Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Expanding Opportunity Through Quality Charter Schools Program (CSP): Grants to State Entities CFDA Number 84.282A

Agency: Department of Education

84.282 -- Charter Schools

Closed opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026

Description

Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information.

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For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2019 (84 FR 3768),or at www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf.

Purpose of Program: The major purposes of the CSP are to expand opportunities for all students, particularly traditionally underserved students, to attend public charter schools[1] 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.

Through the CSP Grants to State Entities (CSP State Entities) competition (CFDA number 84.282A), the Department awards grants to State entities that, in turn, award subgrants to eligible applicants for the purpose of opening new charter schools and replicating and expanding high-quality charter schools. Grant funds may also be used to provide technical assistance to eligible applicants and authorized public chartering agencies in opening new charter schools and replicating and expanding high-quality charter schools; and to work with authorized public chartering agencies in the State to improve authorizing quality, including developing capacity for, and conducting, fiscal oversight and auditing of charter schools.

Background: The CSP State Entities program provides financial assistance to State entities to support charter schools that serve elementary and secondary school students in a given State. Charter schools receiving funds under the CSP State Entities program also may serve students in early childhood education programs or postsecondary students.

The CSP State Entities program is authorized under Title IV, Part C of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESEA) (20 U.S.C. 7221-7221j).

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.282A.

[1] The statutory or regulatory definitions for italicized terms are provided in the Definitions section of this notice.

Updated April 9, 2020- On January 27, 2020, we published in the Federal Register a notice inviting applications (NIA) for the fiscal year (FY) 2020 CSP State Entities competition, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.282A. The NIA established a deadline date of April 13, 2020 for the transmittal of applications. This notice extends the deadline date for transmittal of applications until May 15, 2020, and extends the deadline for intergovernmental review until July 14, 2020. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-04-09/pdf/2020-07460.pdf

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Miscellaneous

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Additional information

1. Eligible Entities: State entities in States with a specific State statute authorizing the granting of charters to schools. Under section 4303(e)(1) of the ESEA, no State entity may receive a grant under this competition for use in a State in which a State entity is currently using a CSP State Entities grant. Accordingly, State entities in States in which a State entity has a current CSP State Entities grant that is not in its final budget period (i.e., Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Idaho, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Washington, and Wisconsin) are ineligible to apply for a CSP State Entities grant under this competition. State entities in States in which a State entity has a current CSP State Entity grant that is in its final budget period (i.e., Texas), however, are eligible to apply for a new CSP State Entity grant under this competition.Consistent with section 4303(e)(1), if a State entity is approved for a new CSP State Entities grant under this competition for use in a State in which a State entity has a current CSP State Entities grant that is in its final budget period, all funding under the current CSP State Entities grant must be obligated prior to the end of the final budget period. Likewise, if multiple State entities in a State submit applications that receive high enough scores to be recommended for funding under this competition, only the highest-scoring application among such State entities would be funded. State entities in States in which an SEA has a current CSP Grant for SEAs that was awarded under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (i.e., prior to FY 2017) are eligible to apply for a CSP State Entities grant under this competition, so long as no other State entity in the State has a current CSP State Entities grant that is not in its final budget period.

Grantor contact information

Description

Julius C Cotton ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin. Phone 202-245-6288 julius.cotton@ed.gov Program Manager: Ashley Gardner, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, room 3E113, Washington, DC 20202-5970. Telephone: (202) 453-6787. Email: charterschools@ed.gov.

Email

e-Mail: Program Mailbox

charterschools@ed.gov

Documents

File name	Description	Last updated
2020-07460.pdf	Extension of the Application Deadline Date; Applications for New Awards; Expanding Opportunity Through Quality Charter Schools Program (CSP)-Grants to State Entities (CSP State Entities)	Apr 9, 2020 11:33 AM UTC
2019-02206.pdf	Common Instructions for Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs Document	Jan 23, 2020 08:50 PM UTC
2020-01324.pdf	Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Expanding Opportunity Through Quality Charter Schools Program (CSP): Grants to State Entities CFDA Number 84.282A; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020	Jan 27, 2020 12:38 PM UTC

Link to additional information

Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Expanding Opportunity Through Quality Charter Schools Program (CSP): Grants to State Entities CFDA Number 84.282A; Extension Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020

Closed: May 15, 2020

Application process

This site is a work in progress. Go to www.grants.gov to apply, track application status, and subscribe to updates.

Award

$82,000,000

Program Funding

Expected awards

$--

Award Minimum

$--

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

ED-GRANTS-012720-001

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Funding instrument type:

Grant

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

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Category of Funding Activity:

Education

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History

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Posted date:

January 27, 2020

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