Race to the Top

Application
Family and Community Organizations
Informational Meeting
January 5, 2010
Overview of Race to the Top
• $4.35B competitive grant to encourage and reward
states implementing comprehensive reforms across
four key areas:
• Adopting standards and assessments that
prepare students to succeed in college and the
workplace;
• Building data systems that measure student
success and inform teachers and principals
about how they can improve instruction;
• Recruiting, rewarding, and retaining effective
teachers and principals; and
• Turning around our lowest-achieving schools.
• With an overarching goal of:
• Driving substantial gains in student achievement
• Improving high school graduation and college
 Fact Sheet

Application Dates
Phase 1: January 19, 2010
Phase 2: June 1, 2010

Award Dates
Phase 1: April 2010
Phase 2: September 2010

Potential Award: $175M to be spent over 4

years
 Fund Distribution
Distribution of Funds:

50% of Funds to “Participating” Districts, based

on the LEAs relative share of Title I, Part A
regular - and ARRA allocations for 2009

50% of Funds to State Activities, Non-Title I

“Participating” Districts, and Support for
“Involved” Districts
 Who are the “Participating”
Districts?
• Participating Districts:

– LEAs that choose to work with the State to implement all

or significant portions of the State’s Race to the Top
reform plan.

– Each participating LEA that receives funding under Title I,

Part A, will receive a share of the 50 percent of a State’s
grant award based on the LEA’s relative share of the title
I, Part A.

– Any participating LEA that does not receive funding under

Title I, Part A (as well as one that does) may receive
funding from the State’s other 50 percent of the grant
award, in accordance with the State’s plan.
 Who are the “Involved”
Districts?
• Involved Districts:
– LEAs that choose to work with the State to implement
those specific portions of the State’s plan that
necessitate full or nearly-full statewide implementation
(e.g., Common Standards and Assessments).

– Involved districts do not receive a share of the 50

percent of the State’s grant award that it must
subgrant to Title 1 LEAs.

– States may provide other funding to involve LEAs

under the State’s Race to the Top grant, in a manner
consistent with the State application.
 RTTT Application &
Family/Community Engagement

 Review State Reform Plan Elements (handout)

 Build on Current Infrastructure (examples below)
Parent Information and Resource Center (PIRC)
School Action Teams
Welcoming Schools Walkthrough Tool Kit
Parent Leadership Training Institute
 Next Steps

Please visit the following for

more information:
www.RacetotheTopCT.org