Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Charter Schools Program (CSP): Grants to Charter Management Organizations for the Replication and Expansion of High-Quality Charter Schools (CMO Grants), Assistance Listing Number 84.282M

Background
The CSP CMO Grant program (ALN 84.282M) is authorized under Title IV, Part C of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESEA). Through CSP CMO Grants, the Department awards grants to charter management organizations (CMOs) on a competitive basis to enable them to replicate or expand one or more high-quality charter schools.

Charter schools that receive financial assistance through CSP CMO Grants provide programs of elementary or secondary education, or both, and may also serve students in early childhood education programs or postsecondary students, consistent with the terms of their charter.

The major purposes of the CSP are to expand opportunities for all students, particularly underserved students, to attend charter schools and meet challenging State academic standards; provide financial assistance for the planning, program design, and initial implementation of charter schools; increase the number of high-quality charter schools available to students across the United States; evaluate the impact of charter schools on student achievement, families, and communities; share best practices between charter schools and other public schools; aid States in providing facilities support to charter schools; and support efforts to strengthen the charter school authorizing process.

Grant Details
The grant funds may be used to significantly increase the enrollment of, or add one or more grades to an existing high-quality charter school or to open one or more new charter schools or new campuses of a high-quality charter school based on the educational model of an existing high-quality charter school.

The competition includes a statutory priority from section 4305(b)(5)(A) of the ESEA to promote racially and socioeconomically diverse student bodies.

The competition also includes an invitational priority to encourage collaborations between charter schools and traditional public schools or traditional school districts that benefit students and families across schools.

The notice includes three competitive preference priorities and one invitational priority. Competitive Preference Priority 1 is from section 4305(b)(5)(A) of the ESEA. Competitive Preference Priority 2 is from the 2018 NFP. Competitive Preference Priority 3 is from the 2022 NFP.

Eligibility Requirements
The Department awards grants to charter management organizations (CMOs) on a competitive basis.

Period of Performance
The deadline for transmittal of applications is January 3, 2023. The deadline for intergovernmental review is March 4, 2023.

Grant Value
Not provided