Approve Grant Application Submissions During the 2010/2011 School Year by the Grants and Research Operations Office; Accept all Grant Funds Generated Through Awarded Grant Applications During the 2010/2011 School Year (Student Services and Federal Programs Division)

Because the majority of grant Requests for Proposal (RFP) and Requests for Application (RFA) are released with 30-45 days notice or less, the Grants and Research Operations Office is not able to request the Board’s approval on individual projects. All grant applications are authored in collaboration with appropriate district staff and under the guidance of district administrators. All grant applications target projects that support district goals and initiatives.

Based on past performance, it is estimated that grant funds received by the district through the efforts of the Grants and Research Operations Office will total over $30,000,000 during the 2010/2011 school year; these funds are included in the district’s divisional special revenue/federal programs budget.

Evaluations are performed for all funded grants on a yearly basis and are performed by external evaluators unless required otherwise by the grant funding authority. The district’s Office of Assessment and Accountability provides oversight of this process and assumes the responsibility for providing external evaluators with required evaluation data. Copies of all grant evaluations are provided to the Office of Assessment and Accountability and the Grants and Research Operations Office, in addition to the grant Project Directors.