Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): High School Graduation Initiative CFDA Number 84.360

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Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Number: ED-GRANTS-061810-002
Close Date: 2010-07-28 00:00:00
Agency: Department of Education
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: 6/21/2010
Creation Date: Jun 21, 2010
Original Closing Date for Applications: Jul 28, 2010
Archive Date: Aug 27, 2010
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Education
Expected Number of Awards: 50
Estimated Total Program Funding: $45,000,000
Award Ceiling: $3,000,000
CFDA Number(s): 84.360 -- High School Graduation Initiative
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Eligibility Information 1. Eligible Applicants: (a) SEAs to support activities in-- (i) schools that-- (A) serve students in grades 6 through 12; and (B) have annual school dropout rates that are above the State average annual school dropout rate; or (ii) middle schools that feed students into schools that serve students in grades 6 through 12 and have annual school dropout rates that are above the State average annual school dropout rate. (b) LEAS that operate-- (i) schools that-- (A) serve students in grades 6 through 12; and (B) have annual school dropout rates that are above the State average annual school dropout rate; or (ii) middle schools that feed students into schools serve students in grades 6 through 12 and that have annual school dropout rates that are above the State average annual school dropout rate. Note: Applicants must identify the specific schools that will receive project services and provide evidence that, using the most recent available data, those schools serve students in grades 6 through 12, and have annual school dropout rates that are above the State average annual school dropout rate or are middle schools that feed students into schools that serve students in grades 6 through 12 and that have annual school dropout rates that are above the State average annual school dropout rate.
Description: Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. Purpose of Program: The High School Graduation Initiative (formerly known as the School Dropout Prevention (SDP) program) awards grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) and State educational agencies (SEAs) to support the implementation of effective, sustainable, and coordinated dropout prevention and reentry programs in schools that serve students in grades 6 through 12 and that have event dropout rates that are above the State average event dropout rate or are middle schools that feed students into such schools.1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), in the 2007-08 school year, the most recent school year for which data are available, the national event dropout rate for public high schools in the 49 reporting States and the District of Columbia was 4.1 percent. The rate ranged from 1.7 percent in Indiana and New Jersey to 7.5 percent in Louisiana. Twenty-six States had event dropout rates for public high schools of 4 percent or less; four States had event dropout rates for public high schools of 6 percent or more (Stillwell, R. (2010). Public School Graduates and Dropouts From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2007-08 (NCES 2010-341)). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.360. Applications for grants under the High School Graduation Initiative--CFDA Number 84.360 must be submitted electronically using e-Application, accessible through the Department's e-Grants Web site at: http://e-grants.ed.gov. While completing your electronic application, you will be entering data online that will be saved into a database. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a grant application to us.
Link to Additional Information: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): High School Graduation Initiative CFDA Number 84.360; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010
Contact Info: Julius Cotton ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin. Phone 202-245-6140 julius.cotton@ed.gov Program Manager: Theda Zawaiza U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3E122 Washington, DC 20202 Telephone: (202) 205-3783 or by e-mail: e-Mail: Program Mailbox
Synopsis Modification History: The following files represent the modifications to this synopsis with the changes noted within the documents. The list of files is arranged from newest to oldest with the newest file representing the current synopsis. Changed sections from the previous document are shown in a light grey background. Synopsis Version NameModification DescriptionDate ModifiedCurrent VersionJun 21, 2010

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