Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Grants to Charter Management Organizations for the Replication and Expansion of High-Quality Charter Schools (CMO Grants), Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.282M
Agency: Department of Education
Posted: 2024-05-03 | Closing date: 2024-06-27
Applications Available:  May 3, 2024.     Notice of Intent to Apply:  Applicants are strongly encouraged but not required to submit a notice of intent to apply by June 3, 2024.  Applicants that do not meet this deadline may still apply.     Deadline for Transmittal of Applications:  June 27, 2024.      Deadline for Intergovernmental Review:  August 26, 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-school-programs/charter-schools-program-grants-for-replications-and-expansion-of-high-quality-charter-schools/. 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 Jones, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20202-5970.  Telephone:  (202) 453-5563.  Email:  CMOCompetition2024@ed.gov.
Estimated total program funding: 92000000
Expected number of awards: 20
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 CSP CMO Grant program (ALN 84.282M) is authorized under Title IV, Part C of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESEA) (20 U.S.C. 7221-7221j). Through CSP CMO Grants, the Department awards grants to charter management organizations (CMOs)[1] on a competitive basis to enable them to replicate or expand one or more high-quality charter schools. Grant funds may be used to significantly increase the enrollment of, or add one or more grades to, an existing high-quality charter school or to open one or more new charter schools or new campuses of a high-quality charter school based on the educational model of an existing high-quality charter school. Charter schools that receive financial assistance through CSP CMO 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) 84.282M. [1] Terms defined in this notice are italicized the first time each term is used.

Eligibility: 1.  Eligible Applicants:  CMOs.  Eligible applicants may apply individually or as part of a group or consortium.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.