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Nancy Sharkey, Program Officer Charles McGrew, Program Officer

Kristen King, Program Officerhttp://nces.ed.gov/programs/SLDS

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FY15 Grant RoundNote: The official version of the Federal Register Notice is the document published in the Federal Register. This presentation is based on a Notice that has been sent to the Office of the Federal Register but has not yet been scheduled for publication.

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Focus on Data Use

“Over the past decade, States have made a great deal of progress in developing Statewide longitudinal data systems, most of them with the assistance of SLDS Program funds. This competition will focus on enhancing States' capacity to use those systems to identify problems and drive improvement efforts.”(emphasis added)

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Six Priority Data Use Areas• Financial Equity and Return on Investment• Educator Talent Management• Early Learning• College and Career • Evaluation and Research• Instructional Support

Grants will not be made available to support ongoing maintenance of data systems.

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Award Information

• Cooperative Agreement• States may apply for up to two priority areas• Estimated Range of Awards: $1,000,000 to

$7,000,000; up to $3,500,000 per priority• Project period: 48 months

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Eligibility Information

• Eligible applicants are limited to SEAs• All US States, the District of Columbia, the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands are eligible

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Application and Submission Information (Expected)

• March 12, 2015: The RFA will be published and will be available at http://ies.ed.gov/funding and http://nces.ed.gov/programs/slds/

• March 19, 2015: The application package will be posted to http://grants.gov on March 19

• June 10, 2015: Applications will be due• April 11, 2015: Letter of Intent (optional) due

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Technical Assistance

• Webinars– The SLDS team will host informational webinars to

provide technical assistance to support the RFA. Webinars will be posted to

• SLDS site http://nces.ed.gov/programs/slds/ • http://ies.ed.gov/funding

• FAQs– A FAQs document also will be posted to

• SLDS site http://nces.ed.gov/programs/slds/ • http://ies.ed.gov/funding

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Questions?

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SLDS Website: http://nces.ed.gov/programs/SLDS

IES Grant information: http://ies.ed.gov/funding

NCES Staff:

Nancy Sharkey Program Officer, SLDS Grant ProgramNancy.Sharkey@ed.gov, (202) 502-7494

Charles McGrewProgram Officer, SLDS Grant ProgramCharles.McGrew@ed.gov

Kristen KingProgram Officer, SLDS Grant ProgramKristen.King@ed.gov

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