What's New
On Wednesday, September 28, 2022, the U.S. Department of Education awarded approximately $4.2 million in new grants for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Expanding Opportunity Through Quality Charter Schools Program — National Dissemination (ND) Grant Program. For more information about these awards, and other past competitions, visit the Awards tab.
For more information about the FY 2022 CSP National Dissemination Grants competition which closed on August 22, 2022, please visit the FY 2022 Competition tab.
Program Description
The CSP National Dissemination program is authorized to make awards on a competitive basis to support efforts by eligible entities to support the charter school sector and increase the number of high-quality charter schools available to our Nation's students by disseminating best practices regarding charter schools. This competition invites applications from eligible applicants to disseminate best practices regarding charter schools consistent with the authority in section 4305(a)(3)(B) of the Elementary and Secondary Education of 1965, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESEA). The major purposes of the CSP are to expand opportunities for all students, particularly traditionally underserved students, to attend charter schools and meet challenging State academic standards; provide financial assistance for the planning, program design, and initial implementation of public 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.
The chart below provides the amount of CSP National Dissemination grant funding for each fiscal year (FY) since 2018.
| Fiscal Year (FY) | Funding for new awards | Funding for continuation awards |
| FY 2022 | $4,228,433 | N/A |
| FY 2018 | $6,505,069 | N/A |
Laws, Regulations, and Guidance
Legislation
- Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
- Title IV, Part C of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), section 4301 — 4311 (20 U.S.C. 7221-7221j). PDF (485 KB)
- Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. No. 113-235) PDF (1.47 KB)
Regulations
- Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR)
- Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (2 CFR 200)
- Uniform Guidance Technical Assistance for Grantees. (Uniform Guidance TA)
Guidance
Nonregulatory Guidance
- ESSA Flexibility Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) (December 2017) PDF (190 KB)
- ESSA Flexibility Webinar Recording and Slides
- Dear Colleague Letter — ESSA flexibilities for CSP Grantees (November 2017) PDF (196 KB)
- Dear Colleague Letter — Guidance and Federal Resources on Appropriate and Effective Oversight of Public Charter Schools (September 2015) PDF (317 KB)
- Charter Schools Program Nonregulatory Guidance (updated January 2014) PDF (376 KB)
- CSP Guidance On the Use of Funds to Support Preschool Education (December, 2014) MS Word (45KB)
- Guidance on the Voluntary Use of Race to Achieve Diversity and Avoid Racial Isolation in Elementary and Secondary Schools (December 2011) PDF (168KB)
- Guidance Letter on Lottery Exemptions and Awards to Multiple Charter Schools Operating under a Single Charter (February 2008) PDF (1.4 MB)
- Title I Requirements on Charter Schools Non-Regulatory Guidance (July 2004) MS Word (739KB)
- Allocating Funds to Charter Schools (December 2000) PDF (543KB)
Application Guidance
- Notice Inviting Applications — Non-SEA Charter Schools Program Grant (84.282T)*
- Pre-application Technical Assistance
- 2018 PowerPoint (3MB)
*For the most up-to-date information on this grant program and any future or current notices please continue to check our website and search for current opportunities, and/or register for alerts at http://www.grants.gov searching CFDA 84.282T.
The chart below contains information regarding the new grant awards made each for fiscal year (FY) since FY 2018.
| Fiscal Year (FY) | Number of new awards |
| FY 2022 | 6 |
| FY 2018 | 8 |
Below is information regarding grantees under this program.
Awards Table Instructions: Please use the scroll bar at the bottom of the Awards tab to view the entire Awards table.
| Year Awarded | Grantee | Project Title | Duration (Years) | Total Year 1 Award | Total Expected Funding | City | State | Score | Abstract | Application | Reviewers' Comments |
FY 2022 Grantees | |||||||||||
| 2022 | California Charter Authorizing Professionals | NN4DA Collaboration Initiative | 3 | $800,000 | $2,400,000 | Sacramento | CA | 90.33 | PDF (95 KB) | PDF (38 MB) | PDF (172 KB) |
| 2022 | Green Dot Public Schools | A Multi-Context Operational Guidebook to Catalyze Charter-District Partnerships Focused on Turning Around Low-Performing Schools | 3 | $721,348 | $2,173,858 | Los Angeles | CA | 81.33 | PDF (82 KB) | PDF (1 MB) | PDF (176 KB) |
| 2022 | Institute for Excellence in Education | A-GAME Measure What Matters: Expanding A-GAME to Schools, Boards, and Authorizers | 3 | $760,885 | $2,391,962 | Mount Pleasant | MI | 85.33 | PDF (64 KB) | PDF (11 MB) | PDF (167 KB) |
| 2022 | Massachusetts Charter Public School Association | Educating for Excellence: Creating and Sustaining Diverse and Effective Charter School Leadership through the Dissemination of Programs & Supports | 3 | $617,622 | $2,022,954 | Hudson | MA | 82.33 | PDF (93 KB) | PDF (5 MB) | PDF (174 KB) |
| 2022 | Mundo Verde Bilingual Public Charter School | Disseminating Lessons from Instituto Mundo Verde's Efforts to Build a Pipeline of Bilingual Charter School Educators | 3 | $589,383 | $2,369,507 | Washington | DC | 83.67 | PDF (93 KB) | PDF (1 MB) | PDF (196 KB) |
| 2022 | National Alliance for Public Charter Schools | A Proposal to Create the Charter School Collaborative to Accelerate Student Learning in Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic | 3 | $739,195 | $2,101,385 | Washington | DC | 95.67 | PDF (91 KB) | PDF (3 MB) | PDF (165 KB) |
| Year Awarded | Grantee | Project Title | Duration (Years) | Total Year 1 Award (includes frontloading for Year 2 activities) | Total Funding Received | City | State | Score | Abstract | Application | Reviewers' Comments |
FY 2018 Grantees | |||||||||||
| 2018 | Breakthrough Charter Schools | Breakthrough Facilities Resource and Dissemination (BFRND) | 3 | $512,681 | $1,245,238 | Cleveland | OH | 92.33 | PDF (49 KB) | PDF (354 KB) | PDF (193 KB) |
| 2018 | Building Hope…A Charter School Facilities Fund | Charter School Facilities Support Unit Expansion Project (CSU) | 2 | $335,518 | $550,026 | Washington | DC | 92.33 | PDF (56 KB) | PDF (249 KB) | PDF (189 KB) |
| 2018 | California Charter Schools Association | Addressing Both Sides of Charter Quality: Improving Authorizing Practice + Growing Quality Charter Organizations through the Dissemination of Frameworks & Supports | 3 | $924,103 | $2,395,209 | Los Angeles | CA | 103.33 | PDF (61 KB) | PDF (457 KB) | PDF (208 KB) |
| 2018 | Colorado Charter School Institute | The Tri-State Alliance for Improving District-Led Charter Authorizing | 3 | $1,033,869 | $2,699,053 | Denver | CO | 101.00 | PDF (61 KB) | PDF ( 504 KB) | PDF (214 KB) |
| 2018 | NACA-Inspired Schools Network | NISN, Grow New Mexico, and The Grant Plant: Building Schools, Building Trust | 3 | $913,049 | $2,373,400 | Albuquerque | NM | 97.00 | PDF (64 KB) | PDF (509 KB) | PDF (198 KB) |
| 2018 | National Alliance for Public Charter Schools | Facilitating Charter Schools: A Proposal to Create a Charter School Facility Center at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools | 3 | $924,320 | $2,385,960 | Washington | DC | 91.67 | PDF (60 KB) | PDF (880 KB) | PDF (196 KB) |
| 2018 | National Association of Charter School Authorizers | Strengthening Charter Authorizing Nationally | 3 | $933,260 | $2,399,414 | Chicago | IL | 97.00 | PDF (60 KB) | PDF (168 KB) | PDF (212 KB) |
| 2018 | The Institute for Excellence in Education | Advancing Great Authorizing & Modeling Excellence - The "A-Game" | 3 | $928,269 | $2,208,335 | Mount Pleasant | MI | 93.00 | PDF (62 KB) | PDF (736 KB) | PDF (209 KB) |
Note: Documents coming soon are marked with a dash.
Applicant Information
The Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Charter Schools Program (CSP) – National Dissemination Grants application period closed on August 22, 2022, at 11:59:59 p.m. Eastern Time.
FY 2022 CSP National Dissemination Notice Inviting Applications
Posted in the Federal Register on Friday, July 22, 2022 PDF HTML
FY 2022 Competition Timeline
- Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: Monday, August 22, 2022
- Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: Thursday, September 22, 2022
FY 2022 Competition Technical Assistance
Pre-Application Webinars:
- FY 2022 National Dissemination Pre-Application Competition Webinar:
- The webinar was held 2:00-3:30 pm Eastern Time on Friday, July 29, 2022.
- During the webinar, the Department reviewed the competition eligibility requirements, priorities, selection criteria, and application requirements. We also reviewed the steps required to complete the Grants.gov registration process and answer questions from potential applicants.
- Webinar PowerPoint Slides
- Webinar Recording
- Webinar Transcript
- Application Package and Submission:
- National Dissemination Application Package Instructions: Please note this is an electronic copy for you to download and use as a guide only.
- Applications must be submitted electronically through the Grants.gov system at http://www.grants.gov/.
- Please do not e-mail an electronic copy of a grant application to U.S. Department of Education staff.
Hard Copy Applications:
For hard copy application packages, contact:
Yianni Alepohoritis
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue SW
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202) 453-5563
Email: NDFY22Competition@ed.gov
Required Application Forms:
Note: Most of the forms listed are in the electronic application package in Grants.gov. The following is a list of the required forms that must be completed, examples of which can be found here.
- ED Form 424–Application for Federal Education Assistance (Form and Instructions)
- ED Form 524–Budget Information, Non-Construction Programs
- ED Form 524–Instructions
- Grants.gov Lobbying Form; Debarment, Suspension and Other Responsibility Matters; and Drug-Free Workplace Requirements
- Standard Form LLL–Disclosure of Lobbying Activities
Registering on Grants.gov and SAM.gov:
- REGISTER EARLY – Grants.gov registration involves many steps including registration on SAM (sam.gov), which usually takes approximately 7 to 10 business days, but can take longer depending on the completeness and accuracy of the data entered into the SAM database by an applicant.
- You may begin working on your application while completing the registration process, but you cannot submit an application until all of the Registration steps are complete.
- Please note that once your SAM registration is active, it will take 24-48 hours for the information to be available in Grants.gov, and before you can submit an application through Grants.gov.
- For detailed information on the Registration Steps, please go here. Please note that your organization will need to update its SAM registration annually.
- To register in SAM.gov, click on the “Get Started” link under the “Register Your Entity…” heading in SAM.gov.
- Grantees, and other entities wanting to do business with the U.S. Department of Education (e.g., entities applying for a grant), that are not already registered in SAM.gov must complete the “Register Entity” registration option and NOT the “Get a Unique Entity ID” option. The “Get a Unique Entity ID” option, which is not a full registration, is only available to entities for reporting purposes. Failing to complete the “Register Entity” option may result in loss of funding, loss of applicant eligibility, and/or delays in receiving a grant award.
Information about SAM is available at www.SAM.gov. To further assist you with registering in SAM or updating your existing SAM registration, see the Quick Start Guide for Grant Registrations and the Entity Registration Video here.
What's New
On Wednesday, September 28, 2022, the U.S. Department of Education awarded approximately $4.2 million in new grants for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Expanding Opportunity Through Quality Charter Schools Program — National Dissemination (ND) Grant Program. For more information about these awards, and other past competitions, visit the Awards tab.
For more information about the FY 2022 CSP National Dissemination Grants competition which closed on August 22, 2022, please visit the FY 2022 Competition tab.
Program Description
The CSP National Dissemination program is authorized to make awards on a competitive basis to support efforts by eligible entities to support the charter school sector and increase the number of high-quality charter schools available to our Nation's students by disseminating best practices regarding charter schools. This competition invites applications from eligible applicants to disseminate best practices regarding charter schools consistent with the authority in section 4305(a)(3)(B) of the Elementary and Secondary Education of 1965, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESEA). The major purposes of the CSP are to expand opportunities for all students, particularly traditionally underserved students, to attend charter schools and meet challenging State academic standards; provide financial assistance for the planning, program design, and initial implementation of public 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.
The chart below provides the amount of CSP National Dissemination grant funding for each fiscal year (FY) since 2018.
| Fiscal Year (FY) | Funding for new awards | Funding for continuation awards |
| FY 2022 | $4,228,433 | N/A |
| FY 2018 | $6,505,069 | N/A |
Laws, Regulations, and Guidance
Legislation
- Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
- Title IV, Part C of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), section 4301 — 4311 (20 U.S.C. 7221-7221j). PDF (485 KB)
- Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. No. 113-235) PDF (1.47 KB)
Regulations
- Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR)
- Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (2 CFR 200)
- Uniform Guidance Technical Assistance for Grantees. (Uniform Guidance TA)
Guidance
Nonregulatory Guidance
- ESSA Flexibility Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) (December 2017) PDF (190 KB)
- ESSA Flexibility Webinar Recording and Slides
- Dear Colleague Letter — ESSA flexibilities for CSP Grantees (November 2017) PDF (196 KB)
- Dear Colleague Letter — Guidance and Federal Resources on Appropriate and Effective Oversight of Public Charter Schools (September 2015) PDF (317 KB)
- Charter Schools Program Nonregulatory Guidance (updated January 2014) PDF (376 KB)
- CSP Guidance On the Use of Funds to Support Preschool Education (December, 2014) MS Word (45KB)
- Guidance on the Voluntary Use of Race to Achieve Diversity and Avoid Racial Isolation in Elementary and Secondary Schools (December 2011) PDF (168KB)
- Guidance Letter on Lottery Exemptions and Awards to Multiple Charter Schools Operating under a Single Charter (February 2008) PDF (1.4 MB)
- Title I Requirements on Charter Schools Non-Regulatory Guidance (July 2004) MS Word (739KB)
- Allocating Funds to Charter Schools (December 2000) PDF (543KB)
Application Guidance
- Notice Inviting Applications — Non-SEA Charter Schools Program Grant (84.282T)*
- Pre-application Technical Assistance
- 2018 PowerPoint (3MB)
*For the most up-to-date information on this grant program and any future or current notices please continue to check our website and search for current opportunities, and/or register for alerts at http://www.grants.gov searching CFDA 84.282T.
The chart below contains information regarding the new grant awards made each for fiscal year (FY) since FY 2018.
| Fiscal Year (FY) | Number of new awards |
| FY 2022 | 6 |
| FY 2018 | 8 |
Below is information regarding grantees under this program.
Awards Table Instructions: Please use the scroll bar at the bottom of the Awards tab to view the entire Awards table.
| Year Awarded | Grantee | Project Title | Duration (Years) | Total Year 1 Award | Total Expected Funding | City | State | Score | Abstract | Application | Reviewers' Comments |
FY 2022 Grantees | |||||||||||
| 2022 | California Charter Authorizing Professionals | NN4DA Collaboration Initiative | 3 | $800,000 | $2,400,000 | Sacramento | CA | 90.33 | PDF (95 KB) | PDF (38 MB) | PDF (172 KB) |
| 2022 | Green Dot Public Schools | A Multi-Context Operational Guidebook to Catalyze Charter-District Partnerships Focused on Turning Around Low-Performing Schools | 3 | $721,348 | $2,173,858 | Los Angeles | CA | 81.33 | PDF (82 KB) | PDF (1 MB) | PDF (176 KB) |
| 2022 | Institute for Excellence in Education | A-GAME Measure What Matters: Expanding A-GAME to Schools, Boards, and Authorizers | 3 | $760,885 | $2,391,962 | Mount Pleasant | MI | 85.33 | PDF (64 KB) | PDF (11 MB) | PDF (167 KB) |
| 2022 | Massachusetts Charter Public School Association | Educating for Excellence: Creating and Sustaining Diverse and Effective Charter School Leadership through the Dissemination of Programs & Supports | 3 | $617,622 | $2,022,954 | Hudson | MA | 82.33 | PDF (93 KB) | PDF (5 MB) | PDF (174 KB) |
| 2022 | Mundo Verde Bilingual Public Charter School | Disseminating Lessons from Instituto Mundo Verde's Efforts to Build a Pipeline of Bilingual Charter School Educators | 3 | $589,383 | $2,369,507 | Washington | DC | 83.67 | PDF (93 KB) | PDF (1 MB) | PDF (196 KB) |
| 2022 | National Alliance for Public Charter Schools | A Proposal to Create the Charter School Collaborative to Accelerate Student Learning in Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic | 3 | $739,195 | $2,101,385 | Washington | DC | 95.67 | PDF (91 KB) | PDF (3 MB) | PDF (165 KB) |
| Year Awarded | Grantee | Project Title | Duration (Years) | Total Year 1 Award (includes frontloading for Year 2 activities) | Total Funding Received | City | State | Score | Abstract | Application | Reviewers' Comments |
FY 2018 Grantees | |||||||||||
| 2018 | Breakthrough Charter Schools | Breakthrough Facilities Resource and Dissemination (BFRND) | 3 | $512,681 | $1,245,238 | Cleveland | OH | 92.33 | PDF (49 KB) | PDF (354 KB) | PDF (193 KB) |
| 2018 | Building Hope…A Charter School Facilities Fund | Charter School Facilities Support Unit Expansion Project (CSU) | 2 | $335,518 | $550,026 | Washington | DC | 92.33 | PDF (56 KB) | PDF (249 KB) | PDF (189 KB) |
| 2018 | California Charter Schools Association | Addressing Both Sides of Charter Quality: Improving Authorizing Practice + Growing Quality Charter Organizations through the Dissemination of Frameworks & Supports | 3 | $924,103 | $2,395,209 | Los Angeles | CA | 103.33 | PDF (61 KB) | PDF (457 KB) | PDF (208 KB) |
| 2018 | Colorado Charter School Institute | The Tri-State Alliance for Improving District-Led Charter Authorizing | 3 | $1,033,869 | $2,699,053 | Denver | CO | 101.00 | PDF (61 KB) | PDF ( 504 KB) | PDF (214 KB) |
| 2018 | NACA-Inspired Schools Network | NISN, Grow New Mexico, and The Grant Plant: Building Schools, Building Trust | 3 | $913,049 | $2,373,400 | Albuquerque | NM | 97.00 | PDF (64 KB) | PDF (509 KB) | PDF (198 KB) |
| 2018 | National Alliance for Public Charter Schools | Facilitating Charter Schools: A Proposal to Create a Charter School Facility Center at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools | 3 | $924,320 | $2,385,960 | Washington | DC | 91.67 | PDF (60 KB) | PDF (880 KB) | PDF (196 KB) |
| 2018 | National Association of Charter School Authorizers | Strengthening Charter Authorizing Nationally | 3 | $933,260 | $2,399,414 | Chicago | IL | 97.00 | PDF (60 KB) | PDF (168 KB) | PDF (212 KB) |
| 2018 | The Institute for Excellence in Education | Advancing Great Authorizing & Modeling Excellence - The "A-Game" | 3 | $928,269 | $2,208,335 | Mount Pleasant | MI | 93.00 | PDF (62 KB) | PDF (736 KB) | PDF (209 KB) |
Note: Documents coming soon are marked with a dash.
Applicant Information
The Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Charter Schools Program (CSP) – National Dissemination Grants application period closed on August 22, 2022, at 11:59:59 p.m. Eastern Time.
FY 2022 CSP National Dissemination Notice Inviting Applications
Posted in the Federal Register on Friday, July 22, 2022 PDF HTML
FY 2022 Competition Timeline
- Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: Monday, August 22, 2022
- Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: Thursday, September 22, 2022
FY 2022 Competition Technical Assistance
Pre-Application Webinars:
- FY 2022 National Dissemination Pre-Application Competition Webinar:
- The webinar was held 2:00-3:30 pm Eastern Time on Friday, July 29, 2022.
- During the webinar, the Department reviewed the competition eligibility requirements, priorities, selection criteria, and application requirements. We also reviewed the steps required to complete the Grants.gov registration process and answer questions from potential applicants.
- Webinar PowerPoint Slides
- Webinar Recording
- Webinar Transcript
- Application Package and Submission:
- National Dissemination Application Package Instructions: Please note this is an electronic copy for you to download and use as a guide only.
- Applications must be submitted electronically through the Grants.gov system at http://www.grants.gov/.
- Please do not e-mail an electronic copy of a grant application to U.S. Department of Education staff.
Hard Copy Applications:
For hard copy application packages, contact:
Yianni Alepohoritis
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue SW
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202) 453-5563
Email: NDFY22Competition@ed.gov
Required Application Forms:
Note: Most of the forms listed are in the electronic application package in Grants.gov. The following is a list of the required forms that must be completed, examples of which can be found here.
- ED Form 424–Application for Federal Education Assistance (Form and Instructions)
- ED Form 524–Budget Information, Non-Construction Programs
- ED Form 524–Instructions
- Grants.gov Lobbying Form; Debarment, Suspension and Other Responsibility Matters; and Drug-Free Workplace Requirements
- Standard Form LLL–Disclosure of Lobbying Activities
Registering on Grants.gov and SAM.gov:
- REGISTER EARLY – Grants.gov registration involves many steps including registration on SAM (sam.gov), which usually takes approximately 7 to 10 business days, but can take longer depending on the completeness and accuracy of the data entered into the SAM database by an applicant.
- You may begin working on your application while completing the registration process, but you cannot submit an application until all of the Registration steps are complete.
- Please note that once your SAM registration is active, it will take 24-48 hours for the information to be available in Grants.gov, and before you can submit an application through Grants.gov.
- For detailed information on the Registration Steps, please go here. Please note that your organization will need to update its SAM registration annually.
- To register in SAM.gov, click on the “Get Started” link under the “Register Your Entity…” heading in SAM.gov.
- Grantees, and other entities wanting to do business with the U.S. Department of Education (e.g., entities applying for a grant), that are not already registered in SAM.gov must complete the “Register Entity” registration option and NOT the “Get a Unique Entity ID” option. The “Get a Unique Entity ID” option, which is not a full registration, is only available to entities for reporting purposes. Failing to complete the “Register Entity” option may result in loss of funding, loss of applicant eligibility, and/or delays in receiving a grant award.
Information about SAM is available at www.SAM.gov. To further assist you with registering in SAM or updating your existing SAM registration, see the Quick Start Guide for Grant Registrations and the Entity Registration Video here.