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


Funding Description

The purpose of the Improving Systems of Academic and Behavioral Supports (ISABS) grant is to enable the successful applicant to develop and disseminate statewide resources and technical assistance that encourage local education agencies (LEAs) to establish and align schoolwide, data-driven systems of academic and behavioral supports to meet the needs of California’s diverse learners. The amended grant provides additional funds to LEAs to fund services or practices aligned to the Multi-Tiered System of Support framework.

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,
Eligible Age Level(s) Not applicable

Funding

Legal Authority Senate Bill 828, Chapter 29, Statutes 2016. (No Education Code available)
Source / Type State / Grant
State Fiscal Year 2016-17
SACS Resource / Revenue Codes 7810 / 8590
Total Available $20,000,000
Recipient Amount 20,000,000
Match Requirement No
Allocation Formula The entire grant is awarded to the fiscal agent of the successful applicant. The budget section of the successful application will clearly describe how funding for demonstration sub-agreements will be allocated to local educational agencies and charter schools for the purpose of identifying, evaluation, 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 Unavailable
Due Date Unavailable
Expected Notification Date Unavailable

Additional Information

Application Unavailable
Background Multi-Tiered System of Support [http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/ri/]
Fiscal Unavailable
Funding ResultsFunding Results [http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r12/isabs16result.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)
Last Modified: August 3, 2020
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