School districts in 17 states get help to expand school choice, increase parental options
FOR RELEASE: September 27, 2007 |
Contact: David Thomas (202) 401-1579 |
U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings today announced the award of $100 million in Magnet School grants to 41 school districts in 17 states. The awards will help school districts create more school choices for parents, bring diverse groups of children together and help create innovative educational programs.
The grants range in size from less than $1 million to more than $3 million.
"When parents have options it empowers them with the ability to decide what's best for their children," Spellings said. "These grants will help create innovative educational programs for students and increase options for parents."
The funds awarded today will help school districts establish new magnet schools or expand existing magnet programs that are part of a school district's court-ordered or federally approved voluntary desegregation plan.
The purpose of the program is to:
- eliminate, reduce, or prevent minority group isolation in elementary and secondary schools with substantial proportions of minority students;
- develop and implement magnet school programs that will assist in achieving systemic reforms and provide all students the opportunity to meet challenging state academic content standards and student achievement standards;
- develop innovative educational methods and practices that promote diversity and increase choices in public elementary and secondary schools;
- promote courses of instruction within magnet schools that will substantially strengthen students' knowledge of academic subjects and attainment of tangible and marketable vocational, technological, and professional skills;
- improve the capacity of school districts to continue operating magnet schools after federal funding ends; and,
- ensure that all students in magnet schools programs have equitable access to high-quality education that enables them to succeed academically and continue with post-secondary education or productive employment.
The Magnet Schools Assistance Program is authorized under Title V, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Act, as amended in 1994 and is administered by the Office of Innovation and Improvement.
Following is a list of grantees:
Magnet Schools Assistance Program
FY 2007 New Award Recipients
Arkansas
Jonesboro Public Schools District #1 $2,055,988
Jonesboro, ArkansasTexarkana Arkansas School District No.7 $3,106,355
Texarkana, Arkansas
California
ABC Unified School District $539,726
Cerritos, CaliforniaFresno Unified School District $3,187,626
Fresno, CaliforniaLong Beach Unified School District $2,916,205
Long Beach, CaliforniaMoorpark Unified School District $496,793
Moorpark, CaliforniaSan Diego Unified School District $3,518,188
San Diego, CaliforniaSan Jose Unified School District $2,038,446
San Jose, CaliforniaSan Mateo-Foster City School District $2,598,626
Foster City, California
Colorado
Colorado Springs School District 11 $1,878,252
Colorado Springs, ColoradoPueblo School District No. 60 $2,440,246
Pueblo, Colorado
Connecticut
Area Cooperative Educational Services $314,683
North Haven, ConnecticutCooperative Educational ServicesSix to Six Magnet School $690,755
Trumbull, ConnecticutNew Haven Public Schools $2,214,677
New Haven, Connecticut
Florida
Duval County Public Schools $3,649,461
Jacksonville, FloridaHillsborough County Public Schools $3,120,638
Tampa, FloridaSchool Board of Miami-Dade County, FL $3,471,495
Miami, FloridaSeminole County Public Schools $654,899
Sanford, FloridaThe School District of Palm Beach County $3,467,721
West Palm Beach, Florida
Illinois
Chicago Public Schools, District # 299 $3,482,356
Chicago, Illinois
Indiana
South Bend Community School Corporation $3,162,528
South Bend, Indiana
Louisiana
Lafayette Parish School System $2,551,452
Lafayette, Louisiana
Massachusetts
Springfield Public Schools $3,152,415
Springfield, Massachusetts
Michigan
Kalamazoo Public Schools $3,026,017
Kalamazoo, MichiganLansing School District $1,689,398
Lansing, Michigan
Minnesota
Independent School District #196 $1,767,020
Rosemount, MinnesotaNorthwest Suburban Integration School District #6078 $3,647,439
Brooklyn Center, MinnesotaSaint Paul Public Schools $2,192,137
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Mississippi
Cleveland School District $2,158,462
Cleveland, Mississippi
North Carolina
Cumberland County Schools $1,731,967
Fayetteville, North CarolinaGuilford County Schools $1,509,072
Greensboro, North CarolinaWake County Public School System $3,582,151
Raleigh, North CarolinaWinston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools $1,665,768
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
New York
NYC Dept of Ed-Community School District 10 $1,434,921
Bronx, New YorkNYC Dept of Ed-Community School District 20 $2,971,034
Brooklyn, New YorkNYC Dept of Ed-Community School District 25 $2,549,661
Flushing, New YorkNYC Dept of Ed-Region 6 $2,310,269
Brooklyn, New YorkYonkers Public Schools $3,305,466
Yonkers, New York
Ohio
Lorain City Schools $3,425,931
Lorain, Ohio
Oklahoma
Tulsa County Independent School District No. 1 $3,875,688
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
The School District of Philadelphia $2,838,341
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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