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Congratulations
 CONGRATULATIONS
to Dr. Susan Barnes on your promotion to Assistant
Commissioner for Charter Schools!
AMENDMENTS TO START-UP GRANT FOR $15,000 Notice has been
sent to eligible start-up grant applicants that an additional $15,000 is available for
those grantees who have received a Notice of Grant Award (NOGA) from TEA
for the FY 2000-2001 Public Charter Schools Grant. To receive approval for the
funding increase, grantees must submit a grant amendment to the Document
Control Center, not to the Charter Schools Division. Amendments received by
the Charter Schools Division will be sent to the Document Control Center, but
funding will be delayed. CORRECTION: The amendments must be
RECEIVED by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 15, 2001 to Document
Control Center, TEA, William B. Travis Building, Room 6-108, 1701 N. Congress
Ave., Austin, TX 78701. Call Esther Murguia at 512-463-9575 if you have any
programmatic questions related to preparing this amendment.
THE 2002 ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY information is now available on the TEA website. The deadline for registering to
receive an Alternative Education Accountability campus rating for 2002 is Friday,
September 14, 2001.
$26 MILLION IN FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS FOR TEXAS CHARTERS HB 3343 requires that all The Resource Center will host a grant writing workshop for instructions on
preparing proposals for the Federal Repair and Renovation Grant funds
(RFA#701-01-027) that will be available on a competitive basis for Texas charter
schools and ISD's. The workshop will be on Wednesday, August 29, 2001 from
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. at the Mexican-American Unity Council building, 2300 West
Commerce, San Antonio, which is across from La Escuela Charter School. See
attached map. Grant writing training will be conducted by Michele Sabino, Grant
Officer of Houston Endowment and Christi Martin, Executive Director of the
Association of Charter Educators. Representatives from TEA will also provide
helpful hints for preparing schedules and meeting other requirements related to
standard federal grant application forms. Training will be conducted by Susan
Barnes, Senior Director of the TEA Charter Schools Division and Esther Murguia,
Education Specialist. RSVP to the Resource Center by Friday, August 24 at 210-348-7890. No cost for the workshop or lunch. For more information and to
print a copy of the RFA go to the Texas Education Agency website at
www.tea.state.tx.us; then to School Finance and Grants; then to grant information;
then to available grants and contracts.
GED PROGRAMS HB1432 authorizes the state to continue in-school GED
programs that meet certain conditions outlined in the bill. While further information
on this will be coming from Dr. Robert Muller's office at TEA, charters should be
aware as they plan budgets for 2001-2002 that funding will change next January.
Funding will flow on the basis of contact hours.
HEALTH INSURANCE HB 3343 requires that all charter schools must
decide by September 1, 2001 whether or not they will participate in the new
Texas Health Insurance program for the 2002-2003 school year. For information
check online at www.tea.state.tx.us/school.finance/topics/index.html.
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