FY2020 Found Code: 539

School Redesign Grant

Funds Allocated:	$7,383,535 Federal
Funds Requested:	$7,383,535
Purpose: The purpose of the grant is to assist in improving the achievement of low performing schools. Schools will develop a Turnaround Plan using a research-based DESE template and then have three years of funding to implement said plan. The grant is intended to build the school and district capacity to sustain the improvement efforts after the grant period has ended.
Number of Proposals Received:	8
Number of Proposals Recommended:	8
Number of Proposals Not Recommended:	0
Result of Funding: Each school was awarded funding. The schools are expected to use the subsequent three years to implement the Turnaround Plan that they created (the Turnaround Plan was the majority of their application). The major components of the School Redesign Grant are dramatic school improvement and long-term sustainability of those efforts through capacity building at the school and district level. The school and district designed benchmarks to measure their growth in each of the areas in which they are intending to improve.

Recipients	Amounts
Boston (Ellis Elementary)	$935,537
Brockton (George Elementary)	900,000
Fall River (Talbot Innovation)	937,000
Fitchburg (Memorial Middle)	936,999
Lowell (Robinson Middle)	936,999
New Bedford (Roosevelt Middle)	900,000
Pittsfield (Herberg Middle)	900,000
Springfield (South End Middle)	937,000
Total Federal Funds	$7,383,535

Last Updated: July 31, 2019