State
South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE)
01/09/19
04/09/19 5:00 PM Receipt
Grants of up to $40,000 to South Carolina school districts and grants of up to $18,000 to individual schools for activities that promote student engagement and achievement in the arts. Funding is intended for programs with a long-term strategic plan that includes all art forms, including dance, visual arts, music, and theater.
DAP applicants must use grant funds to achieve all of the following items:
- Plan, develop, and implement arts education curricula, instruction, and assessment based on the 17SCCCRVPA. For elementary schools, participation in the South Carolina Arts Assessment Program (SCAAP) will fulfill part of the required assessment activities.
- Develop lesson plans and curriculum guides based on the 17SCCCRVPA and purchase resources required to implement the lessons.
- Provide teacher professional development programs for arts specialists and/or appropriate classroom teachers. Participation in the SCDE-approved professional development Arts Teacher Institutes will fulfill this requirement.
- Use a minimum of 30 percent of the total application budget for scholarships for returning certified teachers to participate in the SCDE-approved annual professional development Arts Teacher Institutes. Applicants should budget for reasonable expenditures for accommodations for persons with disabilities who are attending SCDE-approved professional development Arts Teacher Institutes (e.g., interpreters).
For a list of optional items, see the RFP:
https://ed.sc.gov/finance/grants/scde-grant-opportunities/arts-curricular-innovation-grants-acig-distinguished-arts-program-dap-2019-20/dapgrant/#page=6
GrantWatch ID#: 143605
$1,400,000
Approximately sixty new DAP grant awards: 8 awards for school districts and 52 awards for schools.
The maximum DAP award to a school district is $40,000; the maximum DAP award to a school is $18,000.
The maximum grant period for a DAP award is July 1, 2019, through May 29, 2020.
All South Carolina K–12 public schools and school districts are eligible to apply for only one grant type - either an Innovative Arts Works grant or a DAP grant - under the ACIG program.
A school may submit only one grant application for either an IAW grant or a DAP grant. Multiple schools within a school district may apply and receive school-level Innovative Arts Works and DAP grants if the district does not submit a DAP grant application.
If a school district submits a DAP grant application, schools within that district are ineligible to submit a grant application under the ACIG program. For the purposes of this RFP, a school district is defined as a local educational agency that serves students on multiple campuses.
Schools and school districts that fail to submit the required annual/final reports for any currently funded ACIG program will not be considered for an award during this funding cycle.
Grant funds may not be used for or to support out-of-state travel, graduate-level courses, or professional memberships. Costs for food, snacks, and meals are unallowable. ACIG grant funds may not be used for new construction or capital improvements to existing structures such as carpet and laminate coverings. Applications based on the 2010 South Carolina Visual and Performing Arts Curriculum Standards are not eligible for funding and will not be reviewed. Indirect costs are not allowed.
A technical assistance session concerning the ACIG DAP Grant and the RFP process is scheduled for January 9, 2019, from 3:30 PM until 5:00 PM via Adobe Connect.
Participants should enter their full names when logging in to the session. Participants will be able to log in 30 minutes prior to the start of the session to test their equipment and download/print handouts.
While participation is not mandatory in order to submit an application, it is highly recommended.
Link to session:
https://scde.adobeconnect.com/dap-pre-ap-ta/
Deadline for Receipt of Applications: 5:00 PM, April 9, 2019
Timeline of Granting Process:
- Technical assistance session: January 9, 2019
- Deadline for receipt of applications: April 9, 2019
- Notification of awards: August 2019
- Funding period begins; DAP projects can begin: July 1, 2019
- Funding period ends: May 29, 2020
- Deadline for final programmatic and financial reports: June 12, 2020, or end of 2019–20 project activities (whichever occurs first)
To determine needs at the individual site for implementing the 17SCCCRVPA, applicants must conduct a needs assessment using the Opportunity-to-Learn Standards (OTLS) for Arts Education Worksheets (see here: https://ed.sc.gov/instruction/standards-learning/visual-and-performing-arts/visual-and-performing-arts-curriculum-support-documents-and-resources/).
Needs assessments are active for a three-year period. Applicants in this funding round for school year (SY) 2019–20 may provide results and discuss findings from a needs assessment conducted for SY 2017–18 or later.
Before starting your grant application, please review the funding source's website listed below for updates/changes/addendums/conferences/LOIs.
Apply Online:
https://scde.formstack.com/forms/acig_distinguished_arts_program_grant_2019_20
Carrie Ann Power, Education Associate
803-734-0323
cpower@ed.sc.gov
South Carolina Department of Education
Office of Standards and Learning
1429 Senate Street, Suite 607-B
Columbia, SC 29201
USA: South Carolina
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