$23.0 Million in Challenge Grants for Technology in Education

Daniel Minchew (Minchew@act.org)
Thu, 11 Apr 1996 21:43:06 EDT

The following may be of interest to some members of this list.

The Federal Register of 04-11-96 has details on the U. S.
Department of Education's next round of Challenge Grants to
"improve and expand new applications of technology to strengthen
the school reform effort, improve student achievement, and provide
sustained professional development of teachers, administrators,
and school library media personnel."

TO GET MORE INFORMATION: The Federal Register of 04-11-97 and
according to Education *SOON* at

http://www.ed.gov/Technology/chalgrnt.html

and at gopher site

gopher.ed.gov

and by telephone to

1 800-USA-LEARN (1 800-872-5327)

and by fax request to

202 708-6003

HELPFUL INFORMATION about previous rounds of the Challenge Grants
is available now on the web site above and could provide useful
insights to prospective applicants.

ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS: Only consortia may receive grants. Consortia
may include local educational agencies (LEA), state educational
agencies, institutions of higher education, businesses, academic
content experts, software designers, museums, libraries, AND MUST
INCLUDE at least one LEA with a high percentage of children living
below the poverty line.

ESTIMATED FUNDS AND GRANT SIZE: $23.0 million, from which it is
anticipated that approximately 23 awards will be made, ranging
between $500,000 and $2.0 million a year for five years.

DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS: July 2, 1996

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Note: ACT is forwarding this information with the hope that it
might help potential applicants who might not have otherwise seen
the Federal Register notice. It is a U. S. Department of Education
program. It is not an ACT program. If anyone has difficulty
accessing the information, we will be happy to send an electronic
copy of the Federal Register notice if a request is sent to

minchew@act.org

AND IN NO CIRCUMSTANCE MAKE SUCH A REQUEST TO THE LIST.
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Daniel
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Daniel Minchew minchew@act.org
Director
ACT * American College Testing 202 223-2318 - Telephone
One Dupont Circle, NW, # 340
Washington, DC 20036-1170 202 293-2223 - Fax