High school reform--DoED
Office of Vocational and Adult Education; High School Reform State
Grants; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year
(FY) 2001 Note to Applicants: This notice is a complete
application package.
Together with the statute authorizing the program and the Education
Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), the notice
contains all of the information, application forms, and instructions
needed to apply for a grant under this competition.
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Purpose of Program
The purpose of the High School Reform State Grants program is to provide
funds to State educational agencies (SEAs) to support efforts to
improve academic performance and provide technical skills training. States
will in turn make competitive awards to local educational agencies
(LEAs) on behalf of secondary schools or consortia of secondary
schools, to support programs, activities, classes, and other services
designed to assist secondary school students in attaining challenging,
State-established academic and technical skill proficiencies.
The Department of Education (the Department) fully expects
that these funds will be used by local high schools in one of two
ways: (1) To expand and build upon their own existing high school improvement
strategies; or (2) to replicate other high schools' successful
reform models, including such strategies and models that focus
on school restructuring, curriculum and instruction redesign, and improving
school climate. Further, the Department expects that funded strategies
and models will build upon research-based practices proven effective
in improving secondary school students' academic performance and
expanding their opportunities for technical skills training.
Application, Deadline and Award Information
Eligible Applicants: State educational agencies who make sub-grants to
local educational agencies on behalf of secondary schools or secondary
school consortia. State educational agencies may also apply in
consortia with one another.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: August 6, 2001.
Application Page Limits: The Secretary strongly encourages that an application's
program narrative be limited to no more than 25 pages. Deadline for
Intergovernmental Review: September 18, 2001.
Available Funds: $5,000,000 for the 36-month project period.
For full information, see: