Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Charter School Program (CSP): CSP Developer Grants for The Opening of New Charter Schools, Assistance Listing Number 84.282B
Agency: Department of Education
Posted: 2024-04-24 | Closing date: 2024-06-24
Applications Available:  April 24, 2024.     Notice of Intent to Apply:  Applicants are strongly encouraged but not required to submit a notice of intent to apply by May 24, 2024.  Applicants that do not meet this deadline may still apply.     Notice of Intent to Apply:  The Department will be able to review grant applications more efficiently if we know the approximate number of applicants that intend to apply.  Therefore, we strongly encourage each potential applicant to notify us of their intent to submit an application.  To do so, please email the program contact person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT with the subject line “Intent to Apply,” and include the applicant’s name, a contact person’s name and email address, the Assistance Listing Number, and the city and State in which the applicant proposes to open, replicate, or expand a charter school.  Applicants that do not submit a notice of intent to apply may still apply for funding.      Deadline for Transmittal of Applications:  June 24, 2024.      Deadline for Intergovernmental Review:  August 22, 2024.     Pre-Application Webinar Information:  The Department will hold a pre-application meeting via webinar to provide technical assistance to prospective applicants.  Detailed information regarding this webinar will be provided at https://oese.ed.gov/offices/office-of-discretionary-grants-support-services/charter-schools-program/charter-schools-program-non-state-educational-agencies-non-sea-planning-program-design-and-initial-implementation-grant/.Note:  For prospective new applicants unfamiliar with grantmaking at the Department, please consult our funding basics resource at https://www2.ed.gov/fund/grant/about/discretionary/index.html.      FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Stephanie S. Jones, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20202-5970.  Telephone:  (202) 453-5563.  Email:  DeveloperCompetition2024@ed.gov.
Estimated total program funding: 5000000
Award ceiling: 2000000
Expected number of awards: 14
Cost sharing or matching requirement: No

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. For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Revised Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on December 7, 2022. Purpose of Program: The major purposes of the CSP are to expand opportunities for all students, particularly for children with disabilities[1], English learners, and other traditionally underserved students, to attend charter schools and meet challenging State academic standards; provide financial assistance for the planning, program design, and initial implementation of charter schools; increase the number of high-quality charter schools available to students across the United States; evaluate the impact of charter schools on student achievement, families, and communities; share best practices between charter schools and other public schools; aid States in providing facilities support to charter schools; support efforts to strengthen the charter school authorizing process; and support quality, accountability, and transparency in the operational performance of all authorized public chartering agencies, including State educational agencies (SEAs) and local educational agencies (LEAs) (section 4301 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESEA)). The CSP Developer Grant program (Assistance Listing Numbers 84.282B and 84.282E) is authorized under Title IV, Part C of the ESEA (20 U.S.C. 7221-7221j). Through CSP Developer Grants, the Department provides financial assistance to charter school developers to enable them to open and prepare for the operation of new or replicated charter schools or to expand high-quality charter schools in States that do not currently have a CSP State Entity grant under the ESEA. Charter schools that receive financial assistance through CSP Developer Grants provide elementary or secondary education programs, or both, and may also serve students in early childhood education programs or postsecondary students, consistent with the terms of their charter. Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.282B [1] Terms defined in this notice are italicized the first time each term is used.

Eligibility: 1.  Eligible Applicants:  Eligible applicants are developers that have--(a)  Applied to an authorized public chartering authority to operate a charter school; and      (b)  Provided adequate and timely notice to that authority.  (Section 4310(6) of the ESEA).  Additionally, the charter school must be located in a State with a State statute specifically authorizing the establishment of charter schools (as defined in section 4310(2) of the ESEA) and in which a State entity currently does not have a CSP State Entity grant (Assistance Listing Number 84.282A) under section 4303 of the ESEA.   (Section 4305(a)(2) of the ESEA).         As a general matter, the Secretary considers charter schools that have been in operation for more than five years to be past the initial implementation phase and, therefore, ineligible to receive CSP funds under Assistance Listing Number 84.282B to support the opening of a new charter school or under Assistance Listing Number 84.282E for the replication of a high-quality charter school; however, such schools may receive CSP funds under Assistance Listing Number 84.282E for the expansion of a high-quality charter school.Note:  Under 34 CFR 75.51, an applicant may show that it is a nonprofit organization by any of the following means:  (1) proof that the Internal Revenue Service currently recognizes the applicant as an organization to which contributions are tax deductible under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; (2) a statement from a State taxing body or the State attorney general certifying that the organization is a nonprofit organization operating within the State and that no part of its net earnings may lawfully benefit any private shareholder or individual; (3) a certified copy of the applicant's certificate of incorporation or similar document if it clearly establishes the nonprofit status of the applicant; or (4) any item described above if that item applies to a State or national parent organization, together with a statement by the State or parent organization that the applicant is a local nonprofit affiliate.