Deadline: 12-May-22
The Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) is soliciting sub grant applications for the State Personnel Development Grants (SPGD) Program.
The purpose of this grant is to address the significant inequities among students with disabilities noted in the Students with Disabilities in the District of Columbia Landscape Analysis, particularly among Black males. Specifically, the grant will address the many root causes beyond special education that drive their decision-making surrounding eligibility, services, settings and instructional practices and disrupt the processes that drive disproportionate identification and exclusion of students from all that school has to offer.
Objectives
The objectives of the grant are to:
- Develop a state-wide professional learning framework to guide all personnel development and professional learning to
- promote an active approach to achieving equity and
- improve implementation of inclusive practices to increase achievement for students with disabilities (SWD).
- Ensure sustainability of project outcomes by:
- establishing a clear mechanism of documented continuous improvement at each level of the system (SEA, LEA, School),
- ensuring fidelity of implementation of inclusive practices using evidence based measures, and
- building team capacity as determined by ongoing assessment.
- Improve equity of access to high-quality educational experiences in the individual least restrictive environment for students with disabilities, particularly students of color.
Funding Information
- The subgrant award period is four years.
- The total funding available for this award is $200,000 each year over four years, subject to continued availability of funding.
Eligibility Criteria
To apply for this subgrant, the applicant must be an Institution of Higher Education (IHE).
For more information, visit https://communityaffairs.dc.gov/publication/spdg-institution-higher-education-grant