Public Charter Schools Grant

Funding Description

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.

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 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

Funding

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

Important Dates

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

Additional Information

Application	Request for Application [http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r1/pcsgp07rfa.asp]
Background	Administration & Support [http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cs/as/]
Fiscal	Administration & Support [http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cs/as/]
Other	Unavailable

Contacts

Program	PCSGP Staff, 916-322-6029, pcsgpgeneral@cde.ca.gov
Fiscal	PCSGP Staff, 916-322-6029, pcsgpgeneral@cde.ca.gov
Division	Charter School Division, 916-322-6029 (phone), 916-322-1465 (fax)