The Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) is offering a six-month ROOTS grant for 60 rural PK–12 schools to enhance physical education, fitness, and wellness initiatives aligned with state standards.
Donor Name: Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE)
State: Oklahoma
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/25/2026
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Selected sites will receive professional development, mentoring, and approved equipment, with funding contingent on completing required activities such as trainings, coaching sessions, and collaborative learning opportunities.
The focus of the ROOTS grant is to improve the access to high-quality physical education instruction, fitness opportunities, and physical activities in rural schools and communities.
These competitive, reimbursement grants will provide administrators and physical education teachers with professional development, mentoring and coaching, networking opportunities, and resources for high-quality fitness, health, and wellness initiatives, physical activity opportunities, and physical education instruction for PK-12 students. The sites will earn funds for barrier removal supplies (e.g., equipment list will be approved by OSDE before purchase) for up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) for work outside of school contracted hours.
Funding Information
Grants up to $10,000.
Eliibility Criteria
To be eligible for funding opportunities, applicants must:
- Have an active Unique Entity ID (UEI)
- Have a Certificate of Insurance that meets minimum requirements (defined below, required insurance shall be underwritten by an insurance carrier with an A.M. Best rating of A- or better).
- Workers’ compensation and employer’s liability insurance in accordance with and to the extent required by applicable law.
- Commercial general liability insurance covering the risks of personal injury, bodily injury (including death) and property damage, including coverage for contractual liability, with a limit of liability of not less than 2,000,000 per occurrence.
- Automobile liability insurance with limits of liability of not less than $2,000,000 combined single limit each accident.
- If the supplier will access, process or store state data, then security and privacy liability insurance, including coverage for failure to protect confidential information and failure of the security of supplier’s computer systems that results in unauthorized access to customer data with a limit of not less than $5,000,000 per occurrence.
- Additional coverage required in writing in connection with a particular acquisition.
- Be able to sign the Oklahoma RHTP subrecipient agreement
- If awarded, must have an active Oklahoma vendor ID.
For more information, visit OSDE.
