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"Only 22,000 of the 210,000 students cited in the press release received funding through Cuomo's new program. That's 29 percent of the 75,000 total applicants, with 6,000 applications still pending.
Cuomo's office has declined to provide a breakdown of why students were rejected, saying only that the numbers remain in flux.
For example, Excelsior's requirement that qualifying students must be full-time is retroactive, meaning students are ineligible if they have been part-time college students or have taken time off school. ...
"But Judith Scott-Clayton, a professor of economics and education at Teachers College, described Excelsior as a crude attempt to mash together the expectations of merit-based scholarships, which select for high-performing students, with the rhetoric of a universal, all-inclusive free college program.
"Students are not all sufficiently prepared to take 15 credits and succeed in one term," she said. "I think that's where there needs to be some sensitivity that, yeah, we can push students to do more, but it's not a one-size-fits-all."
"It's certainly not going to be cost-free to figure out where the students are who completed [too few] credits and get them to repay," Miller-Adams added. "I guess it's a perfect subcontract for a debt collection agency but is that what they're trying to do with this scholarship?" ...
Sara Goldrick-Rab, a Professor of Higher Education at Temple University who helped draft Oregon's tuition-free community college legislation, maintains that the governor is "killing free college."
"What do I mean when I say he's 'killing free college'? I mean he takes a really important turning point in educational policy, that is really about fixing the lack of trustworthiness and the complexity of our system, and uses it to [his] political advantage while making it just as untrustworthy and just as complicated," she said.
Goldrick-Rab added, "He's made it so clear that he's using this as a political tool and nothing else."
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https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/us-department-education-awards-253-million-grants-expand-charter-schools
more info here: https://innovation.ed.gov/what-we-do/charter-schools/charter-schools-program-grants-for-replications-and-expansion-of-high-quality-charter-schools/
and https://innovation.ed.gov/what-we-do/charter-schools/
Charter apps and reviewer comments here: https://innovation.ed.gov/what-we-do/charter-schools/charter-schools-program-grants-for-replications-and-expansion-of-high-quality-charter-schools/awards/
U.S. Department of Education Awards $253 Million in Grants to Expand Charter Schools
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced that The Expanding Opportunity through Quality Charter Schools Program (Charter Schools Program or CSP) has awarded new grants this week to fund the creation and expansion of public charter schools across the nation, totaling approximately $253 million.
"These grants will help supplement state-based efforts to give students access to more options for their education," said Secretary DeVos. "What started as a handful of schools in Minnesota has blossomed into nearly 7,000 charter schools across the country. Charter schools are now part of the fabric of American education, and I look forward to seeing how we can continue to work with states to help ensure more students can learn in an environment that works for them."
The following grants slates were awarded:
- The State Entities program awarded approximately $144.7 million in new grants to nine states.
- The Replication and Expansion of High-Quality Charter Schools program awarded approximately $52.4 million in new grants to 17 non-profit charter management organizations.
- The Credit Enhancement for Charter School Facilities program awarded approximately $56.25 million in new grants to six non-profit organizations and two state agencies.
These grants are awarded to state educational agencies and other state entities, charter management organizations (CMOs) and other non-profit organizations and represent the first cohort of new awards under the program's new authorizing statute, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).
Please see below for the list of grantees, first year grant amounts and total recommended funding (contingent on future Congressional appropriations).
State Entity Grantees:
| Grantee Name | FY 17 Funding (Year 1 and 2 Funding) | Total Recommended Funding |
|---|---|---|
| Indiana Department of Education | $24,002,291 | $59,966,575 |
| Maryland State Department of Education | $5,490,859 | $17,222,222 |
| Minnesota Department of Education | $22,381,611 | $45,757,406 |
| Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board* | $4,240,819 | $15,000,000 |
| New Mexico Public Education Department | $6,358,693 | $22,507,805 |
| Oklahoma Public School Resource Center, Inc.* | $4,264,870 | $16,499,722 |
| Rhode Island Department of Education | $1,953,000 | $6,000,000 |
| Texas Education Agency | $38,034,535 | $59,164,996 |
| Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction | $37,954,114 | $95,777,775 |
| Total | $144,680,792 | $331,896,501 |
* Eligible applicants under this program are state entities. A state entity is defined under ESSA as a state educational agency; a state charter school board; a Governor of a state; or a charter school support organization.
CMO Grantees:
| Grantee Name | State** | FY17 Funding | Total Recommended Funding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascend Learning, Inc. | NY | $3,661,357 | $9,484,885 |
| Brooke Charter Schools | MA | $353,747 | $836,136 |
| Eagle Academy Public Charter School | DC | $449,066 | $812,885 |
| East Harlem Tutorial Program | NY | $542,640 | $2,781,280 |
| Environmental Charter Schools | CA | $566,063 | $900,000 |
| Family Life Academy Charter Schools, Inc. | NY | $739,260 | $900,000 |
| Fortune School of Education | CA | $1,350,600 | $2,043,100 |
| Freedom Preparatory Academy, Inc. | TN | $1,451,301 | $4,297,000 |
| Great Oaks Foundation, Inc. | NY | $1,958,400 | $3,834,000 |
| Hiawatha Academies | MN | $1,121,400 | $1,875,000 |
| IDEA Public Schools | TX | $26,316,168 | $67,243,986 |
| New Paradigm for Education, Inc | MI | $2,365,400 | $5,084,100 |
| Rocketship Education | CA | $5,090,134 | $12,582,678 |
| Success Academy Charter Schools, Inc. | NY | $3,225,240 | $6,130,200 |
| The Freedom and Democracy Schools Foundation, Inc. | MD | $603,003 | $1,533,528 |
| University Prep Inc. | CO | $1,360,730 | $3,734,750 |
| Voices College-Bound Language Academies | CA | $1,258,415 | $2,699,999 |
| Total: | $52,412,924 | $126,773,527 |
**State reflects where the organization is based; school expansion sites funded under this grant may differ.
Credit Enhancement Grantees:
| Grantee Name | State** | FY17 and Total Project Funding |
|---|---|---|
| Building Hope...A Charter Schools Facilities Fund | DC | $8,000,000 |
| California School Finance Authority | CA | $8,000,000 |
| Center for Community Self-Help | NC | $8,000,000 |
| Charter Schools Development Corporation | MD | $5,000,000 |
| Hope Enterprise Corporation | MS | $8,000,000 |
| Low Income Investment Fund | CA | $8,000,000 |
| Massachusetts Development Finance Agency | MA | $8,000,000 |
| Raza Development Fund | AZ | $3,250,000 |
| Total | $56,250,000 |
**State reflects where the organization is based; school expansion sites funded under this grant may differ.
Additional information regarding these grant programs and awards, including copies of grantee applications, may be found at: https://innovation.ed.gov/what-we-do/charter-schools/
