Grants and Other Financial Assistance Programs

FY2024: ESL Certification Support Grant

Fund Codes: 205 / 217

Purpose:

As part of a statewide effort, the Department is providing support for districts experiencing the impact of newly opened emergency assistance family shelters through the MA Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (HLC) and the Office of Refugees and Immigrants (ORI). The purpose of this targeted ESL Certification Support Grant is to cover costs associated with educators within these districts to pursue ESL certification and to be able to deliver services to students under this license.

Priorities:

Priority will be given to districts and schools in chronically underperforming status.

Eligibility:

Only districts in which a new emergency assistance family shelter (or hotel used as a shelter) is opened through the MA Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (HLC) and the Office of Refugees and Immigrants (ORI) during the 2023-2024 school year are eligible to apply for this grant.

You can find a Eligible District List here . As more applicants become eligible, they may be added to the list pending availability of funding.

Funding Type:

FC 217 — State Line Item 7061-9408

FC 205 — Federal CFDA 84.010

Federal grant funds must adhere to:

UGG (2 CFR 200)
EDGAR As Applicable
EDGAR General Fiscal Administration 34 CFR Part 76

Funding:

Approximately $426,000 is available.

This RFP is the governing document for these grant funds.

Funding is contingent upon availability. All dollar amounts listed are estimated/approximate and are subject to change. If more funding becomes available it will be distributed under the same guidelines that appear in this RFP document.

Fund Use:

Districts can apply for funding to cover costs associated with educators obtaining an ESL certification. Allowable expenses include stipends to compensate educators for engaging in MTEL prep (including coursework and studying), as well as the cost to take the MTEL (up to two times).

Project Duration:

Upon Approval* – 6/30/2024

*Grant start date cannot be prior to DESE receiving a substantially approvable Application Submission as directed in this RFP's Submission Instructions. Goods and Services cannot be procured prior to Grants receiving and approving an application submission. Funds cannot exceed the project duration end date.

Program Unit:

Office of Language Acquisition

Contact:

David Parker

Phone Number:

(781) 338-3466

Date Due:

Thursday, February 15, 2024

Proposals must be received at the Department by 5:00 p.m. Eastern on the date due.

Required Forms:

EdGrants Submission Instructions:

Submit all required grant materials through EdGrants.

In EdGrants, grantees are required to create and name the project. Please use the following naming convention for your "Applicant Project Name" in EdGrants:

FY24 205 District Name or
FY24 217 District Name

Refer to the Eligible District List to see which fund code to use.

All required forms should be uploaded / attached in the Attachments List of the Application Submission. This includes a signed / scanned PDF of Part I / Coversheet with Executive Director's signature.

For Guidance Documents regarding EdGrants, visit EdGrants: User Guides and Information.

Please note: It is up to the grantee to determine who they want to add as EdGrants Front Office users in order to submit the grant application as well as payment request information. Please review the EdGrants: User Security Controls document to make informed decisions regarding assigning your district level users.

Last Updated: January 25, 2024