California Department of Education
1430 N Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
The federal Public Charter Schools Grant Program (PCSGP) is administered by the Charter Schools Division. Grants are reviewed by peer evaluators and awarded on a competitive basis to nonprofit entities and local education agencies that are likely to develop and open high-quality charter schools. The primary focus of the PCSGP is to create charter schools that will provide public school choice to students whose assigned traditional public school is chronically low performing.
| Eligible Applicants |
Local educational agencies, nonprofit organizations |
|---|---|
| Required Eligibility Criteria |
Planning and Implementation (P&I) grants are available to charter schools after the charter school is numbered by the State Board of Education. Precharter grants are not being offered at this time. |
| Other Eligibility Considerations |
Preference is given to applicants seeking to operate charter schools that will serve students whose home attendance area contains a traditional public school that is in Program Improvement (PI), Years 3, 4, or 5 and has an Academic Performance Index (API) state decile rank of 1 or 2. |
| Eligible Grade Level(s) |
K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
| Eligible Age Level(s) |
Not applicable |
| Legal Authority |
20 U.S. Code sections 7221-7221j |
|---|---|
| Source / Type | Federal / Grant |
| State Fiscal Year | 2008-09 |
| SACS Resource/ Revenue Codes |
4610 / 8290 |
| Total Available | $24,709,838 |
| Recipient Amount |
$250,000 to $600,000 |
| Match Requirement |
No |
| Allocation Formula | Unavailable |
| Date Application Available |
January 13, 2009 |
|---|---|
| Due Date | Applications or other data may be submitted at any time during the fiscal year. |
| Expected Notification Date |
Unavailable |
| Application | http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r1/pcsgp07rfa.asp |
|---|---|
| Background | http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cs/as/ |
| Fiscal | http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cs/as/ |
| Funding Results | http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r1/pcsgp08result.asp |
| Other | Unavailable |
| Program | Bobby Roy Phone : 916-319-0217 E-mail : broy@cde.ca.gov |
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| Fiscal | Hilda Garcia Phone : 916-445-6761 E-mail : hgarcia@cde.ca.gov |
| Division | Charter School Division Phone : 916-322-6029 Fax : 916-322-1465 |
Last Modified: June 16, 2009
California Department of Education
1430 N Street
Sacramento, CA 95814