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Ready-To-Teach Grant Program General Information

Ready-to-Teach Grant Type: The Ready-to-Teach Program supports two types of competitive grants to nonprofit telecommunications entities: (a) grants to carry out a national telecommunications-based program to improve teaching in core curriculum areas; and (b) digital educational programming grants that enable eligible entities to develop, produce and distribute innovative educational and instructional video programming.

Ready-to-Teach Eligibility: Nonprofit telecommunications entities, or a partnership of those entities, may apply for grants to carry out a national telecommunications-based program to improve teaching in core curriculum areas.

To be eligible to receive a grant under section 5481(b), an entity shall be a local public telecommunications entity, as defined in section 397(12) of the Communications Act of 1934, that is able to demonstrate a capacity for the development and distribution of educational and instructional television programming of high quality.

Ready-to-Teach Grant Application Process: Applications must be submitted electronically through the Grants.gov Apply site at http://www.grants.gov/ unless an applicant has received a waiver of the electronic submission requirement.

For printed applications contact:
Education Publications Center (ED Pubs)
P.O. Box 1398, Jessup MD 20794-1398,
Telephone: (877) 433-7827, (TDD) (877) 576-7734
http://www.edpubs.org/webstore/Content/search.asp
Email: edpubs@int.edu.gov

You will also need to submit the following:

ED Form 424 - Application for Federal Education Assistance (Form and Instructions)
ED Form 524 - Budget Information, Non-Construction Programs
ED Form 524 - Instructions
Standard Form 424B - Assurances, Non-Construction Programs
ED80-0013 - Certifications Regarding Lobbying; Debarment, Suspension and Other Responsibility Matters; and Drug-Free Workplace Requirements
ED80-0014 - Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary Exclusion - Lower Tier Covered Transactions
Standard Form LLL - Disclosure of Lobbying Activities
Survey on Ensuring Equal Opportunity for Applicants

At a Glance:	Ready-to-Teach Grant Program - (U.S. Department of Education)
School Year 2007-2008:
Funding for School Year 2007-2008:	$10,890,000 (Approximate)
Number of Awards (Approximate):	4 (Continuations)
Program Type:	Discretionary/Competitive Grants
Additional Information:	The Department of Education's Ready-to-Teach Grant website: http://www.ed.gov/programs/readyteach/index.html
Helpful Links:	Ready-to-Teach Grant Program Frequently Asked Questions: http://www.ed.gov/programs/readyteach/faq.html
School Year 2008-2009:
Funding for School Year 2008-2009:	$10,700,000 (Anticipated)
Program Type:	Discretionary/Competitive Grants
Eligible Applicants:	Non-profit Organizations
Application Availability and Deadline:	Dates will be announced on the Department of Education's Ready-to-Teach Grant Program website, if this grant program is funded for school year 2008-2009.
Additional Information:	The Department of Education's Ready-to-Teach Grant Program website: http://www.ed.gov/programs/readyteach/index.html
Helpful Links:	Ready-to-Teach Grant Program Frequently Asked Questions: http://www.ed.gov/programs/readyteach/faq.html
Information Current To:	02/10/08

Ready-to-Teach Additional Help and Contact Information: You can contact Sharon Harris Morgan (sharon.morgan@ed.gov (202) 205-5880) at the U.S. Department of Education, OII Technology Education Programs, 400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Rm. 4W250, FB-6 Washington, DC 20202-5980.

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