Current Grant Applications

Program Name:

2008-13 Carl D. Perkins IV Career & Technical Education Plan and 2008-09 Basic Grant Application for Adult and Secondary Funding

Agencies must submit a separate application for secondary and adult funding.
Please submit one original and two copy of the complete application. The original must be labeled "ORIGINAL" in red and contain original signatures of the chief school officer in blue.  Mail to:

                                    New York State Education Department
                                    Grants Processing (Perkins)
                                    Room   674 EBA
                                    89 Washington Avenue
                                    Albany, New York    12234

Must be postmarked by June 30, 2008.

The federal Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006 (Perkins IV) provides basic grants to adult and secondary programs to improve the quality of career and technical education (CTE). 
Applications for Perkins IV funds must describe how grant monies will support the development of programs that:

• integrate rigorous academics with career and technical instruction;
  1. link secondary education and postsecondary education to prepare students for high-skill, high-wage, high-demand occupations in current or emerging occupations; and
  2. enable participating students to meet or exceed performance standards emphasized by Perkins IV.

Public school districts and Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) are eligible secondary agencies for secondary Perkins funds.  They must offer or be in the process of developing CTE programs that meet the requirements for a Regents CTE Approved Program. Perkins funds are allocated by a statutory formula that is based upon the number of individuals ages five to seventeen in a school district with greater weighting to those individuals who are below the poverty line (source is 2004 Census data)

All questions must be submitted in writing to emsccte@mail.nysed.gov by May 23, 2008.  SED will post answers to the questions by June 6, 2008 on the Funding Opportunities web page.

Program Name:

2008-2010 Federal Charter Schools Dissemination Grant Application

Due Date:  Applications must be postmarked by May 23, 2008.  Mail one (1) original and three (3) copies of the complete application to:

            Charter Schools Dissemination Grant Application
            Grants Processing Unit, Room 674 EBA
            New York State Education Department
            Albany, NY 12234

Funding is available for grants to existing charter schools to assist other schools in adapting the charter school’s program or certain aspects of the charter school’s program or to disseminate information on successful practices in the charter school to other schools. 

Charter schools that have been in operation (i.e., open for instruction) for at least three (3) consecutive years and have demonstrated overall success in the areas of student academic achievement, parent satisfaction, and management and leadership abilities.  

Grants will be made in the amount of up to $200,000 per year for two years, subject to availability of funds from the United States Department of Education. 

All questions must be emailed to emsccsp@mail.nysed.gov no later than close of business April 18, 2008.  A Questions and Answers summary is now posted.

Program Name:

2008-12 Even Start Family Literacy Partnership Grant Application

Submit one (1) original and three (3) copies of the application postmarked by June 16, 2008 to: 

Even Start Grant
Grants Processing Unit
Room 674 EBA
New York State Education Department
Albany, NY 12234

The Even Start grant program provides federal funds to help community partnerships offer intensive, integrated family literacy services with three interrelated goals:

• To help parents improve their literacy or basic educational skills;
• To help parents become full partners in educating their children; and
• To assist children in reaching their full potential as learners.

A partnership comprised of:

• one or more local educational agencies (LEA); and
• one or more nonprofit community-based organizations, public agencies other than a LEA, institutions of higher education, or public or private nonprofit organizations of demonstrated quality other than an LEA.

An LEA must be designated as the sole fiscal agent for this grant.

SED expects to make six (6) to ten (10) grants ranging from $150,000 to $250,000 per year for four years.  The funding period will be from September 1, 2008 until August 31, 2012 subject to the availability of federal funds.

All questions must be submitted by E-Mail to EvenStartTA@mail.nysed.gov no later than close of business May 16, 2008.  A Questions and Answers Summary will be posted at: http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/funding/currentapps.htm no later than May 23, 2008.

Program Name:

2008-2013 Migrant Education Outreach Program

Submit 1 original and 2 copies postmarked by May 9, 2008 to:

New York State Education Department
Grants Management
Room 676 EBA
Albany, NY 12234

Federal NCLB, Title I, Part C Education of Migratory Children funds are available for eligible agencies to provide direct educational services to eligible migrant students in specified regions of New York State.

Local Education Agencies (LEA’s), Districts, Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES), Institutions of Higher Education (IHE’s), and other Public and Nonprofit Agencies

It is estimated that funds totaling approximately $8.0 million per year will be available Statewide for five years for Migrant Education Outreach Programs.  Funds will be allocated across eleven regions based on the federally-approved allocation formula. One award will be made for each region. Applicants must serve a region in its entirety.

All questions must be submitted by E-Mail to EMSCMEP@mail.nysed.gov by close of business April 4, 2008.  A complete list of all Questions and Answers is now posted