Schools, working with teachers and parents, will be able to select or design a comprehensive school reform model based on reliable research and effective practices that fits their community. The actual number of schools participating would depend on the cost of the particular reform model chosen or designed by each school. Funds will become available to SEAs on July 1, 1998. I basic grants. Eligible schools districts apply for these funds on behalf of Title I eligible schools within the school district that elect to implement a comprehensive school reform plan.
FIE funds are available, on a competitive basis, to any school district that applies for assistance.
Schools within a school district must apply for funds as part of the school district application process. In order to receive fincancial assistance, schools must identify a comprehensive school reform model or design their own comprehensive school reform program that employs innovative strategies and proven methods for student learning, teaching and schols management that are based on reliable research and effective practices, and have been replicated successfully in schools with diverse characteristics. That Work , Modern Red Schoolhouse , National Alliance for Restructuring Education , Paideia , Roots and Wings , School Development Program , Success for All , Talent Development High School , and Urban Learning Center. Host planning institutes to assist schools in developing an implementation plan to be included in their respective applications to the state to receive funding for implementing a comprehensive school reform plan.