The U.S. Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for 2023 for Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) Fostering Diverse Schools Demonstration Grants.
Donor Name: U.S. Department of Education
States: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/07/2023
Size of the Grant: $4,000,000
Grant Duration: 60 months
Details:
The Fostering Diverse Schools Demonstration Grants program provides competitive grants to local educational agencies (LEAs), consortia of LEAs, or one or more LEAs in partnership with a State educational agency (SEA) to provide students with access to a well-rounded education and to improve school conditions for student learning by developing or implementing, and making publicly available as a resource for other LEAs and SEAs, comprehensive plans for increasing school socioeconomic diversity in preschool through grade 12.
Priorities
This competition includes two absolute priorities and three competitive preference priorities. They are establishing the absolute priorities and competitive preference priorities for the FY 2023 grant competition and any subsequent year in which they make awards from the list of unfunded applications from this competition, in accordance of the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA).
Absolute Priorities
These priorities are:
- Absolute Priority 1—Developing or Enhancing a Comprehensive Plan to Increase Socioeconomic Diversity
- Absolute Priority 2—Implementing a Comprehensive Plan to Increase Socioeconomic Diversity.
Competitive Preference Priorities:
- Competitive Preference Priority 1— Fostering Socioeconomic Diversity in One or More High-Need LEAs. (0 or 10 points)
- Competitive Preference Priority 2— Strengthening Cross-Agency Coordination and Community Engagement to Advance Systemic Change. (Up to 5 points)
- Competitive Preference Priority 3— Fostering Socioeconomic Diversity Through Regional Approaches. (0 or 5 points)
Funding Information
- For grants under Absolute Priority 1, they will not make an award exceeding $500,000 for a single budget period of 12 months.
- For grants under Absolute Priority 2, they will not make an award exceeding $4,000,000 for a single budget period of 12 months.
Project Period
- For grants under Absolute Priority 1, up to 24 months.
- For grants under Absolute Priority 2, up to 60 months.
Eligibility Criteria
LEAs, consortia of LEAs, or one or more LEAs in partnership with an SEA.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
