1140 Eligible partnerships postsecondary grant application guidelines for conducting Praxis preparation in core academic areas for professional development for educators in this Commonwealth

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Eligible Partnerships Postsecondary Grant Application Guidelines for Conducting Praxis Preparation in Core Academic Areas for Professional Development for Educators in this Commonwealth

[34 Pa.B. 3282]

   The Department of Education (Department) has established Eligible Partnerships Postsecondary Grant (grant) application guidelines to provide direction to eligible partnerships for submitting applications targeting the preparation of special education and middle school teachers to meet the core academic content areas required under the No Child Left Behind Act (act). An eligible partnership that receives a grant under these guidelines shall use the grant for designing and implementing core academic content in professional development for Praxis preparation for special education and middle school teachers in this Commonwealth to meet the highly qualified status under the act. The guidelines define a partnership that is eligible to apply. Each partnership must designate either an institution of higher education or an intermediate unit as the lead organization to execute a contract or memorandum of understanding with the Commonwealth. Approximately $275,000 is available on a competitive basis under these guidelines. Eight to ten contracts or memoranda of understanding will be awarded in amounts ranging from $10,000 to $60,000.

   Copies of the application guidelines are available from the Issuing Office, Division of Program Services, Bureau of Postsecondary Services, Department of Education, 333 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17126-0333, [phone], TDD [phone]. Copies of the application guidelines are also available on the Department's website: www.pde.state.pa.us.

   Applications submitted in response to the guidelines for conducting Praxis preparation in core academic content areas are due in the Division of Program Services by 5 p.m. on Friday, July 16, 2004.

VICKI L. PHILLIPS, Ed.D.,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 04-1140. Filed for public inspection June 25, 2004, 9:00 a.m.]