Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Grants to Charter Management Organizations for the Replication and Expansion of High-Quality Charter Schools (CMO Grants), Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 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. The major purposes of the CSP are to expand opportunities for all students, 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, and support quality, accountability, and transparency in the operational performance of all authorized public chartering agencies.

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.
Charter schools that receive financial assistance through CSP CMO Grants provide elementary or secondary education programs, or both, and may also serve students in early childhood education programs or postsecondary students.
The notice includes three competitive preference priorities—one from the CSP statute, one from a previous notice published in 2018, and one from a notice published in 2022.
Additionally, there are two invitational priorities for this competition.

Eligibility Requirements
The grant is open to charter management organizations (CMOs) who operate or manage a network of charter schools linked by centralized support, operations, and oversight.
The notice includes specific requirements for applicants proposing to operate or manage high-quality charter schools with racially and socioeconomically diverse student bodies.

Period of Performance
The period for applications is from May 3, 2024, with a deadline for transmittal of applications on June 27, 2024.
The deadline for intergovernmental review is August 26, 2024.

Grant Value
The total value of the grant is not explicitly provided in the document.