Charter School Grant Information

The Office of Charter Schools and School Redesign has received a Charter School Program Grant from the U.S. Department of Education to support new and expanding schools and to promote new and expanding charter schools. The Request for Proposals are provided below.

Current Grant Opportunities

• FY2026 Fund Code 0532: Charter School Program Expansion Grant

Previous Grant Opportunities

• FY2025 Fund Code 0535: Charter School Program Start-Up Grant (For information only, grant no longer offered)

• FY2021 Fund Code 534: Charter School Program (CSP) Grant: COVID-19 Relief (For information only, grant no longer offered)
  • Charter School Subgrantees Required Data Collection — 534 PART III Responses (third collection, as of June 30th, 2021)
  • Charter School Subgrantees Required Data Collection — 534 PART III Responses (second collection, as of April 1, 2021)
  • Charter School Subgrantees Required Data Collection — 534 PART III Responses (first collection)
  • MA CSP COVID Grant Award List Authorizer Budget & Expense

• FY2020 Fund Code 537: Massachusetts Dissemination Program: Facilitating School-to-School Learning (For information only, grant no longer offered)

Finance and Grant Trainings

• Uniform Guidance DESE CARES Act Funding

• CSP FC 534 COVID-19 Relief

• View Flash Movie Charter School Finance, Data & Grant Reporting Course
  If you experience difficulty with the accessibility of this video, please request materials in an alternate format. Contact charterschools@mass.gov or call 781-338-3227.

Nonregulatory Guidance

• January 2014 Nonregulatory Guidance — most recent

Last Updated: June 6, 2025