The Department of Education (Department) is inviting applications for 2023 Supporting America’s School Infrastructure (SASI) Grant Program.
Donor Name: Department of Education
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/07/2023
Size of the Grant: $5,000,000
Grant Duration: 60 months
Details:
The purpose of this program is to increase the capacity of States to support high-need local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools in leveraging other available Federal, State, and local resources to improve school facilities and environments through public school infrastructure improvements to ensure that their public school facilities are safe, healthy, sustainable, and equitable learning environments for all students.
Grant Priorities
There are two absolute priorities and one competitive preference priority for the 2023 grant competition:
- Absolute Priorities: For 2023 and any subsequent year in which they make awards from the list of unfunded applications from this competition, these priorities are absolute priorities.
- Absolute Priority 1—Building Capacity of State Educational Agency
- To meet this priority, an eligible State educational agency must propose a project to increase its capacity to support highneed LEAs and provide technical assistance to those LEAs regarding how to leverage available resources to assess infrastructure needs and how to make public school infrastructure improvements in their highest-need public schools.
- Absolute Priority 2—Building Capacity of State Entity
- To meet this priority, an eligible State entity other than the SEA with authority or responsibility over educational facilities (i.e., if the SEA does not have authority over or responsibility for educational facilities) must propose a project in collaboration with the SEA to increase its capacity to support highneed LEAs and provide technical assistance to those LEAs regarding how to leverage available resources to assess infrastructure needs and how to make public school infrastructure improvements in their highest-need public schools.
- Absolute Priority 1—Building Capacity of State Educational Agency
- Competitive Preference Priority: For 2023 and any subsequent year in which they make awards from the list of unfunded applications from this competition, this priority is a competitive preference priority for applications under Absolute Priority 1. This priority is:
- Competitive Preference Priority 1— SEAs with Low Capacity in Areas of School Infrastructure
- To meet this priority, an applicant must demonstrate that it currently has low or no administrative capacity to support LEAs in its State in assessing facility conditions or making public school infrastructure improvements, by attesting that it meets one or more of the following criteria:
- The SEA does not currently provide capital funding for school construction or renovations, consistent with the most recent annual Public Elementary-Secondary Education Finance Data the SEA reported to the U.S. Census Bureau.
- The SEA does not currently employ a dedicated staff person whose primary job responsibility is providing technical assistance to LEAs regarding school infrastructure improvements.
- To meet this priority, an applicant must demonstrate that it currently has low or no administrative capacity to support LEAs in its State in assessing facility conditions or making public school infrastructure improvements, by attesting that it meets one or more of the following criteria:
- Competitive Preference Priority 1— SEAs with Low Capacity in Areas of School Infrastructure
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $40,000,000
- Estimated Range of Awards: $3,000,000 to $5,000,000 for the full 60 months
- Period of Performance: 60 months
Eligibility Criteria
State governments
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
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