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Grants to South Carolina K-12 Schools and Districts to Promote Artistic Achievement

Arts Curricular Innovation Grants (ACIG): Distinguished Arts Program (DAP)

GrantWatch ID# 143605

Agency: State

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Funding Source

South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) - Office of Assessment and Standards

Geographic Focus

USA: South Carolina

Important Dates

Deadline: 05/23/22 5:00 PM Receipt

Grant Description

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.

The purpose of the 2022–23 Arts Curricular Innovation Grants (ACIG) is to assist schools and districts in developing and implementing arts initiatives that support quality arts education programs that significantly improve student achievement in the arts.

ACIG-funded DAP projects must:

Promote innovative development and implementation of appropriate curricula, instruction, and assessment based on the 2017 South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Standards for Visual and Performing Arts Proficiency (2017Standards); and
Serve as the foundation to support quality arts instruction and the growth of dance, music, theater, visual arts, media arts, and design programs in South Carolina schools.

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 2017 Standards. For all 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 2017 Standards 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 (see pages 57–62 of the RFP in Supporting Documents, below). 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 additional eligible uses of grant funds, see page 7 of the RFP in Supporting Documents below.

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Eligibility

Others (see text field entitled "Additional Eligibility Criteria" for clarification)

Additional Criteria for Eligibility

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.

Pre-Application Information

Timeline of Granting Process:
- Technical assistance session: March 22, 2022
- Deadline for receipt of applications: May 23, 2022, at 5:00 PM
- Notification of awards: July 2022
- Funding period begins; DAP projects can begin: July 1, 2022
- Funding period ends: May 30, 2023
- Deadline for final programmatic and financial reports: June 16, 2023, or end of 2022-23 project activities (whichever occurs first)

The Office of Assessment and Standards provided a pre-application technical assistance session on March 22, 2022. Contact Roger Simpson or Monique Curry for a link to the recording.

To determine needs at the individual site for implementing the 2017 Standards, applicants must conduct a needs assessment using the Opportunity-to-Learn Standards (OTLS) for Arts Education Worksheets. See: http://ed.sc.gov/instruction/standards-learning/visual-and-performing-arts/visual-and-performing-arts-curriculum-support-documents-and-resources/

Funds will be disbursed on a reimbursement basis upon the receipt of expenditure reports with all supporting documentation from the grantees.

Additional Funding Information

Estimated Total Program Funding:

$700,000

Estimated Size of Grant

The maximum DAP award to a school district is $40,000; the maximum DAP award to a school is $18,000.

Term of Contract

The maximum grant period for a DAP award is July 1, 2022, through May 30, 2023.

Contact Information

Apply online: https://scde.formstack.com/forms/acig_distinguished_arts_program_grant_2022_23

Contacts:
Roger Simpson
803-734-0715
rsimpson@ed.sc.gov

L. Monique Curry
803-734-3461
lmcurry@ed.sc.gov

South Carolina Department of Education
Office of Standards and Learning
1429 Senate Street, Suite 607-B
Columbia, SC 29201

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