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Education Foundation Grants
Immediate Program Goals
With the assistance and advice of school district personnel, the Board of Directors has developed several programs, which emphasize the Education Foundation’s mission to provide opportunities to enrich and enhance the quality of education for all FBISD students. All programs will be monitored by the Foundation to ensure that they are effectively meeting the mission of the Foundation.
Program Area Grants
1.Grants to Teachers
Purpose
The purpose of Grants to Teachers is to enhance, promote and augment classroom instruction in areas not allotted in regular budgetary funds or not eligible for reimbursement from other sources.
Amount of Award
Funding Periods
- One funding period will occur in the fall semester.
Qualifications
- Complete an application form
- Provide all requested information
- Demonstrate specific need(s)
- Present a creative and/or innovative approach
- Impacts the students and enhances the quality of education
2. School Site Grants
Purpose
The purpose of School Site Grants is to allow staff on each campus to identify and address needs, challenges and concerns unique to the campus. The identified area(s) would reflect the school’s mission, statement or philosophy, or campus improvement plan.
Amount of Award
- $2,000 per elementary campus maximum; must benefit the entire campus
- $3,000 per secondary campus maximum; must benefit the entire grade level, curriculum area, faculty or campus
- There is no limit to the number of site grants that may be submitted, however, a maximum of 3 per campus with be awarded
Funding Period
- One funding period will occur in the fall semester
Qualifications
- Programs must be related to goals cited in campus/district plan of action.
- Programs should have potential for duplication on other campuses
3. Dissemination of Application Information
All applications and information regarding the application process will be distributed to campus principals, teachers, administrators and staff.
4. Selection of Recipients
It is the responsibility of the Selection Committee, under the guidance of the Vice President of Program Allocations, to review applications and recommend grants. Selection will be based on the quality of the program as well as amounts requested relative to funds available. All grants will be reviewed by appropriate content area specialists to ensure they meet FBISD instructional program goals. Recipients will be announced at a recognition event prior to the end of the school year.
5. Distribution of Funds
Funds will be distributed and coordinated by the General Ledger Analyst in the Central Administration Building.
Teacher/School Site Grant Application Guidelines
- Recognizing that many of your measurements emphasize standardized test scores such as
TAKS, the purpose of this program is not to increase performance on a standardized test but rather enhance the educational experience in the classroom. Please note that the Foundation Board of Directors is made up of members of the community outside of the School District.
- Supplemental classroom materials and prepackaged kits are acceptable, however,
grants that demonstrate creative and effective implementation and inspire students to learn will be graded higher.
- Grants that directly benefit large numbers of students will be given preference.
- Grants which utilize durable, reusable items will be given preference.
- Grants that share materials and/or techniques between grades, groups, schools, etc. will be given preference.
- A detailed itemization of all costs and materials is expected. Estimates by categories are not acceptable. You must use district approved vendors and district approved products.
- Proposals for new programs are preferred over repeat requests.
Policies
- Grants will not be awarded for costs and items that may be available from other sources such as federal or state funding or district funding.
- Grants requesting senteos, document cameras, or airliners must be submitted under a school site application.
- No funds will be awarded for smart boards, field trips, salaries, teacher trips or training, food, iPods, or speaker fees.
- No funds will be awarded for multiple applications from an individual school to fund an entire program.
- The Foundation will not fund grant requests which exceed the stated dollar limit.
- A timely evaluation for each grant must be submitted by the stated deadline. Those who do not may be eliminated for consideration for grants for the following academic year.
- In the event a recipient of a teacher grant transfers to another school within the district, the teacher may transfer the grant program to the transfer school, provided the transfer is to a compatible grade level. If the transferring teacher is one member of a group grant, the grant will remain at the school awarded the grant. Any dispute regarding a grant transfer may be resolved by a special sub-committee of three board members appointed by the Vice President of Program Allocations. Site grants are non-transferable.
- A teacher can receive multiple individual grants for the same funding period, provided the combined total of the grants requested does not exceed the grant limit for that funding period ($1,500).
- Grant applications that are not funded will be kept on file for one year.
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