvement, corrective action, or restructuring as supplemental educational services (SES) providers (34 C.F.R. § 200.47(b)(1)(iv)(A) and (B))
This waiver is granted on the condition that ND DPI will submit to the Department, by September 30, 2016, a report that includes:
2016 Regional Advisory Committees
Ten Regional Advisory Committees (RACs) were formed in 2016 to inform changes to the Comprehensive Center program for the FY 2019 grant competition. More information about the RACs from 2016 and previous RAC reports are available here:
Comprehensive Centers Program Evaluation
The statute requires that the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEE), a component of the Department’s Institute of Education Sciences, provide for an ongoing independent evaluation of the Comprehensive Centers to determine the extent to which each center meets its objectives.
2019:
The final 2019 evaluation report can be found here.
2011:
The final 2011 evaluation report can be found here.
Fiscal Year (FY) | Appropriation | Number of New Awards | Range of New Awards | Number of Continuation Awards | Range of Continuation Awards |
FY 2022 | $54,000,000 | 0 | 0 | 21 | $1,000,000 to $6,472,657* |
FY 2021 | $52,000,000 | 1 | $1,475,000* | 20 | $1,000,000 to $6,429,926* |
FY 2020 | $52,000,000 | 0 | 0 | 21 | $1,000,000 to $6,472,657 |
FY 2019 | $52,000,000 | 20 | $1,000,000 to $6,471,484 | 1 | $1,499,507 |
FY 2018 | $50,000,000 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |
FY 2017 | $50,000,000 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |
FY 2016 | $51,445,000 | 1 | $1,449,831 | 22 | |
FY 2015 | $48,445,000 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
*Estimated amounts
FY 2021 Appropriation: $52,000,000
Number of New Awards: 1
Number of Continuation Awards: 20
FY 2020 Appropriation: $52,000,000
Number of New Awards: 0
Number of Continuation Awards: 21
Appropriation: $52,000,000
Number of New Awards: 20
The total amount of funds available for the CC program for FY 2019 was $52 million. Of that amount, approximately $45 million was used to fund Regional Centers and $5 million was used to fund the National Comprehensive Center. FY 2019 funds supported awards for the first budget period of the project, which is the first 12 months of the project period. Funding for the subsequent budget periods of years two through five (FY 2020 through FY 2023) is contingent on appropriation levels.
Estimated Range of FY 2019 Awards: For Regional Comprehensive Centers: $1,000,000 to $6,472,657.
Note: The Department is not bound by any planned award estimates
Region | Award |
Region 01 | $1,000,000.00 |
Region 02 | $2,360,643.00 |
Region 03 | $1,000,000.00 |
Region 04 | $2,557,246.00 |
Region 05 | $2,444,035.00 |
Region 06 | $3,215,377.00 |
Region 07 | $3,378,769.00 |
Region 08 | $3,212,089.00 |
Region 09 | $1,722,122.00 |
Region 10 | $1,302,938.00 |
Region 11 | $1,243,525.00 |
Region 12 | $1,963,421.00 |
Region 13 | $1,647,431.00 |
Region 14 | $5,413,470.00 |
Region 15 | $6,472,657.00 |
Region 16 | $3,316,771.00 |
Region 17 | $1,000,000.00 |
Region 18 | $1,000,000.00 |
Region 19 | $1,000,000.00 |
National Center | $5,000,000.00 |
* Estimate includes $400,000 to support the Bureau of Indian Education
Appropriation: $52,000,000
Number of New Awards: 0
Number of Continuation Awards: 23
Appropriation: $50,000,000
Number of New Awards: 0
Number of Continuation Awards: 23
Average Continuation Award:
The Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education provided supplemental funding to the center on Great Teachers and Leaders.
The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services provided supplemental funding to the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders.
The Comprehensive Centers program provided supplemental funding to the centers of Building State Capacity and Productivity (BSCP), West Comprehensive Center (WCC), Pacific Region Comprehensive Center (PRCC), and North Central Comprehensive Center.
BSCP will create and operate a web portal for the Comprehensive Center network. WCC will support the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) by providing direct technical assistance and coordinating technical assistance, where appropriate, from national Content Centers. PRCC will support the Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of Marshall Islands, and American Samoa in a variety of areas, including formative assessments, teacher evaluation systems, and language proficiency, and NCCC will develop state capacity to support English language learners in North Dakota and to continue on-going supports for English language learners in Nebraska and South Dakota.
*These averages include supplemental funding.
Appropriation: $51,445,000
Number of New Awards: 1
Number of Continuation Awards: 22
Average Continuation Award:
The Office of Indian Education provided supplemental funding to the following centers: North Central, Northwest, South Central, West, and Standards & Assessments Implementation.
The Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education provided supplemental funding to the centers on Great Teachers and Leaders and College and Career Readiness & Success.
The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services provided supplemental funding to the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders.
The Comprehensive Centers program provided supplemental funding to the centers of Building State Capacity and Productivity (BSCP) and Standards & Assessments Implementation (CSAI).
BSCP will provide technical assistance to SEAS to increase their capacity to meet the requirements of fiscal data reporting under the ESEA, as amended by the ESSA. CSAI will assist the Bureau of Indian Education’s Office of Assessment and Accountability in its efforts to collect, organize, and report Federally-required data in the 23 States in which there are BIE-funded schools and to do so using a methodology based on each State’s accountability system.
In 2016, the National Comprehensive Center on Improving Literacy for Students with Disabilities received a 5-year grant under authority provided in section 2244 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015.
These averages include supplemental funding.
Appropriation: $48,445,000
Number of New Awards: 0
Number of Continuation Awards: 22
Average Continuation Award:
Appropriation: $48,445,000
Number of New Awards: 0
Number of Continuation Awards: 22
Average Continuation Award:
The Indian Education National Activities program provided supplemental funding to the following centers: North Central, Northwest, South Central, West, and Standards and Assessments Implementation.
The School Improvement Grants National Activities program provided supplemental funding to the Center on School Turnaround.
The Special Education Technical Assistance and Dissemination program and the Career and Technical Education National Activities program provided supplemental funding to the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders.
The Preschool Development Grant National Activities program provided supplemental funding to the Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes.
Appropriation: $48,445,000
Number of New Awards: 0
Number of Continuation Awards: 22
Average Continuation Award:
Appropriation: $ 51,113,213
Number of New Awards: 22
Number of Continuation Awards: 0
Average New Award: $2,370,237
Range of New Awards:
Three Regional Center awards (Northwest, South Central, and West) include $331,000 each from the Indian Education National Activities Program.
Great Teachers and Leaders received $750,000 from the Special Education Technical Assistance and Dissemination program and $300,000 from the Career and Technical Education National Activities Program.