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Funding Opportunities for Charter Schools

In fall 2024, the 91ÉçÇø was awarded a five-year Expanding Opportunity Through Quality Charter Schools Program (CSP) Grant by the U.S. Department of Education.Ìý Authorized by Title IV, Part C of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act, CSP provides funding to expand opportunities for all students, particularly traditionally underserved students, to attend high-quality public charter schools and meet challenging State academic standards; provide financial assistance for the planning, program design, and initial implementation of charter schools; increase the number of high-quality charter schools available to students across the United States; evaluate the impact of charter schools on student achievement, families, and communities; share best practices between charter schools and other public schools; encourage States to provide facilities support to charter schools; and support efforts to strengthen the charter school authorizing process.

91ÉçÇø's CSP project will support grants to 30 new or replicating charter schools along with grants to 25 expanding high-quality charter schools and achieve four main objectives:

1. Add 18,750 new seats within areas that have historically served high-need student populations in disproportionately large numbers.
2. Improve student academic outcomes in New York State charter schools.
3. Promote the dissemination of effective practices that lead to improved academic achievement.
4. Strengthen the overall quality of New York State charter authorizing. Ìý

CSP planning and implementation (or start-up) grants and expansion grants will be awarded though periodic competitive grant processes. Start-up grants are available to new charter schools for the planning, program design, and implementation of the new charter school. Expansion grants are available for the planning, program design, and implementation of an expanding charter school. Separate requests for grant proposals for each type of grant will be issued by 91ÉçÇø and made publicly available on 91ÉçÇø's .

CSP Grant Resources:

Draft 91ÉçÇø CSP Grant Allowable Cost Guide (2/3/25) – This guidance is meant for potential applicants for CSP start-up grants and CSP expansion grants from 91ÉçÇø.Ìý Its contents are subject to change by 91ÉçÇø at any time.

Other potential sources of funds include:

Consolidated Application for ESSA-Funded ProgramsÌý- All charter schools are eligible to receive funds from Title I, Part A; Title II, Part A; Title III, Part A Immigrant; Title III, Part A ELL; Title IV, Part A; and Title V, Part B.

Ìý- This is a competitive grant program administered by the SUNY Charter Schools Institute that focuses on facility construction, renovation, financing, leasehold improvements, and other facility related expenses.

Ìý- Charter schools may be eligible for other grant programs administered by 91ÉçÇø. Grant applications are released on an ongoing basis.

Ìý- Charter schools may be eligible for grant programs administered by the U.S. Department of Education.