CFDA#
84.287C
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Funder Type
State Government
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IT Classification
B - Readily funds technology as part of an award
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Authority
Texas Education Agency (TEA)
Summary
The purpose of the program is to support the creation of community learning centers that provide academic enrichment opportunities during non-school hours for children, particularly students who attend high-poverty and low-performing schools. The program helps students meet state and local student standards in core academic subjects, such as reading and math; offers students a broad array of enrichment activities that can complement their regular academic programs; and offers literacy and other educational services to the families of participating children.
Title IV, Part B, specifies that 21st CCLC funds in Texas operate as Texas Afterschool Centers on Education (Texas ACE). Funds are to be used to provide opportunities for communities to establish or expand activities in community learning centers that do the following:
- Provide opportunities for academic enrichment, including providing tutorial services to help students, particularly students who attend low-performing schools, to meet the challenging state academic standards.
- Offer students a broad array of additional services, programs, and activities, such as youth development activities, service learning, nutrition and health education, drug- and violence-prevention programs, counseling programs, arts, music, physical fitness and wellness programs; technology education programs, financial literacy programs, environmental literacy programs, mathematics, science, career and technical programs, internship or apprenticeship programs, and other ties to an in-demand industry sector or occupation for high school students that are designed to reinforce and complement the regular academic program of participating students.
- Offer families of students served by community learning centers opportunities for active and meaningful engagement in their children's education, including opportunities for literacy and related educational development.
History of Funding
Recipients for Cycle 12, Year 1 can be seen at: https://tea.texas.gov/finance-and-grants/grants/grants-administration/grants-awarded/2023-2024-nita-m.-lowey-21st-century-community-learning-centers-cycle-12-year-1
Recipients for Cycle 11, Year 1 can be seen at: https://tea.texas.gov/finance-and-grants/grants/grants-administration/grants-awarded/2021-2022-nita-m-lowey-21st-cclc-cycle-11-year-1
Additional Information
For additional information please refer to the Texas 21st CCLC ACE resources:
- ACE Blueprint Guide: https://tea.texas.gov/texas-schools/texas-ace-blueprint.pdf
- ACE Local Evaluation Toolkit: https://tea.texas.gov/sites/default/files/Toolkit.pdf
- ACE Local Evaluation Guide: https://tea.texas.gov/sites/default/files/Texas%20ACE%20Evaluation%20Guide.pdf
Eligibility Details
Eligible applicants include:
- Local educational agencies (LEAs), including independent school districts (ISDs), open-enrollment charter schools, and regional education service centers (ESCs)
- Community-based organizations (CBOs)
- Indian tribe or tribal organization (as such terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Act (25 U.S.C. 450b)
- Other public or private entities
- A consortium of two or more eligible organizations
An entity is ineligible if it meets the following conditions. • The entity was deemed ineligible for a Cycle 11 (Y2, Y3, Y4, or Y5) or Cycle 12 (Y2, Y3) continuation application by TEA. • The entity selected not to complete a Cycle 11 (Y2, Y3, Y4, or Y5) or Cycle 12 (Y2, Y3) continuation application and voluntarily ended the program before the end of the grant cycle.
Deadline Details
Applications for Cycle 13 Year 1 are due February 17, 2026.
Applications for Cycle 11 Year 5 grants and Cycle 12 Year 2 grants are due August 4, 2025. Similar deadlines are anticipated annually.
Award Details
Awards will range from $150,000 to $2,000,000 each year for the 5-year grant cycle. Approximately 40 awards will be made.
***The projected Federal budget for the GAN (Grant Award Notice) that will fund Cycle 13, Year 1 is unknown. If appropriations by the United States Congress are not received, Cycle 13 will not be funded and no awards with issued by the Texas Education Agency. ***
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