# Archived Information

**U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION**

**FY 2000 GRANTS**

**VIRGIN ISLANDS**

***Prepared by the Office of Intergovernmental and Interagency
Affairs***

***(October 1, 2000)***

**This document highlights major FY 2000 competitive grant programs:**

21st Century Community Learning Centers

Advanced Placement Incentive

Bilingual Professional Development

Class Size Reduction

Community Technology Centers

Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration

Effective Alternative Strategies

Elementary School Counseling

English Literacy/Civics Education

GEAR UP

Learning Anytime Anywhere Partnerships

Middle School Coordinators

New American High Schools \-- **second FY 2000 showcase sites pending**

Preparing Tomorrow\'s Teachers to Use Technology

Public Charter Schools

Reading Excellence

Safe Schools/Healthy Students

Smaller Learning Communities

Teacher Quality Enhancement

Technology Innovation Challenge

TRIO Programs

[Note]{.underline}: The year listed after each grantee is the year of
initial funding.

[21st Century Community Learning Centers]{.underline} \$453 million in
FY 2000

\$1 billion requested for FY 2001

*Funds school-community partnerships to keep schools open after-school
and summers as safe havens for enhanced learning. (Three year grant \--
amount listed is awarded annually, assuming program compliance and
future appropriations.)*

**FY 2000 Grantees:**

-   Virgin Islands Department of Education \$ 499,854 (1999)

[Advanced Placement Incentive]{.underline} \$15 million in FY 2000

\$20 million requested in FY 2001

*Enables states to reimburse part or all of the cost of Advanced
Placement test fees for low-income individuals who are enrolled in an AP
class or plan to take an AP test and provides for the development of
activities directly related to increasing: (1) the enrollment of
low-income individuals in AP courses; (2) the participation of
low-income individuals in AP tests; and (3) the availability of AP
courses in schools serving high-poverty areas. (Three year grant \--
amount listed is for the first year.)*

**FY 2000 Grantees:**

-   Government of the Virgin Islands \$ 282,520 (2000)

[Class Size Reduction]{.underline} \$1.3 billion in FY 2000

\$1.75 billion requested in FY 2001

*Helps school districts hire 100,000 teaches over seven years to reduce
class sizes in*

*grades 1-3 to a nationwide average of 18. (Amount listed is the second
year of an anticipated seven year effort.)* **In FY 2000, the Virgin
Islands will receive \$835,936 in program funds.**

[Community Technology Centers]{.underline} \$32.5 million in FY 2000

\$100 million requested in FY 2001

*Expands access to information technology and learning services through
the creation of computer learning facilities in low-income communities.
(Three year grant \-- amount listed is the projected three year total.)*

**FY 2000 Grantees:**

-   VI Resource Center for the Disabled, Inc. \$ 312,897 (2000)

[Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration]{.underline} \$220 million in
FY 2000

\$240 million requested in FY 2001

*Helps raise student achievement by assisting public schools across the
country to implement comprehensive school reform programs that are based
on reliable research and effective practices and that include an
emphasis on basic academics and parental involvement. (Amount listed is
the third year of program funding.)* **In FY 2000, the Virgin Islands
will receive \$327,562 in program funds.**

[TRIO Programs]{.underline} \$645 million in FY 2000

\$725 million requested in FY 2001

*Helps disadvantaged students progress from middle school to
postsecondary education programs. (Includes eight outreach and support
programs. Competitions are held every fourth year, except TRIO
Dissemination Partnership \-- every third year \-- and TRIO Staff
Training \-- every other year.)*

> **FY 2000 Upward Bound Grantees:**
>
> *Awarded to institutions of higher education, non-profit agencies, or,
> in exceptional cases, secondary schools to provide fundamental support
> to participants in their preparation for college entrance. Upward
> Bound serves high school students from low-income families, families
> in which neither parent holds a bachelors degree, and low-income,
> first*
>
> *generation military veterans. (Four year grant \-- amount listed is
> for the current year. Subsequent annual amounts are based on program
> compliance and future appropriations.)*

-   University of the Virgin Islands \$ 430,452 (1999)