Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Charter School Program (CSP): State Charter School Facilities Incentive Grant (SFIG) Program, Assistance Listing Numbers 84.282D
Agency: Department of Education
Posted: 2024-04-24 | Closing date: 2024-07-23
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 June 24, 2024.  Applicants who do not meet this deadline may still apply.     Deadline for Transmittal of Applications:  July 23, 2024.      Deadline for Intergovernmental Review:  September 23, 2024.      Pre-Application Webinar Information:  The SFIG Program intends to hold a webinar designed to provide technical assistance to interested applicants.  Detailed information regarding this webinar will be provided on the SFIG Program webpage at https://oese.ed.gov/offices/office-of-discretionary-grants-support-services/charter-school-programs/state-charter-school-facilities-incentive-grants/.Note:  For new potential grantees unfamiliar with grantmaking at the Department, please consult our “Getting Started with Discretionary Grant Applications webpage at https://www2.ed.gov/fund/grant/about/discretionary/index.html.     FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Clifton Jones, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW,  Washington, DC 20202-5970.  Telephone:  (202) 205-2204.  Email:  charter.facilities@ed.gov.
Estimated total program funding: 30000000
Expected number of awards: 4
Cost sharing or matching requirement: Yes

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 SFIG Program is authorized under Title IV, Part C of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by Every Student Succeeds Act (ESEA) (20 U.S.C. 7221k). Through the SFIG Program, the Department provides grants to eligible States to help them establish or enhance, and administer, a per-pupil facilities aid program for charter schools in the State, that is specified in State law, and provides annual financing, on a per-pupil basis, for charter school facilities. Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.282D. 

Eligibility: 1.  Eligible Applicants:  States.  In order to be eligible to receive a grant, a State shall establish or enhance, and administer, a per-pupil facilities aid program for charter schools in the State, that--(a) Is specified in State law; and(b)  Provides annual financing, on a per-pupil basis, for charter school facilities.Note:  A State that is required under State law to provide charter schools with access to adequate facility space, but that does not have a per-pupil facilities aid program for charter schools specified in State law, is eligible to receive a grant if the State agrees to use the funds to develop a per-pupil facilities aid program consistent with the requirements in this notice inviting applications.