Educator Workforce Investment Grant: Effective Language Acquisition Programs

Funding Description

The Education Omnibus Budget Trailer Bill of 2022 (Assembly Bill 185), Section 54, provides $20 million, through the 2024-25 fiscal year, to support one or more competitive Educator Workforce Investment Grant (EWIG) for professional learning opportunities for teachers and paraprofessionals, including $10 million for qualified entities for developing and delivering professional learning opportunities which support the implementation of effective language acquisition programs for English learner (EL) students, which may include integrated language development within and across content areas, bilingual and biliterate proficiency, and building and strengthening capacity to implement the EL Roadmap Policy.

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants	Local educational agencies
Required Eligibility Criteria	County Offices of Education (COEs) and consortia of COEs must have demonstrated expertise in developing and providing high-quality professional learning to teachers and paraprofessionals in public schools (serving early learning, transitional kindergarten, kindergarten, and grades one to twelve, inclusive). Applicants must be able to deliver professional learning for teachers and paraprofessionals in the area of implementing effective language acquisition programs for English learners which may include: Integrated language development within and across content areas, development of bilingual and biliterate proficiency, and building and strengthening capacity to implement the EL Roadmap policy.
Other Eligibility Considerations	Additional consideration will be given to COEs that have previously partnered with awardees from the EWIG Program, established pursuant to Section 84 of Chapter 51, Statutes of 2019, to develop professional learning opportunities.
Eligible Grade Level(s)	Not applicable
Eligible Age Level(s)	Not applicable

Funding

Legal Authority	The Education Omnibus Budget Trailer Bill of 2022 (Assembly Bill 185), Section 54.
Source / Type	State / Grant
State Fiscal Year	2023-24
SACS Resource / Revenue Codes	7810 / 8590
Total Available	$10,000,000
Recipient Amount	$2,500,000
Match Requirement	No
Allocation Formula	Unavailable

Important Dates

Date Application Available	April 10, 2023
Due Date	May 12, 2023
Expected Notification Date	July 17, 2023

Additional Information

Application	RFA-23: EWIG ELAP [http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r28/ewigelap23rfa.asp]
Background	Educator Workforce Investment Grant Program [http://www.cde.ca.gov/pd/ps/ewig.asp]
Fiscal	Unavailable
Funding Results	Result-23: ELAP [http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r28/ewigelap23result.asp]
Other	Unavailable

Contacts

Program	Language Policy and Leadership Office, LPLO@cde.ca.gov
Fiscal	Cristina Echols-Gollas, Division Support Office, cecholsgollas@cde.ca.gov
Division	Multilingual Support Division