Additional Grants for the Expanded Prekindergarten for Three- and Four-Year Old Students (EPK Round 4)
School Year 2019–20
Announcement of Funding Opportunity
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Grant Application Documents
Application in PDF | Application in Word
Appendix C: EPK Round 4 Grant Calculator
Appendix D: NYS Pre-K Self-Assessment and Quality Improvement Action Plan
Appendix E: Collaboration Variance Request
Appendix F: High Need School Districts
Appendix G: Relative Need Points, UPK Utilization Points, and Preference Category
Appendix H: Proposal Evaluation Rubric
Questions and Answers – Posted 8/22/19
List of Districts Submitting Mandatory Notice of Intent – Posted 9/6/19
Legislative Authority and Purpose of Grant Funds
Chapter 53 of the Laws of 2019 appropriates $15 million for additional prekindergarten grants to establish new full-day prekindergarten placements, convert existing half-day placements to full-day, or create new half-day placements for three- and/or four-year old students, targeting the highest need schools and children within school districts.
Purpose of Grant
The purpose of Additional Grants for Expanded Prekindergarten for Three- and Four-Year Old Students is to increase the availability of high quality prekindergarten placements for high need children and schools within New York State.
Project Period
Initial period: July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2020.
In the 2020-2021 school year and thereafter, each grantee’s award will be consolidated with the district’s Universal Prekindergarten allocation as specified in Section 3602-e of Education Law, subject to an available appropriation in the State budget for this purpose and provided that the grantee has met all requirements of this grant.
Eligible Applicants
All public school districts are eligible to apply.
Due to the highly competitive nature of this grant, a strong preference for funding will be given to high need districts, especially those that currently do not offer a state funded prekindergarten program.
A school district is considered high need if it has a Needs Resource Index of 0.75 or higher, as most recently calculated by the State Education Department, or if it is a high-need school district based on the State Education Department’s most recent calculation of the Need Resource Category.
Appendix F provides a list of the high need school districts.
For purposes of this grant, charter schools and BOCES are not included in the definition of public schools and are not eligible to apply.Amount of Funding
The New York State Education Department will award up to $15 million to fund grants for the 2019-2020 schoolyear.
Questions and Answers
- Questions and Answers – Posted 8/22/19
All questions must be submitted via E-Mail to PREKRFP@nysed.gov by close of business August 16, 2019. A complete list of all Questions and Answers will be posted here no later than August 23, 2019.
Mandatory Notice of Intent
List of Districts Submitting Mandatory Notice of Intent – Posted 9/6/19
To assist the Department in planning for the grant review process and expediting the announcement of awards, school districts that intend to submit a proposal must submit a Notice of Intent via email to PREKRFP@nysed.gov no later than August 30, 2019. The Department will post on its website by September 6, 2019 a list of school districts that submitted the mandatory Notice of Intent to apply for these funds.
Application Due Date
Receipt of 1 original and 3 copies by 5:00 PM September 18, 2019 to:
New York State Education Department
Attn: Additional Grants for Expanded Prekindergarten for Three- and Four-Year Old Students (EPK)
Office of Early Learning
Room 319 EB
89 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12234
Appendices
Appendix A: Standard Clauses for New York State Contracts
Appendix A-1 G: General Assurances
Appendix B: Statement of Assurances
Appendix C: EPK Grant Calculator
Appendix D: NYS Pre-K Self-Assessment & Quality Improvement Action Plan
Appendix E: Collaboration Variance Request
Appendix F: High Need School Districts
Appendix G: Relative Need Points, UPK Utilization Points, and Preference Category
Appendix H: Proposal Evaluation Rubric
Grant Application Documents
Application in PDF | Application in Word
Appendix C: EPK Round 4 Grant Calculator
Appendix D: NYS Pre-K Self-Assessment and Quality Improvement Action Plan
Appendix E: Collaboration Variance Request
Appendix F: High Need School Districts
Appendix G: Relative Need Points, UPK Utilization Points, and Preference Category
Appendix H: Proposal Evaluation Rubric
Questions and Answers – Posted 8/22/19
List of Districts Submitting Mandatory Notice of Intent – Posted 9/6/19