2019-22 Charter School Program Grant (CSP) Planning, Program Design & Implementation

Eligible Applicant(s)

For charter schools that will open during the 2018-19 or 2019-20 school years, this is a multi-year project with a maximum combined program performance period for all project phases of 36 months.

2019-22 CSP Planning, Program Design and Implementation RFP (PDF)

To be eligible to apply to and receive this grant, an applicant must meet the following conditions:

• Submitted a charter school application to a local school district using the Department’s model charter school application (Form IEPC-M1, effective February 2016) as adopted in State Board of Education Rule 6A-6.0786; and
  • Charter application has been approved by the district;
  • Charter application is pending; or
  • Charter application is denied and pending an appeal.

Applicants that submitted the Department’s model charter school application to a local school district and subsequently applied to and were denied funding during the 2017-2020 or the 2018-2021 CSP Planning, Program Design and Implementation (P&I) competitions cannot submit a revised charter application for this current competition. However, for any applicant who wishes to apply again, the Department will review the applicant’s original charter application that was submitted to the last CSP P&I competition. Any applicant that has been denied CSP funding in both the 2017-2020 and the 2018-2021 competitions is ineligible for this current competition.

Only those charter schools that are approved by their Sponsor will be eligible to receive funds under this grant. Prior to approving the initial Project Award Notification (DOE 200) for each school selected for funding, the Charter Schools Office will verify:

1. The CSP sub-recipient has not withdrawn its approved charter school application, and;
2. The CSP sub-recipient will open charter school no later than August 2019.

Application Due Date

Stage I proposal is due by Friday, August 17, 2018, at 5:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. The due date refers to the date and time the proposal must be fully submitted through the Florida FluidReview online application system at https://flcsp.fluidreview.com/.

Stage II proposal (Invitation Only) is due Friday, November 30, 2018. Applicants that are invited to submit a Stage II proposal will be notified via e-mail. The Department will use the e-mail address that is provided by the applicant in the Charter School Overview Form. The due date refers to the date the Stage II proposal must be received in the Department’s Office of Grants Management in approvable form.

Technical Assistance Webinar

The Charter Schools Office at the Florida Department of Education conducted two technical assistance webinars on Wednesday, August 8, 2018. The purpose of the webinars is to provide information related to the technical requirements of the grant and application process.

Technical Assistance webinar recording (When prompted, you will need to enter your name and email address to view the recording)

Technical Assistance Presentation (PDF)

Frequently Asked Questions

FAQs for the 2019-22 RFP (PDF)