Specialized Secondary Program Demonstration

Funding Description

This grant is intended to fund model Specialized Secondary Programs (SSP) at selected high schools. These SSPs have developed programs that offer challenging curriculum and innovative strategies or operating structures in the high school setting. The funding provides staff from the sites time to plan demonstration programs and host educators from other high schools interested in implementing similar programs/strategies. Visitors receive technical assistance via products, on-site visitations, and other resources. This funding is contingent on the 2007-08 State budget.

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants	Local educational agencies
Required Eligibility Criteria	Previously funded SSP grantees between 1985 and 2007 that have completed their grant cycle or are in the final year of implementation and have met and exceeded the California Education Code Section 58800 requirement of developing both model curriculum and innovative strategies and operating structures in the high school setting.
Other Eligibility Considerations	Participation in this grant opportunity is limited to high schools that used SSP funds to create a new advanced learning opportunity and a viable program based on that funding remains evident even if it has been years since SSP funding ended.
Eligible Grade Level(s)	9, 10, 11, 12
Eligible Age Level(s)	Not applicable

Funding

Legal Authority	Education Code sections 58800-58806; Budget Item 6110-122-0001
Source / Type	State / Grant
State Fiscal Year	2007-08
SACS Resource / Revenue Codes	7370 / 8590
Total Available	$6,155,000
Recipient Amount	up to $15,000
Match Requirement	No
Allocation Formula	$150,000 is currently available for Demonstration grants. SSP grant awards are determined by the phase of program implementation. $4,786,000 of SSP funds are distributed to schools currently implementing programs, demonstration sites, and two that receive a legislated apportionment. An estimated $1,130,000 is available for new programs, each of which will receive $35,000 for up to 18 planning grants; or each will receive $70,000 to $125,000, based on school size, for up to 4 implementation grants; or each will receive $10,000 for up to 15 demonstration sites.

Important Dates

Date Application Available	May 22, 2007
Due Date	August 1, 2007
Expected Notification Date	August 30, 2007

Additional Information

Application	SSP Demonstration Sites 2007 RFA [http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r17/sspdm07rfa.asp]
Background	Specialized Secondary Programs (SSP) [http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/gs/hs/sspgen.asp]
Fiscal	Specialized Secondary Programs (SSP) [http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/gs/hs/sspgen.asp]
Other	SSP funds are used to annually fund new planning or implementation grants, to continue funding grants for schools in the SSP implementation phases, for demonstration grants to showcase fully developed SSPs, and for apportionment funding of two SSP recipients that worked in collaboration with the CSU system before 1991. Up to 20 new SSP programs are chosen annually. The SSP Planning and Implementation Grants Request For Applications will be available in August 2007.

Contacts

Program	Barbara Weiss, 916-319-0481, bweiss@cde.ca.gov
Fiscal	Jeanne Geiser, 916-319-0474, jgeisser@cde.ca.gov
Division	Career & College Transition Division, 916-319-0893 (phone), 916-319-0168 (fax)