Dept. of Ed. Calls for Safe and Supportive School Grant Applicants
WASHINGTON—The Department of Education’s Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools is accepting applications for its 2010 Safe and Supportive Schools grant competition.
The Safe and Supportive Schools grant program awards grants to state educational agencies (SEAs) to support statewide measurement of, and targeted programmatic interventions to improve conditions for learning in order to help schools improve safety and reduce substance use.
Eligible applicants for the Safe and Supportive Schools grant competition include SEAs as defined by section 9101 (41) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
Applicants can submit applications in one of the three priorities:
- Absolute Priority: This priority supports grants to SEAs for projects that take a systematic approach to improving conditions for learning in eligible schools through improved measurement systems that assess conditions for learning., which must include school safety and the implementation of programmatic interventions that address problems identified by data.
- Competitive Preference Priority: Under this priority, the applicant must propose to implement a measurement system that uses valid and reliable instruments to gather comprehensive data related to school engagement and school environment from students to assess conditions for learning.
- Invitational Priority: Under this priority, applications from SEAs that propose to implement a measurement system that uses valid and reliable instruments to gather comprehensive data from school staff and from students’ families or guardians in order to assess school engagement will be considered.
Applications are due Aug. 9, 2010 and must be submitted electronically. More than $27 million is estimated to be given out for five to seven awards, with a range of $1 million per year for a state with up to 199,999 students enrolled; $2.5 million per year for a state with 200,000 to 499,000 students enrolled; $3.5 million per year for a state with 500,000 to 999,999 students enrolled; $6 million per year for a state with 1,000,000 to 1,999,999 students enrolled; and $12 million for a state with at least 2 million students enrolled.
It should be noted that award ranges are based on 2008-09 school year enrollment data submitted by SEAs through the National Center for Education Statistics.
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