The U.S. Department of Education has announced the award of three charter school grants, totaling $54.8 million, to increase public school options in Massachusetts, Minnesota, and New Jersey. Minnesota will receive a five-year grant and New Jersey and Massachusetts will each receive three-year grants, based on available funding, under the FY 2011 Charter Schools Program state educational agency (SEA) competition, which provides funds to states to create new high-quality charter schools and disseminate information about existing charters.
The Massachusetts grant totals $12,125,950 ($3,209,161 in the first year, $5,382,448 in the second year, and $3,534,341 in the third year).
The purpose of the Charter Schools Program is to increase financial support for these public schools, build a better national understanding of public charter schools, and increase the number of high-quality public charter schools across the nation. Altogether, the program will invest $255 million in fiscal year 2012 through several grant programs administered by the Charter Schools Program to:
- support charter school efforts to find suitable facilities,
- disseminate information about successful charter school practices,
- replicate and expand high-quality charter schools, and
- help plan and implement public charter schools.
For more information about the Charter Schools Program, please visit:
U.S. Department of Education: Office of Charter Schools Program
Background information:
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education: Massachusetts Charter Schools
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