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- 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 RacetotheTop@ed.gov 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 2026.)
- 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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Opportunity Summary:
Race to the Top Fund Phase II (CFDA 84.395A) was a large, competitive federal grant opportunity run by the U.S. Department of Education under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The program was designed to push statewide education reform by rewarding states that could show they were creating real conditions for innovation and measurable improvement in student outcomes. The central goals were to raise overall student achievement, close persistent achievement gaps, improve high school graduation rates, and better prepare students for success in college and careers. In practice, the grant competition asked states to submit ambitious, statewide plans that did more than propose isolated projects; they were expected to lay out broad strategies that would change systems and produce sustained gains.
The Phase II competition focused on four core reform areas that states had to address in their applications. First, states were expected to adopt standards and assessments aligned with college- and career-readiness and benchmarked to international expectations, so that student performance could be judged against more rigorous targets. Second, states needed to build or strengthen longitudinal data systems capable of measuring student success over time and providing actionable information to teachers and principals, with the broader intent of improving instruction and decision-making. Third, states had to improve teacher and principal effectiveness and address equity in the distribution of effective educators, meaning students in high-need schools should not systematically receive less effective teaching than students elsewhere. Fourth, states were required to present credible strategies for turning around the lowest-achieving schools, emphasizing dramatic improvement in the places where outcomes were most consistently poor.
Eligibility was limited to state-level applicants: the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico (collectively treated as "States" in the notice). Beyond being a state entity, applicants had to satisfy two key conditions. One was that the state needed to have its Phase 1 and Phase 2 applications under the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund program approved by the Department before a Race to the Top grant could be awarded. The other was a policy readiness requirement tied to educator evaluation: at the time of submission, the state could not have legal, statutory, or regulatory barriers that would prevent linking student achievement or student growth data to individual teachers and principals for evaluation purposes. In other words, states had to be able to connect outcomes data to educators in a way that could support evaluation systems.
The timing and process requirements were specific and somewhat unusual by today’s online-submission standards. Applications were made available on April 14, 2010, and the Phase II application deadline was June 1, 2010. States were strongly encouraged (but not required) to submit an email notice of intent to apply by May 4, 2010 to RacetotheTop@ed.gov, mainly so the Department could plan for the review workload. To support applicants, the Department scheduled a technical assistance planning workshop in Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 21, 2010. That session was intended to walk state application teams through selection criteria, requirements, and priorities, answer technical questions, and allow states to learn from Phase 1 winners. For states that could not attend, transcripts were to be posted online, along with any later calls, webinars, and FAQs on the Race to the Top website.
Submission requirements centered on a physical electronic delivery. States had to submit the application electronically on a CD or DVD (CD-ROM or DVD-ROM preferred), and they also had to mail a signed original of Sections III and IV plus one copy of that signed original. Those sections covered the Race to the Top Application Assurances and the Accountability, Transparency, Reporting and Other Assurances. File formatting rules were strict: electronic files had to be in DOC, DOCX, RTF, or PDF format; filenames needed to clearly indicate which application part they corresponded to; files could not be password-protected; and any materials submitted in other file types would not be reviewed. The disc itself had to be clearly labeled with the state’s name and other identifying information.
A narrow amendment window existed after the main deadline, but only for a specific standards-related selection criterion. Phase II applicants addressing criterion (B)(1)(ii)(b) were allowed to amend their June 1 submission through August 2, 2010 solely to provide evidence that the state adopted common standards after June 1. No other updates or additions were allowed after the June 1 deadline. The intergovernmental review deadline was August 2, 2010, aligning with that limited amendment window.
In terms of scale, this was one of the largest education grant competitions of its time. The estimated total funding available was approximately $3.4 billion, with an award ceiling of $700 million for a single grant. The opportunity was posted April 14, 2010, and later archived September 2, 2010. For official details, the notice emphasized that the Federal Register publication controlled all requirements and that applicants should rely on the official application notice for complete information on priorities, selection criteria, performance measures, and submission instructions. The listing also provided points of contact for access and program questions, including Julius Cotton for technical access issues and James Butler as the program manager.
Race to the Top Fund Phase II (CFDA 84.395A) - FAQs
What is Race to the Top Fund Phase II (CFDA 84.395A)?
Race to the Top Fund Phase II was a large, competitive federal grant program run by the U.S. Department of Education under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). It rewarded states that proposed ambitious, statewide education reform plans designed to produce measurable improvements in student outcomes.
What were the main goals of the Phase II competition?
The central goals were to raise overall student achievement, close persistent achievement gaps, improve high school graduation rates, and better prepare students for success in college and careers.
Was this grant meant for small projects or statewide reform?
The competition expected statewide plans, not isolated projects. States were expected to propose broad strategies that would change education systems and produce sustained gains.
Who was eligible to apply?
Eligibility was limited to state-level applicants: the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico (treated collectively as "States" in the notice).
What key conditions had to be met before a state could receive a Race to the Top award?
Two conditions were highlighted: (1) the state needed to have its Phase 1 and Phase 2 applications under the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund program approved by the Department before a Race to the Top grant could be awarded, and (2) at the time of submission, the state could not have legal, statutory, or regulatory barriers preventing the link between student achievement or student growth data and individual teachers and principals for evaluation purposes.
What was the educator-evaluation policy readiness requirement?
At the time of application submission, a state could not have legal, statutory, or regulatory barriers that would prevent linking student achievement or student growth data to individual teachers and principals for evaluation purposes. The state needed to be able to connect outcomes data to educators to support evaluation systems.
What were the four core reform areas states had to address?
Phase II required states to address four core reform areas in their applications: (1) adopting standards and assessments aligned with college- and career-readiness and benchmarked to international expectations, (2) building or strengthening longitudinal data systems, (3) improving teacher and principal effectiveness and addressing equity in access to effective educators, and (4) turning around the lowest-achieving schools with credible, dramatic improvement strategies.
What did the standards and assessments reform area emphasize?
States were expected to adopt standards and assessments aligned with college- and career-readiness and benchmarked to international expectations so student performance could be measured against more rigorous targets.
What did the longitudinal data systems reform area emphasize?
States needed to build or strengthen longitudinal data systems that could measure student success over time and provide actionable information to teachers and principals, with the intent of improving instruction and decision-making.
What did the teacher and principal effectiveness reform area emphasize?
States were expected to improve teacher and principal effectiveness and address equity in the distribution of effective educators, meaning students in high-need schools should not consistently receive less effective teaching than students in other schools.
What did the lowest-achieving schools reform area emphasize?
States were required to present credible strategies for turning around the lowest-achieving schools, focusing on dramatic improvement where outcomes had been most consistently poor.
When were applications made available and when were they due?
Applications were made available on April 14, 2010. The Phase II application deadline was June 1, 2010.
Was a notice of intent to apply required?
No. States were strongly encouraged, but not required, to submit an email notice of intent to apply by May 4, 2010.
Where was the notice of intent to apply sent?
The notice of intent to apply was sent by email to RacetotheTop@ed.gov.
Why did the Department encourage a notice of intent to apply?
It was mainly to help the Department plan for the review workload.
Was there a technical assistance opportunity for applicants?
Yes. The Department scheduled a technical assistance planning workshop in Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 21, 2010.
What was the purpose of the Minneapolis technical assistance workshop?
The workshop was intended to walk state teams through selection criteria, requirements, and priorities, answer technical questions, and allow states to learn from Phase 1 winners.
What if a state could not attend the workshop in person?
Transcripts were to be posted online, along with later calls, webinars, and FAQs on the Race to the Top website.
How were applications submitted (online or physical submission)?
Submission was not a modern online process. States had to submit the application electronically on a CD or DVD (CD-ROM or DVD-ROM preferred) and also mail signed paper materials for specific sections.
What physical items had to be mailed in addition to the disc?
States had to mail a signed original of Sections III and IV plus one copy of that signed original.
What were Sections III and IV?
Section III covered the Race to the Top Application Assurances. Section IV covered the Accountability, Transparency, Reporting and Other Assurances.
What file types were accepted for the electronic application?
Electronic files had to be in DOC, DOCX, RTF, or PDF format.
Were password-protected files allowed?
No. Files could not be password-protected.
What happened if a state submitted files in other formats?
Any materials submitted in other file types would not be reviewed.
Were there file naming requirements?
Yes. Filenames needed to clearly indicate which application part they corresponded to.
Were there labeling requirements for the CD/DVD?
Yes. The disc had to be clearly labeled with the state's name and other identifying information.
Was there any chance to amend an application after the June 1, 2010 deadline?
Yes, but only in a narrow and specific way. Phase II applicants addressing criterion (B)(1)(ii)(b) could amend their June 1 submission through August 2, 2010 solely to provide evidence that the state adopted common standards after June 1.
Could applicants make other updates or additions after June 1, 2010?
No. The notice stated that no other updates or additions were allowed after the June 1 deadline beyond the limited standards-related amendment described.
What was the intergovernmental review deadline?
The intergovernmental review deadline was August 2, 2010.
How much funding was available under Phase II?
The estimated total funding available was approximately $3.4 billion.
What was the maximum award size?
The award ceiling was $700 million for a single grant.
When was the opportunity posted and when was it archived?
The opportunity was posted on April 14, 2010 and later archived on September 2, 2010.
Which source controlled the official requirements for this opportunity?
The notice emphasized that the Federal Register publication controlled all requirements, and applicants were instructed to rely on the official application notice for complete details.
What kinds of details were expected to be found in the official application notice?
The official notice was identified as the source for complete information on priorities, selection criteria, performance measures, and submission instructions.
Who were the points of contact listed for questions?
The listing provided points of contact including Julius Cotton for technical access issues and James Butler as the program manager.
Who should be contacted for technical access issues?
Julius Cotton was listed as the contact for technical access issues.
Who was listed as the program manager?
James Butler was listed as the program manager.
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