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Arts Education and School Improvement Resources for Local and State Leaders -- April 1997 (Updated March 1999)

PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS PROGRAM

(202) 260-2671 or State Department of Education

This program provides financial assistance for the design and initial implementation of charter schools and the evaluation of the effects of charter schools on students, student achievement, staff and parents.

Program Office Contact: John Fiegel (202) 260-2671 or e-mail John.Fiegel@ed.gov
Legislation: Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Title X, Part C, as amended, 20 U.S.C. 8061-8067
Type of Assistance: competitive grants
Who May Apply: State departments of education in states with laws authorizing the establishment of charter schools. State departments, in turn, make subgrants to authorized public chartering agencies such as local school boards in partnership with a charter school developer (an individual or group of individuals, including a public or private nonprofit organization). If the state department does not apply or is not funded, authorized public chartering agencies within the state (possibly local school boards or universities) may apply directly to the U.S. Department of Education in partnership with a charter school developer.
FY 99 Appropriation: $100 million
Application Deadline: TBD -- mid to end of April 1999

The Museum of Northern Arizona is hosting the Flagstaff Arts and Leadership Academy charter school on their grounds developed by an Arizona Teacher of the Year who wrote, "The charter movement is allowing me to push forward in creating and designing the school of my dreams. It is the hardest thing I have ever undertaken... but feel strongly I will now make a difference in a NEW, INNOVATIVE way for kids. I have tremendous backing from parents and the community to do this."

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Last Updated -- March 10, 1999, (pjk)