Race to the Top Fund Assessment Program High School Course Assessment Programs Grants CFDA 84.395C | Apply Online

Opportunity Information: Apply for ED GRANTS 040910 002

• The Department of Education in the education recovery act sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Race to the Top Fund Assessment Program High School Course Assessment Programs Grants CFDA 84.395C" and is now available to receive applicants.
• This funding opportunity was created on May 28, 2010 and posted on Apr 13, 2010.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 23, 2010 Applications Available April 9, 2010. Deadline for Notice of Intent To Apply April 29, 2010. The Department will be able to develop a more efficient process for reviewing grant applications if we have a better understanding of the number of applications we will receive. Therefore, we strongly encourage each prospective applicant to send an e mail notice of its intent to apply for funding under a grant category in this competition to the e mail address [email protected] by April 29, 2010. The notice of intent to apply is optional an applicant may still submit an application if it has not notified us of its intention to apply. Date of Technical Assistance Meeting for Prospective Applicants April 22, 2010. To assist prospective applicants in preparing an application and to respond to questions, the Department will host a Technical Assistance Meeting for Prospective Applicants on April 22, 2010. Detailed information about this meeting (including the meeting location) will be posted on the Departments Web site at http://www.ed.gov/programs/racetothetop assessment. Attendance at the meeting is strongly encouraged. Announcements of any other technical assistance opportunities for prospective applicants will also be available at the Web site above. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications June 23, 2010.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2024.)
• The funding agency has allocated a total of $30,000,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $30,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
• To be eligible for a High School Course Assessment Programs grant, an eligible applicant must include at least 5 governing States. An eligible applicant receiving a High School Course Assessment Programs grant must ensure that at least one course assessment developed under the assessment program will be implemented in each State in the consortium no later than the 2013 2014 school year and that all assessments in the assessment program will be operational no later than the 2014 2015 school year.2 The Department will not require that assessments developed with High School Course Assessment Programs grants be used to meet the assessment requirements in Title I of the ESEA. 2 By requiring that at least one course assessment developed under the assessment program be implemented in each State in the consortium no later than the 2013 2014 school year and that all assessments in the assessment program be operational no later than the 2014 2015 school year, we believe that we are providing an eligible applicant receiving a High School Course Assessment Programs grant with an appropriate amount of time to design and develop course assessment programs that meet the Absolute Priority and other requirements for this grant category.

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