Office of School and Community Improvement Programs (SCIP) Grants is sponsored by U.S. Department of Education. Administers programs designed to improve schools, promote choice, and engage parents.

Office of School and Community Improvement Programs | U.S. Department of Education Office of School and Community Improvement Programs (SCIP) The Office of School and Community Improvement Programs (SCIP) administers discretionary grant improve schools, promote choice, and engage parents based on the belief that all education sectors can offer quality education experiences for students.

The Office of School and Community Improvement Programs (SCIP) administers discretionary grant programs and delivering technical assistance to improve schools, promote choice, and engage parents.

This is based on the belief that all education sectors (public schools, public charter schools, and nonpublic schools) can offer quality education experiences for students, and that each parent has the power to find the right educational option for their child.

SCIP administers programs that are designed to: provide grants to eligible local educational agencies to establish and operate magnet schools that are operated under a court-ordered or federally approved voluntary desegregation plan to support the elimination, reduction, and prevention of minority group isolation in elementary and secondary schools; provide support for full-service community schools that improve the coordination, integration, accessibility, and effectiveness of services for children and families, particularly for children attending high-poverty schools, including high-poverty rural schools; significantly improve the educational and developmental outcomes of children and youth in our most distressed communities by giving children and youth growing up in Promise Neighborhoods access to great schools and strong systems of family and community support that will prepare them to attain an excellent education and successfully transition to college and a career; provide financial support for statewide family engagement centers to provide technical assistance and training to State educational agencies (SEAs) and local educational agencies (LEAs) in the implementation and enhancement of systemic and effective family engagement policies, programs, and activities that lead to improvements in student development and academic achievement; and provide low-income parents residing in the District of Columbia (District) with expanded options for the education of their children.

Small change for testing - will revert later Promise Neighborhoods (PN) The PN program is authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA).

The purpose of the PN program is to significantly improve the academic and developmental outcomes of children living in the most distressed communities of the United States, including ensuring school readiness, high school graduation, and access to a community-based continuum of high-quality services.

The program serves neighborhoods with high concentrations of low-income individuals; multiple signs of distress, which may include high rates of poverty, childhood obesity, academic failure, and juvenile delinquency, adjudication, or incarceration; and schools implementing comprehensive support and improvement activities or targeted support and improvement activities under section 1111(d) of the ESEA.

Full-Service Community Schools (FSCS) The Full-Service Community Schools program provides support for the planning, implementation, and operation of full-service community schools that improve the coordination, integration, accessibility, and effectiveness of services for children and families, particularly for children attending high-poverty schools, including high-poverty rural schools.

Magnet Schools Assistance Program (MSAP) The Magnet Schools Assistance Program provides grants to eligible local education agencies to establish and operate magnet schools, with special curricula, to attract a diverse group of students and desegregate public schools.

Fostering Diverse Schools Demonstration Grants Program (FDS) The Fostering Diverse Schools Demonstration Grants Program provides competitive grants to local educational agencies (LEAs), consortia of LEAs, or one or more LEAs in partnership with a state educational agency (SEA) to develop or implement and make publicly available as a resource for other LEAs and SEAs, school diversity plans that improve school conditions for student learning by supporting voluntary efforts to increase school socioeconomic diversity in preschool through grade 12.

Statewide Family Engagement Centers Program The purpose of the Statewide Family Engagement Centers (SFEC) program is to provide financial support to organizations that provide technical assistance and training to State educational agencies (SEAs) and local educational agencies (LEAs) in the implementation and enhancement of systemic and effective family engagement policies, programs, and activities.

This programming is intended to lead to improvements in student development and academic achievement. District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program The District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) provides low-income parents residing in the District of Columbia (District) with expanded options for the education of their children.

This program is part of a broader school improvement effort in the District that is founded on the belief that all education sectors (public schools, public charter schools, and nonpublic schools) can offer quality education experiences for the District’s students, and that those students who are the most economically disadvantaged have the least access to such experiences.

The Office of School and Community Improvement Programs (SCIP) administers discretionary grant programs and delivering technical assistance to improve schools, promote choice, and engage parents.

This is based on the belief that all education sectors (public schools, public charter schools, and nonpublic schools) can offer quality education experiences for students, and that each parent has the power to find the right educational option for their child.

SCIP administers programs that are designed to: provide grants to eligible local educational agencies to establish and operate magnet schools that are operated under a court-ordered or federally approved voluntary desegregation plan to support the elimination, reduction, and prevention of minority group isolation in elementary and secondary schools; provide support for full-service community schools that improve the coordination, integration, accessibility, and effectiveness of services for children and families, particularly for children attending high-poverty schools, including high-poverty rural schools; significantly improve the educational and developmental outcomes of children and youth in our most distressed communities by giving children and youth growing up in Promise Neighborhoods access to great schools and strong systems of family and community support that will prepare them to attain an excellent education and successfully transition to college and a career; provide financial support for statewide family engagement centers to provide technical assistance and training to State educational agencies (SEAs) and local educational agencies (LEAs) in the implementation and enhancement of systemic and effective family engagement policies, programs, and activities that lead to improvements in student development and academic achievement; and provide low-income parents residing in the District of Columbia (District) with expanded options for the education of their children.

Small change for testing - will revert later Promise Neighborhoods (PN) The PN program is authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA).

The purpose of the PN program is to significantly improve the academic and developmental outcomes of children living in the most distressed communities of the United States, including ensuring school readiness, high school graduation, and access to a community-based continuum of high-quality services.

The program serves neighborhoods with high concentrations of low-income individuals; multiple signs of distress, which may include high rates of poverty, childhood obesity, academic failure, and juvenile delinquency, adjudication, or incarceration; and schools implementing comprehensive support and improvement activities or targeted support and improvement activities under section 1111(d) of the ESEA.

Full-Service Community Schools (FSCS) The Full-Service Community Schools program provides support for the planning, implementation, and operation of full-service community schools that improve the coordination, integration, accessibility, and effectiveness of services for children and families, particularly for children attending high-poverty schools, including high-poverty rural schools.

Magnet Schools Assistance Program (MSAP) The Magnet Schools Assistance Program provides grants to eligible local education agencies to establish and operate magnet schools, with special curricula, to attract a diverse group of students and desegregate public schools.

Fostering Diverse Schools Demonstration Grants Program (FDS) The Fostering Diverse Schools Demonstration Grants Program provides competitive grants to local educational agencies (LEAs), consortia of LEAs, or one or more LEAs in partnership with a state educational agency (SEA) to develop or implement and make publicly available as a resource for other LEAs and SEAs, school diversity plans that improve school conditions for student learning by supporting voluntary efforts to increase school socioeconomic diversity in preschool through grade 12.

Statewide Family Engagement Centers Program The purpose of the Statewide Family Engagement Centers (SFEC) program is to provide financial support to organizations that provide technical assistance and training to State educational agencies (SEAs) and local educational agencies (LEAs) in the implementation and enhancement of systemic and effective family engagement policies, programs, and activities.

This programming is intended to lead to improvements in student development and academic achievement. District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program The District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) provides low-income parents residing in the District of Columbia (District) with expanded options for the education of their children.

This program is part of a broader school improvement effort in the District that is founded on the belief that all education sectors (public schools, public charter schools, and nonpublic schools) can offer quality education experiences for the District’s students, and that those students who are the most economically disadvantaged have the least access to such experiences.

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