OpportunityTitle: Training and Advisory Services Program--Technical Assistance for Student Assignment Plans Program CFDA 84.004F
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible Applicants: Local educational agencies (school districts).
Description: Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. Purpose of Program: The Training and Advisory Services program is authorized under Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000c-2000c-2, 2000c-5. The February 23, 2009 House and Senate Conference Report (Conference Report) on H.R. 2241, the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009, states that within the $9,489,000 provided for Training and Advisory Services in FY 2009, the Congress made $2,500,000 available for one-time competitive grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) for technical assistance in preparing, adopting, or modifying, and implementing student assignment plans to avoid racial isolation and resegregation in the Nation&apos;s schools, and to facilitate student diversity, within the parameters of current law. The Conference Report further called for LEAs to use the grant funds to seek assistance and expertise from student assignment specialists, demographers, community relations specialists, facility and other planners, or curriculum specialists and others in comparable LEAs with relevant and successful experience, as well as specialists and consultants from academia, non-profit organizations, civil rights organizations, and the private sector. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.004F. Applications for grants under the Technical Assistance for Student Assignment Plans Program, CFDA number 84.004F, must be submitted electronically using e-Application, accessible through the Department&apos;s e-Grants Web site at: http://e-grants.ed.gov.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: e-Mail: Program Manager
GrantorContactText: Julius Cotton &lt;br/&gt;ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin. &lt;br/&gt;Phone 202-245-6140 &lt;br/&gt;julius.cotton@ed.gov &lt;br/&gt;Program Manager: &lt;br/&gt;Fran Walter &lt;br/&gt;U.S. Department of Education &lt;br/&gt;400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 3W113 &lt;br/&gt;Washington, DC 20202.  &lt;br/&gt;Telephone: (202) 205-9198 or by e-mail:
CloseDateExplanation: Applications Available: July 22, 2009.     Deadline for Notice of Intent To Apply: August 6, 2009. Notice of Intent To Apply: We will be able to develop a more efficient process for reviewing grant applications if we have a better   understanding of the number of applications we will receive. Therefore, we strongly encourage each potential applicant to send an e-mail notice of its intent to apply for funding to the following address: fran.walter@ed.gov by August 6, 2009. The notice of intent to apply is optional and should not include information about the potential applicant&apos;s proposal. LEAs that do not provide us with the notice of intent to apply may still submit an application. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: August 21, 2009.