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Opportunity Information: Apply for ED GRANTS 041410 001

• The Department of Education in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Race to The Top Fund Phase II Applications CFDA 84.395A" and is now available to receive applicants.
• This funding opportunity was created on Apr 14, 2010 and posted on Apr 14, 2010.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 1, 2010 Applications Available April 14, 2010. Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply for Phase 2 May 4, 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 potential applicant to send an e mail notice of its intent to apply for funding for Phase 2 to the e mail address [email protected] by May 4, 2010. The notice of intent to apply is optional States may still submit applications if they have not notified the Department of their intention to apply. Date of Meeting for Potential Applicants The Department intends to hold one technical assistance planning workshop. The workshop will be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on April 21, 2010. We recommend that applicants attend this workshop. To assist States in preparing the application and to respond to questions, the Department intends to host a Technical Assistance Planning Workshop for potential Phase 2 applicants. The workshop will be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 21, 2010. The purpose of the workshop is for Department staff to review the selection criteria, requirements, and priorities with teams of participants responsible for drafting State applications for Department staff to answer technical questions about the Race to the Top program and for potential Phase 2 applicants to hear from and ask questions of successful Phase 1 applicants. The Department plans to release more details regarding the workshop in early April. Updates will be available at the Race to the Top Web site http://www.ed.gov/programs/racetothetop. Attendance at the workshop is strongly encouraged. For those who cannot attend, transcripts of the meeting will be available on our Web site. Announcements of any other conference calls or Webinars and Frequently Asked Questions will also be available on the Race to the Top Web site. Deadlines for Transmittal of Phase 2 Applications June 1, 2010. Phase 2 applicants addressing selection criterion (B)(1)(ii)(b) may amend their June 1, 2010 application submission through August 2, 2010 by submitting evidence of having adopted common standards after June 1, 2010. No other information may be submitted after June 1, 2010 in an amended application. Phase 2 Applications June 1, 2010. Phase 2 applicants addressing selection criterion (B)(1)(ii)(b) may amend their June 1, 2010 application submissions through August 2, 2010 by submitting evidence of having adopted common standards after June 1, 2010. No other information may be submitted in an amended application after June 1, 2010. Deadlines for Intergovernmental Review Phase 2 Applications August 2, 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 $3,400,000,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $700,000,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: State governments Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
• Eligible Applicants Eligible applicants are the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico (referred to in this notice as State). A State must meet the following requirements in order to be eligible to receive funds under this program. (a) The States applications for funding under Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund program must be approved by the Department prior to the State being awarded a Race to the Top grant. (b) At the time the State submits its application, there must not be any legal, statutory, or regulatory barriers at the State level to linking data on student achievement (as defined in this notice) or student growth (as defined in this notice) to teachers and principals for the purpose of teacher and principal evaluation.

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