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Ohio Department of Education
Application
Period for Straight A Funds to Open
4/6/2016
The application period for the Fiscal Year 2017 Straight A Fund grant
will open April 22 through May 6.
Ohio’s biennial education budget dedicated $15 million for FY17 to help
Ohio schools launch creative new ideas for improving education.
“We’re looking for innovative ideas that will transform Ohio’s
education system,” said Dr. Lonny J. Rivera, interim superintendent of
public instruction. “Through this grant program, our state is able to
encourage the creative thinking necessary to meet the unique needs of
every student in every classroom.”
Ohio’s Straight A Fund supports ideas from local educators that promote
academic achievement and economic efficiencies within schools and
districts. Educators who have innovative, workable ideas that could
advance student learning, achieve significant funding reductions,
reduce administrative overhead, or use a shared services delivery model
that demonstrates increased efficiency and effectiveness, long-term
sustainability, and scalability now enjoy the opportunity to receive
money to jumpstart their plans.
Individual applicants can apply for grants up to $1 million dollars and
consortia can apply for grants up to $15 million dollars. The Straight
A Fund Governing Board has indicated a preference for individual and
consortium grants under $1 million dollars.
The following entities may apply:
City, local, exempted village or joint vocational school districts;
Individual school buildings;
Educational service centers;
Community schools;
STEM schools;
College-preparatory boarding schools;
Education consortia (representing partnerships among city, local or
exempted village school districts; school buildings; community schools;
or STEM schools);
Institutions of higher education; and
Private entities partnering with one or more of the entities listed
above.
The grant application and more information can be found on the Ohio
Department of Education’s website.
Questions about the grant process may be sent to
StraightAFund@education.ohio.gov.
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