2015-18 Authorized by Title V, Part B of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) (P.L. the federal Charter Schools Program (CSP) provides funding to State Educational Agencies with the purpose of expanding the number of high-quality charter schools available to students across the nation by providing financial assistance for planning, implementation of new charter school programs; and to disseminate promising practices in order to evaluate the effects of charter schools, including their impacts on student academic achievement, teaching and learning, families, and the community. The Oregon Department of Education (ODE) has received a competitive grant under this federal program for $8,790,931 for the years 2015-18 to carry out the following objectives within Oregon: 1. To provide funds to post-award, pre-operational charter schools in the development phase in order to increase educational equity and improve the quality of new charter schools statewide through an intensive incubation period. 2. To provide funds to high-quality charter schools in operation for less than three years in order to facilitate implementation of their educational models, professional development, and curriculum, and to provide professional development in educational equity. 3. To facilitate the dissemination of best practices between charter schools and their district school counterparts, and provide an access point for charter schools to share their evidence-based best practices. 4. To strengthen authorizer quality throughout the state by providing high-quality training and professional development to authorizers. In carrying out these objectives, the Oregon Charter Schools Program (OCSP) provides grants to qualified charter school developers and operators for the planning phase and/or early years of implementation of new charter schools, and to experienced and successful operators through the OCSP grant and assists districts in developing and strengthening charter authorizing practices through high quality professional development and training.
2015-18 Authorized by Title V, Part B of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) (P.L. the federal Charter Schools Program (CSP) provides funding to State Educational Agencies with the purpose of expanding the number of high-quality charter schools available to students across the nation by providing financial assistance for planning, implementation of new charter school programs; and to disseminate promising practices in order to evaluate the effects of charter schools, including their impacts on student academic achievement, teaching and learning, families, and the community. The Oregon Department of Education (ODE) has received a competitive grant under this federal program for $8,790,931 for the years 2015-18 to carry out the following objectives within Oregon: 1. To provide funds to post-award, pre-operational charter schools in the development phase in order to increase educational equity and improve the quality of new charter schools statewide through an intensive incubation period. 2. To provide funds to high-quality charter schools in operation for less than three years in order to facilitate implementation of their educational models, professional development, and curriculum, and to provide professional development in educational equity. 3. To facilitate the dissemination of best practices between charter schools and their district school counterparts, and provide an access point for charter schools to share their evidence-based best practices. 4. To strengthen authorizer quality throughout the state by providing high-quality training and professional development to authorizers. In carrying out these objectives, the Oregon Charter Schools Program (OCSP) provides to qualified charter school developers and operators for the planning phase and/or early years of implementation of new charter schools, and to experienced and successful operators through the OCSP grant and assists districts in developing and strengthening charter authorizing practices through high quality professional development and training. grants
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