The purpose of this grant is to implement summer acceleration programming that will increase the percentage of high-needs students in accessing upcoming grade level standards. The overall goal of the Summer Accelerator Grant is to provide resources that will enable LEAs to provide direct, intense, and specific standards instruction to grades K-6, in reading and/or mathematics.
Summer Accelerator Resources
Summer Accelerator Request for Applications (RFA)
Summer Accelerator Grant Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA)
OSSE amended the RFA only with respect to adding a second additional pre-application webinar as an option to fulfill the mandatory eligibility requirement for the grant of attending a pre-application webinar. This second pre-application webinar will be offered on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023 from 1-2 p.m. EST. The Notice of Funding Opportunity appearing in the D.C. Register on Jan. 20, 2023 and the original RFA published on the District’s grants clearinghouse website only contained information on the Feb. 6, 2023 pre-application webinar. The amended RFA published on the OSSE website and the District’s grants clearinghouse notes that attendance at either the Feb. 6, 2023 or the Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023 pre-application webinar(s) offered for the FY 23 Summer Accelerator Grant will meet the mandatory attendance eligibility requirement to apply for this grant for all applicants.
Summer Accelerator (SA) Grant Contact Information
Glenda Gudiel
- ESSER Program Analyst
- Division of Teaching and Learning
- Office of the State Superintendent of Education
- Glenda.Guidel@dc.gov
Celina Ketelsen
- Training Administrator
- Division of Teaching and Learning
- Office of the State Superintendent of Education
- Celina.Ketelsen@dc.gov