1 CCR 301-106-5.0 - Application Requirements

5.1 A local education provider or charter school that is selected to receive a grant must, as a condition of accepting the grant, provide a grant match. Grant matches may include in-kind contributions, meaning donations of goods or services, rather than funding. Grant matches cannot include funding from other state or federal grants. Grant matches must be obtained for the following amounts:

5.01(1) For a local education provider that is a small rural school district or for a charter school, fifteen percent of the grant amount; and

5.01(2) For all other local education providers, twenty-five percent of the grant amount.

5.2 Grant applications must include the following information:

5.02(1) The applicant's four-year graduation rate for the three preceding school years for the districts and schools;

5.02(2) The applicant's plan for implementing a ninth grade success program that, at a minimum, includes the elements described in section 4.01 of these rules, above, and an explanation of how such program will improve the success of students enrolled in ninth grade;

5.02(3) Whether the applicant already has in place an information system that allows school leaders and teachers real-time access to integrated information concerning a student's behavior, attendance, and grades and allows comparison of the information across demographic categories and student groups;

5.02(4) For a local education provider, designation of the schools in which the local education provider will use the grant money to implement ninth grade success teams; and

5.02(5) Indication of the applicant's ability to provide the required grant match and any type and value of in-kind contribution that the applicant may provide.

5.02(6) If applicable, information on the applicant's proposed programming focused on evidence- informed mathematic skills, intervention strategies, and acceleration strategies.

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1 CCR 301-106-5.0

42 CR 21, November 10, 2019, effective 11/30/2019 46 CR 19, October 10, 2023, effective 11/14/2023