State delays school improvement grants
Feds grant one-year waiver for round 2 of SIG
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It took two-and-a-half months, but the U.S. Department of Education (ED) has approved California’s request to postpone the second group of school improvement grants by a year and carry over the $66 million in federal funding for the schools, known as Cohort 2.
Minutes of State Board meeting vote on requesting a SIG waiver. Click to enlarge.
The State Board of Education voted to seek the waiver at its July 13, 2011 meeting, after ED officials informed the California Department of Education (CDE) that none of the 58 schools that applied earlier this year met the criteria for funding. CDE staff told the Board they needed more time to review the proposals with the
