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/grants11/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.