The Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) is accepting applications for the 2025 High-Impact Tutoring (HIT) Local Education Agency (LEA) Grant.
Donor Name: Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE)
State: District of Columbia
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/16/2024
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The purpose of the grant is to help DC public LEAs launch, strengthen and expand evidence-based tutoring programs in schools for DC students, with a focus on those who are designated as economically disadvantaged.
Funding Information
Up to $4,300,000.00 is available in total for awards through this RFA. OSSE will provide up to $2,000,000.00 per LEA award. The maximum amount of grant award funding that an LEA can apply for is based on how many students the LEA projects to serve with HIT programs and for how long. OSSE plans to award applicants based on the following funding categories:
- $1,000 for each student that the applicant plans to provide with 20 weeks or more of HIT LEA grant programming during the school year; or
- $800 for each student that the applicant plans to provide with 16-19 weeks of HIT LEA grant programming during the school year; and
- $200 for each student that the applicant plans to provide with 4 weeks or more of HIT grant programming during the summer.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible DC public and public charter school local education agencies must meet the following criteria:
- Eligible LEAs have demonstrated a commitment to implementing HIT programs for their students as a core element of their learning acceleration strategy in school prior to applying for this grant funding. A demonstrated commitment may include experience overseeing a staff-led HIT program, engaging with a third-party provider to conduct high-impact tutoring programming for students, or attending a professional development series to design a HIT program with plans for implementation in the 2024-25 school year.
- HIT LEA Grant funding must only support HIT programs at schools with at least 40% of the student population identified as economically disadvantaged OR at least 80% of the students enrolled in a school’s OSSE grant-supported HIT program must be identified as economically disadvantaged.
- Eligible LEAs must ensure that at least one member of the school leadership team from each school that receives OSSE HIT grant funds will attend professional development (1- 2 series per fiscal year) as well as regular communities of practices (approximately four 1–2-hour sessions) required by OSSE during the period of performance.
For more information, visit OSSE.
