Rule 160-1-4-.299 - Graduate Ready to Attain Success in Postsecondary ("GRASP") Grant1.Purpose of Grant. The purpose of the grant is to provide financial support to eligible high schools as they work to increase their students' likelihood of graduating high school, completing postsecondary programs, and productively participating in the workforce.2.Term and Conditions. Grants are awarded through a competitive process to local educational agencies ("LEA") that have at least one eligible high school. An "eligible high school" is a high school that has a four-year cohort graduation rate below 75% for the immediately preceding school year. LEAs shall use the funds at the eligible high school to provide an additional counselor. The counselor shall implement programs that assist identified high school at-risk students in achieving academic, personal, social, and career development success. The counselor shall support high school counseling programs that work with identified high school at-risk students. The counselor must also support middle school counseling programs for targeted at-risk middle school students who are zoned to attend the eligible high school. The LEA shall ensure that the caseload of the counselor shall comply with all requirements outlined in the application.
The grant awards are one-time funds for use at the eligible high school(s) during the fiscal period outlined in the application. There is no allowability for carryover.
3.Eligible Recipient(s). This competitive grant is open to LEAs that have at least one public high school that was awarded GRASP funds in the previous fiscal year and all other LEAs that have an eligible high school, as defined in the Term and Conditions. 4.Criteria for Award. Applications are reviewed and scored by the Georgia Department of Education. Funding will be awarded based on the quality of the application, the alignment with the grant rubric, and available funding.5.Directions and Deadlines for Applying. Information about the grant, including the deadline, can be found on the Office of School Improvement, Division of School and District Effectiveness's webpage (https://www.gadoe.org/School-Improvement/School-Improvement-Services/Pages/default.aspx) or by contacting the Office of School Improvement at Sigrant@doe.k12.ga.us. Information about the grant will be shared with all eligible districts.Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 160-1-4-.299
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-240.
Original grant description entitled "Graduate Ready to Attain Success in Postsecondary ("GRASP") Grant" submitted June 15, 2021.Submitted: Apr. 12, 2022.