Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Safe & Supportive Schools: Supporting America’s School Infrastructure (SASI) Grant Program, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) number 84.184K

Background
The Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) is issuing a grant opportunity under the Safe & Supportive Schools: Supporting America's School Infrastructure (SASI) Grant Program, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) number 84.184K. The purpose of this program is to increase the capacity of States to support high-need local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools in leveraging other available Federal, State, and local resources to improve school facilities and environments through public school infrastructure improvements to ensure that their public school facilities are safe, healthy, sustainable, and equitable learning environments for all students.

Grant Details
The grant program aims to increase State capacity to support high-need LEAs in leveraging available resources to assess infrastructure needs and make public school infrastructure improvements. It includes absolute priorities for building capacity of State Educational Agency (SEA) and State Entity other than the SEA.

The program requirements include completing a needs assessment of high-need LEAs, developing or improving State and local data and information systems management related to public school infrastructure, evaluating current State-level public school infrastructure funding systems, establishing or improving statewide systems for training LEA officials responsible for public school infrastructure or improvements, engaging in activities necessary to plan the project period and evaluate impact, providing technical assistance to SEAs with Low Capacity in Areas of School Infrastructure, building the capacity of SEA and State entity staff through professional development on topics related to public school infrastructure and sustainability, allocating or hiring at least one full-time employee to administer and implement the activities outlined in the grant application, and annually reporting on how high-need LEA capacity is being increased.

Eligibility Requirements
The eligibility requirements include defining 'high-need LEAs' designated by the State to be served by the proposed project. Applicants must also define 'high-need LEA' based on poverty measures and capacity to fund facilities.

Period of Performance
The deadline for transmittal of applications is August 18, 2023.

Grant Value
The total value of the grant opportunity is not explicitly mentioned in the provided text.