Smaller Learning Communities Program
Recent grant opportunities from the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) include
Smaller Learning Communities Program -- CFDA# 84.215L

Below are excerpts from the "notice inviting applications" for this grant opportunity. For more complete information, please see the full notice inviting applications in the Federal Register. We try to ensure that the web version and the Federal Register notice are the same; however, the Federal Register notice should be consulted for complete and authoritative information.

To obtain a copy of Smaller Learning Community Grant Information via the Internet use the following addresses: http://www.grants.gov or http://www.ed.gov/programs/slcp/applicant.html.
Federal Register is at http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2007-2/051807e.html

Smaller Learning Communities Program (Federal Register: November 26, 2007 [CFDA# 84.215L])
Purpose of Program: The Smaller Learning Communities (SLC) program awards discretionary grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to support the implementation of SLCs and activities to improve student academic achievement in large public high schools with enrollments of 1,000 or more students. SLCs include structures such as freshman academies, multi-grade academies organized around career interests or other themes, "houses" in which small groups of students remain together throughout high school, and autonomous schools-within-a-school, as well as personalization strategies, such as student advisories, family advocate systems, and mentoring programs.

Applications Available: November 26, 2007.
Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: January 10, 2008.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: February 25, 2008.
Eligible Applicants: Local educational agencies (LEAs), including educational service agencies and BIE schools, applying on behalf of one or more large high schools.
Estimated Available Funds: $88,323,609.
Estimated Range of Awards: $1,250,000-$14,000,000.

The following provides the ranges of awards per high school size:
1,000-2,000 students, award ranges per school $1,000,000- $1,250,000;
2,001-3,000 students, award ranges per school $1,000,000-$1,500,000; and
3,001-up, award ranges per school $1,000,000-$1,750,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 40.

Additional information is available online at: http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2007-4/112607a.html
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