Section 1003(a) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) requires that State Education Agencies allocate funds to Local Education Agencies (LEA) to carry out the State's responsibilities under sections 1116 and 1117, which may include providing support to Reward Schools to mentor staff at Priority and Focus Schools and to refine and enhance the Reward School’s own best practices.

September 22, 2017 

Detailed instructions are available on the Reward Schools Grant Application page.

September 12, 2017

Section 1003 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) requires that State Education Agencies allocate funds to Local Education Agencies (LEAs) for Priority and Focus Schools to meet the progress goals in their District Comprehensive Improvement Plan and School Comprehensive Education Plan(s) (DCIP/SCEP) and thereby improve student performance.

September 15, 2017 

Detailed instructions are available on the SIG Grant Application page.

August 7, 2017

The purpose of Additional Grants for Expanded Prekindergarten for Three- and Four-Year Old Students in High Need School Districts is to increase the availability of high quality prekindergarten placements for high need children and schools within New York State.

Full proposals must be postmarked by August 9, 2017.

Refer to the full RFP documents for complete instructions.

All questions must be submitted via E-Mail to PREKRFP@nysed.gov by close of business June 23, 2017.  A complete list of all Questions and Answers will be posted here no later than June 28, 2017.

The purpose of the Exemplary School Models and Practices grant is to close the achievement gap and increase the academic achievement and college and career readiness (CCR) of students with an emphasis on boys and young men of color.

The State Education Department will award grants to districts that will develop and/or expand exemplary high quality college and career readiness school models, programs and practices that demonstrate cultural and linguistic responsiveness, that emphasize the needs of boys and young men of color.

Full proposals must be postmarked by 6/30/2017
(The application deadline for the Exemplary School Models and Practices RFP has been extended from Friday, 6/16/2017 to Friday, 6/30/2017.)

Refer to the full RFP documents for complete instructions.

Questions and Answers document posted.

Questions regarding this grant must be e-mailed to
ModelRFP@nysed.gov  by 5/10/2017
A Question and Answers Summary will be posted on the My Brother's Keeper website no later than 5/19/2017
Webinar will be available on the My Brother's Keeper website on 5/1/2017

To ensure that all students have a pathway that leads to college and career readiness, $1 million is available to provide Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs with support and resources to eliminate barriers to Students With Disabilities (SWD) and English Language Learners (ELL)/Multilingual Learners (MLL), encourage participation in and equitable access to CTE programs and activities, and promote gender diversity in non-traditional career paths.

Full proposals must be postmarked by March 17, 2017.

Refer to the full RFP documents for complete instructions.

Questions and Answers – Posted 2/22/17
Questions and Answers – Posted 3/2/17

All questions must be submitted via E-Mail to RemovingCTEBarriers@nysed.gov by February 28, 2017. A complete list of all Questions and Answers will be posted here no later than March 2, 2017

The purpose of 21st Century Community Learning Centers is to provide opportunities for communities to establish or expand activities in community learning centers that:

1. provide opportunities for academic enrichment, including providing tutorial services to help students, particularly students who attend low-performing schools, to meet the challenging State academic standards;
2. offer students a broad array of additional services, programs, and activities, such as youth development activities, service learning, nutrition and health education, drug and violence prevention programs, counseling programs, arts, music, physical fitness and wellness programs, technology education programs, financial literacy programs, environmental literacy programs, mathematics, science, career and technical programs, internship or apprenticeship programs, and other ties to an in-demand industry sector or occupation for high school students that are designed to reinforce and complement the regular academic program of participating students; and
3. offer families of students served by community learning centers opportunities for active and meaningful engagement in their children’s education, including opportunities for literacy and related educational development.

The due date for application submissions is November 21, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. Complete applications must be submitted electronically via the FluidReview portal. Applications submitted via mail will not be reviewed.

Refer to the full RFP documents for complete instructions.

Questions and Answers – Posted 10/26/16
List of Schoolwide Programs – Posted 10/26/16

Questions regarding this Request for Proposals (RFP) must be submitted by E-Mail to: 21CRFP@nysed.gov  by October 11, 2016 and should not include questions related to the electronic submission of applications through the FluidReview portal.

A complete list of all questions and answers will be posted here no later than October 26, 2016.

RECENT UPDATES

7/1/17: Update application documents for 2017-18 now available on the Socioeconomic Integration Pilot Program Grant page.

The purpose of the Socioeconomic Integration Pilot Program is to increase student achievement in Priority and Focus Schools by encouraging greater socioeconomic integration in these schools. 

Title I School Improvement Grant funds under Section 1003(a) must be used to support Local Education Agencies (LEAs) that receive Title I funds and:

• Serve the lowest achieving schools;
• Demonstrate the greatest need for such funding;
• Demonstrate the strongest commitment to ensuring that such funds are used to enable the lowest achieving schools to meet the progress goals in their school improvement plans; and
• Have been identified for improvement based on the State’s accountability system.

Title I Focus Districts with poverty rates of at least 60% and at least ten (10) schools in their district are eligible to apply for this grant.  

Only Title I Focus or Priority Schools with a poverty rate of at least 70% are eligible for this program.  Charter Schools, Non-Title I Schools and Priority Schools receiving School Improvement Grants under Section 1003(g) or School Innovation Fund Grants are not for eligible for this grant.

Update applications due Friday, July 28, 2017.

Detailed instructions are available on the Socioeconomic Integration Pilot Program Grant page.

December 30, 2014