The Arts and Foreign Language Education Grant Program (AFL) is a joint initiative through Illinois Arts Council Agency (IACA) and the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).
Donor Name: Illinois Arts Council Agency (IACA)
State: Illinois
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/17/2022
Size of the Grant:$100,000
Details:
Arts and Foreign Language Education Grant Program (AFL) to support arts and foreign language education in schools, with an emphasis on ensuring that these areas become part of the school’s core curriculum.
AFL has provided funds to over one hundred school districts across the state and has resulted in the expansion and creation of:
- world language exploration courses
- pre-professional courses in the graphic arts, commercial art, illustration and advanced placement
- world drumming courses, multicultural music and art, and cross-curricular materials
- digital photography class
- new courses in Chinese and Arabic and continuing programs in Spanish, French and German
- new faculty positions
- new programs in dance and movement
- theater instruction and productions
- new district wide curricular and assessment standards
- guitar instruction and jazz ensembles
Additionally, schools have used funds to purchase:
- technological, curricular and resource materials
- professional seminars and conference registrations
- class supplies, musical instruments and computer software
- artist-in-residence services
Grant Award
Annual grant awards will not exceed $100,000 depending on the programmatic needs, size of district, and level of implementation proposed. Total amount of funding available for first year implementation grants in FY 2023 is anticipated to be $580,000.
Grant Period
The grant period will begin no sooner than February 2023 and will extend from the execution date of the grant until November 15, 2023.
Two continuation periods are anticipated: January 2024 to October 31, 2024 (FY 2024) and January 2025 to October 31, 2025 (FY 2025). Funding in the subsequent years will be contingent upon a sufficient appropriation for the program and satisfactory progress in the preceding grant period.
Eligibility Criteria
- School districts, public university laboratory schools approved by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), charter schools, and area vocational centers are eligible to apply.
- Each applicant that received a previous planning grant under the Planning Assistance Grant Program is required to implement the program that was the focus of that planning effort (i.e., the arts or foreign language program the applicant developed under the planning grant). Recipients of such planning grants will be given priority consideration in the awarding of implementation grants under this RFP, although receipt of a planning grant is not a prerequisite for receipt of an implementation grant.
- No grantee may receive more than one implementation grant for the arts and one for foreign language under this grant program.
- Applicants who have received an implementation grant for the arts and for foreign language are not eligible to apply for further grant awards under this program.
The arts include visual arts, music, theatre, media arts, and dance.
For more information, visit Arts and Foreign Language Education Grant Program.
