What's New
Announcing New FY 2025 CSP CMO Grant Awards
On March 28, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education awarded over $33 million in new funds through eight grants under the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Expanding Opportunity Through Quality Charter Schools Program - Grants to Charter Management Organizations for the Replication and Expansion of High-Quality Charter Schools (CMO Grants) competition. These funds will be used to replicate and expand high-quality charter schools across the country.
For more information about the new awards, please click on the Awards tab on the CSP CMO Grants page.
Program Description
The Charter School Programs (CSP) provides funds to:
- create promising new public charter schools,
- replicate high-quality public charter schools, and
- disseminate information about effective practices within charter schools.
Federal funds are also available to help charter schools:
- find suitable facilities;
- reward high-quality charter schools that form exemplary collaborations with traditional public schools; and
- invest in other national initiatives that support charter schools.
Each year, the CSP publishes notices inviting applications in the Federal Register for CSP's federal discretionary grant programs.