July 2009
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FY 2010 proposed budget:
$100 million
$650 million
Grantees:
Local educational agencies
(LEAs) (including charter
school LEAs) and nonprofit
organizations working in
collaboration with one or
more LEAs or a consortium
of schools.
To be eligible, an LEA must
have made progress in
raising student achievement,
significantly closing the
achievement gap, and made
progress in other areas.
Type of Grant:
Competitive
Purpose:
The program will support efforts to bring to scale educational practices with significant evidence of success in improving student achievement and support the development, implementation, replication, and further evaluation of promising innovative practices. The program will not support the simple expansion of well-established and resourced programs.
The Department will be publishing a notice of proposed priorities, requirements, definitions and selection criteria in the Federal Register and will be inviting public comment. The Department also will make the notice available at www.ed.gov.
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