California Partnership Academies (CPA) Planning Grant

Funding Description

California Partnership Academies (CPA) Planning Grants is funded at $180,000; twelve planning grants ($15,000 per Academy) from Proposition 98-Career Technical Education Initiative is included in the 2022-23 State Budget. CPAs are effective school/district/business partnerships, providing integrated academic and career technical instruction to ten-through-twelfth-grade high school students who are at risk of dropping out of school or are not motivated by traditional curricula. The CPA school-within-a-school model focuses on student achievement, attendance, and program accountability.

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants	Local educational agencies
Required Eligibility Criteria	An applicant must be a high school or charter school (direct-funded or locally funded) that meet the specifications of California Partnership Academy Education Code section 54692.
Other Eligibility Considerations	Please refer to the Request for Applications for the full list of eligibility criteria.
Eligible Grade Level(s)	10, 11, 12
Eligible Age Level(s)	Not applicable

Funding

Legal Authority	Education Code sections 54690-54697. Funding will be provided through Proposition 98 and Career Technical Education Initiative in the State Budget line item 6100-166-0001 for CPA programs.
Source / Type	State / Grant
State Fiscal Year	2022-23
SACS Resource / Revenue Codes	6385, 7220 / 8590
Total Available	$180,000
Recipient Amount	$15,000
Match Requirement	Yes
Allocation Formula	Unavailable

Important Dates

Date Application Available	March 1, 2023
Due Date	April 3, 2023
Expected Notification Date	May 15, 2023

Additional Information

Application	2022 CPA Planning Grant RFA [http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r17/cpapg22.asp]
Background	Unavailable
Fiscal	Unavailable
Other	Unavailable

Contacts

Program	Maria Burright, CPAcademies@cde.ca.gov
Fiscal	Alicia Aguirre & Michelle Upton, CPAcademies@cde.ca.gov
Division	Career & College Transition Division