Developing, Aligning, and Improving Systems of Academic and Behavioral Supports

Funding Description

The purpose of the Improving Systems of Academic and Behavioral Supports (ISABS) is to enable one county office of education (COE), or two COEs applying jointly, to develop and disseminate statewide resources and technical assistance that encourage local education agencies to establish and align schoolwide, data-driven systems of academic and behavioral supports to meet the needs of California's diverse learners.

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants	Other organizations or agencies
Required Eligibility Criteria	An individual County Office of Education or two County Offices of Education applying jointly.
Other Eligibility Considerations	N/A
Eligible Grade Level(s)	Pre-K, K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18-22 Adult Students
Eligible Age Level(s)	Not applicable

Funding

Legal Authority	AB 104, Chapter 13, Statutes of 2015, specifies that the State Superintendent of Public Instruction will apportion $10,000,000 in one-time funding. (No Education Code available)
Source / Type	State / Grant
State Fiscal Year	2015-16
SACS Resource / Revenue Codes	7810 / 8590
Total Available	$10,000,000
Recipient Amount	$10,000,000
Match Requirement	No
Allocation Formula	The entire grant is awarded to the fiscal agent of the successful applicant or of the successful joint applicants. The budget section of the successful application will clearly describe how funding for demonstration sub-agreements will be allocated to local education agencies and charter schools for the purpose of identifying, evaluating, learning about, or testing the feasibility of effective approaches, as described in Part D, numbers 1–5, of the RFA Overview.

Important Dates

Date Application Available	December 21, 2015
Due Date	February 19, 2016
Expected Notification Date	April 30, 2016

Additional Information

Application	Multi-Tiered System of Support [http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/ri/]
Background	Multi-Tiered System of Support [http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/ri/]
Fiscal	Unavailable
Funding Results	ISABS 2015-16 Funding Results [http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r12/isabs15result.asp]
Other	Unavailable

Contacts

Program	Julia Agostinelli, 916-322-9503, JAgostinelli@cde.ca.gov
Fiscal	Larina Harris, 916-323-6269, lharris@cde.ca.gov
Division	Educator Excellence and Equity Division, 916-323-6269 (phone), 916-323-2928 (fax)