District/School Resources PK-16 Program Support
Office of Elementary School Services

Grant Programs

The Quality Full-Day Kindergarten Grant (Fund Code 701)

RFP:http://finance1.doe.mass.edu/Grants/grants10/rfp/701.html

The purpose of this state-funded grant program is to support high quality educational programs for children in full-day kindergarten classrooms. (Full-day kindergarten is defined as minimum 5 instructional hours, 5 days a week, 180-days/school year.) Grantees work to:

• improve the quality of curriculum and environment;
• provide continuity of curriculum across preschool to grade three;
• support and improve inclusion of children with disabilities in the regular classroom and support the education of English language learners;
• support families' involvement in the kindergarten program; and
• employ instructional aides to decrease staff-child ratios and facilitate differentiated instruction.

Transition to Full-Day Kindergarten Grant (Fund Code 702)

RFP: http://finance1.doe.mass.edu/Grants/grants09/rfp/702.html

The purpose of the state-funded Transition to Full-Day Kindergarten grant is to encourage the voluntary expansion of high-quality, full-day kindergarten across Massachusetts.

After -School and Out-of-School Time Quality Grant (Fund Code 530)

RFP: http://finance1.doe.mass.edu/Grants/grants09/rfp/530_memo.html

Students and youth benefit from a variety of supports that can lead to their success in school and in other aspects of their lives. Through this quality grant program, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, in collaboration with the Department of Early Education and Care, seeks to provide students in grades K-12 with access to high quality after-school and out-of-school time programs and services that meet the needs of the student, the family, and the community. The purpose of this state program is to increase comprehensive after-school and out-of-school time programming, outside of the regular school day, for public and non-public school age students during the school year and over the summer months.

It is the intent of the Departments of Education and Early Education and Care to coordinate this program with other such programs in each agency in order to strive towards a comprehensive system that addresses program quality, accessibility, affordability, and continuity of care of after-school and out-of-school time services.