The Grant Submissions will be evaluated and approval given to as many as possible. This timeline of submission and evaluation is designed so approval may be provided and teachers may begin working on the units of study that are expected for the School Learning Plan during the summer. The Federal guidelines require a competition among school systems. For all Grant Submission proposals submitted by June 15, every effort will be made to approve them in two weeks. For all Grant Submission proposals submitted by June 30, every effort will be made to approve them in two weeks.
School systems are the only entities permitted to submit grant proposals.
A school system may submit some of its schools in any of the 3 time periods. However, a school's plan must be submitted in its entirety and the school is eligible for approval of only one plan. Amendments or changes to any school's plan are only permitted if the initial Grant Submission Proposal is not approved. Such non approved plans may be resubmitted up until the final deadline of September 30, 2000. The initial approval of a Grant Submission Proposal determines the maximum amount of money that may be received for each school in the school system.