FY25 High-Impact Tutoring (HIT) LEA Grant - Request for Application (RFA)
Overview:
The Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) released a Request for Applications (RFA) for the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) High-Impact Tutoring (HIT) Local Education Agency (LEA) Grant on July 17, 2024. Funds are available to District of Columbia public and public charter school LEAs. The purpose of the grant is to help DC public LEAs launch, strengthen and expand evidence-based tutoring programs in schools for DC students, with a focus on those who are designated as economically disadvantaged.
How to Apply:
The application for the HIT LEA Grant is currently available through OSSE’s online Enterprise Grants Management System (EGMS), that is accessible at the following link: grants.osse.dc.gov. Interested LEAs must submit their completed applications through EGMS to be eligible for this grant.
HIT LEA Grant Application Documents:
- High-Impact Tutoring (HIT) LEA Grant - Request for Application (RFA)
- FY25 HIT LEA Program Model and Budget Template: Applicants must complete the FY25 HIT LEA Program Model and Budget Template and upload it into EGMS as part of the application. The template requires applicants to provide details about the proposed HIT programs and calculates the potential award amount based on the number of students the program will serve and the duration of the program. Please access the template through the link provided. Applications must include this completed template to be eligible for the HIT LEA Grant.
- Notice of Intent to Apply Form: All organizations planning to apply for this grant must submit a completed Notice of Intent to Apply form by Aug. 16, 2024 via email to [email protected].
- HIT School List: This spreadsheet identifies all schools in DC that are eligible for OSSE-funded HIT supports based on their percentage of economically disadvantaged students, which must be 40 percent or more. Schools with at least 70 percent of students designated as economically disadvantaged, or schools designated as Comprehensive Support and Improvement schools, are priority schools for the HIT Initiative. For the purposes of the FY25 HIT LEA Grant, applicants can also propose HIT programs at non-eligible schools, as long as 80 percent of the students enrolled in the HIT programs are designated as economically disadvantaged.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Documents and Process:
All questions about the HIT LEA Grant will be answered via public FAQ documents. Please submit all questions through the form: FY25 High-Impact Tutoring (HIT) LEA Grant Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).
- FAQ Document (COMING SOON): Questions about the HIT LEA Grant received by 5 p.m. ET on Friday, July 26, 2024 will be published with answers by Friday, Aug. 2, 2024. Questions received by 5 p.m. ET on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024 will be published with answers by Friday, Aug. 23, 2024.
To promote fairness and ensure all applicants have access to the same information about the grant application process, any questions received after 5 p.m. ET on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024 will not be answered.
Key Dates:
- Pre-application webinar 1 (interested applicants are encouraged to attend one of the two webinar options): Monday, July 22, 2024, 1-2 p.m. Register here.
- Pre-application webinar 2 (interested applicants are encouraged to attend one of the two webinar options): Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 10-11 a.m. Register here.
- Deadline for submitting questions to be answered in first round of FAQs: Friday, July 26, 2024
- Deadline for submitting questions to be answered in second round of FAQs: Friday, Aug. 16, 2024
- Notice of Intent to Apply deadline: Friday, Aug. 16, 2024
- HIT LEA Grant application deadline: Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024 by 3 p.m.
See the below list of documents and links for more information about OSSE’s previous high-impact tutoring grant opportunities:
HIT Scaling Grant - Awarded January 2023
- Press Release for Jan. 2023 HIT Grant award announcements
- HIT Scaling Grant Request for Applications (RFA) October 2022 – RFA for the second round of HIT grant funding, awarded in Jan. 2023.
HIT Grant - Awarded May 2022
- Press Release for May 2022 HIT grant award announcements
- HIT Request for Applications (RFA) March 2022 – RFA for the first round of OSSE HIT grant funding, awarded in May 2022.
HIT Grant Awardees
May 2022
Blueprint Schools Network
City Year
George Washington University (GWU) Math Matters
Kid Power
The Literacy Lab
Maryland Teacher Tutors
Reading Partners
Saga Education
Springboard Collaborative
CityTutor DC
National Student Support Accelerator
January 2023
American University (AU) Future Teacher Tutors
Bright Minds
GO Foundation
Horton’s Kids
Lana Learn
Multicultural Career Intern Program
Students Motivated through the Arts (SMARTS) - powered by Dance Makers
The House, Inc.
Tutor Partners
For more information about OSSE’s High-Impact Tutoring initiative please email [email protected].
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