Public Charter Schools Grant Program Planning and Implementation Grant

NOTE: The application due date for this program has passed.

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 quarterly 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.

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants	Local educational agencies, nonprofit organizations
Required Eligibility Criteria	Planning and Implementation (P&I) grants are available to charter schools after the charter petition has been approved at the local level.
Other Eligibility Considerations	Higher award amounts are 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)	5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18

Funding

Legal Authority	Budget Act Item 6110-112-0890: 20 U.S. Code sections 7221-7221j
Source / Type	Federal / Grant
State Fiscal Year	2011-12
SACS Resource/ Revenue Codes	4610 / 8290
Total Available	$46,951,920
Recipient Amount	Up to $575,000
Match Requirement	No
Allocation Formula	All P&I grantees are eligible for the maximum grant award allowable as determined by enrollment, type of school, and location of the school. See the Maximum P&I Award Amounts table in the RFA for more information.

Important Dates

Date Application Available	January 1, 2012
Due Date	April 30, 2012
Expected Notification Date	June 30, 2012

Additional Information

Application	http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r1/pcsgp11rfa.asp
Background	http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cs/re/pcsgp.asp
Fiscal	Unavailable
Funding Results	http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r1/pcsgp11results.asp
Other	Note: We are opening a second filing period for our grant program, from January 1, 2012 to March 31, 2012.

Contacts

Program	Benjamin Walker Phone : 916-319-0222 E-mail : bwalker@cde.ca.gov
Fiscal	Hilda Vargas Phone : 916-445-6761 E-mail : hvargas@cde.ca.gov
Division	Charter School Division Phone : 916-322-6029 Fax : 916-322-1465