Application Period for Straight A Funds to Open
COLUMBUS – 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 district; 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 [email protected].
