Pacific Gas and Electric Company Academy Grant

Funding Description

These funds are earmarked specifically for distribution to CDE from the PG&E Corporation Foundation for the purpose of supporting California Partnership Academies in up to five school districts (located in PG&E’s service territory) to facilitate the development of these Academies focused on green energy and utilities careers in collaboration with industry, secondary and post-secondary participants.

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants	Local educational agencies
Required Eligibility Criteria	Grantees have been selected. The grantee is required to only use these funds for the development of the academy program as it relates to the New Energy Academies, Powered by the Pacific Gas and Electric Company partnership in preparation for implementation in the fall of 2010. The program must be developed in accordance with the provisions of California Education Code (EC) sections 54690 through 54697, the California Partnership Academies model.
Other Eligibility Considerations	The five Academies participating in this project agree to implement a specific sequence of career technical education courses focused on Green Energy and Utilities professions to begin fall 2010.
Eligible Grade Level(s)	Not applicable
Eligible Age Level(s)	Not applicable

Funding

Legal Authority	Grant Agreement CNO88545. The Agreement is to ensure the continued growth and success of CDE’s California Partnership Academies Model as established and described in California Education Code sections 54690-54697.
Source / Type	Private / Grant
State Fiscal Year	2009-10
SACS Resource / Revenue Codes	9010 / 8699
Total Available	$125,000
Recipient Amount	$25,000 Per Academy
Match Requirement	No
Allocation Formula	Unavailable

Important Dates

Date Application Available	Unavailable
Due Date	July 1, 2009
Expected Notification Date	July 15, 2009

Additional Information

Application	Unavailable
Background	California Partnership Academies (CPA) [http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/gs/hs/cpagen.asp]
Fiscal	Unavailable
Other	The academy team plus one administrator from each Academy is required to attend the California Partnership Academies New Academy Institute in the fall and additional trainings and workshops as determined by PG&E. These funds can be used for that purpose.

Contacts

Program	Karen Shores, Education Programs Consultant, 916-319-0478, kshores@cde.ca.gov
Fiscal	Machelle Martin, Associate Governmental Program Analyst, 916-319-0473, mamartin@cde.ca.gov
Division	Career & College Transition Division, 916-319-0893 (phone), 916-319-0168 (fax)