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Transcript: School Support and Technology Programs (SSTP) What is SSTP? Territories & Freely Associatd State Grant Program (T&FASEG) Is a competive grant awarded to grantees to supports projects to raise student achievement through direct educational services, which include including teacher training, curriculum development, the development or acquisition of instructional materials, and general school improvement and reform. Consolidated Grants for Outlying Areas The program is designed to simplfiy the application and reporting procedures that would otherwise apply for each of the programs included in the Consolidated Grant and to provide the Insular Areas with flexibility in allocating the funds under the Consolidated Grant to achieve any of the purposes to be served by the programs that are consolidated. Comprehensive Assistance Center Program This program supports 21 comprehensive centers (five content centers and 16 regional centers) intended to help states increase their capacity to assist districts and schools in meeting their student achievement goals. By statute, the Department is required to establish at least one center in each of the 10 geographic regions served by the Department’s regional education laboratories Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) The primary goal of this program is to improve student achievement through the use of technology in elementary and secondary schools. Additional goals include helping all students to become technologically literate by the end of the grade 8 and, through the integration of technology with both teacher training and curriculum development, establishing research-based instructional methods that can be widely implemented. Equity Assistant Center Programs (EACS) Equity Assistance Centers are funded by the U.S.Department of Education to provide technical assistanceand training, upon request, in the areas of race, sex,and national origin to public school districts and other responsible government agencies to promote equitable education opportunities. The centers work in the areas of civil rights, equity, and school reform. This assistance helps schools and communities ensure that equitable education opportunities are available and accessible for all children. SSTP Program Activities Grant By-Pass (Missouri) Consolidated State Application Consolidated State Performance Reports (CSPR) Consolidated State Grant Awards (CGA) Audit Resolution Program Evaluation-Government Performance Results Act (GPRA) Technical Assistance for Student Assignment Plans (TASAP) The TASAP program allows grantees to procure technical assistance in preparing, adopting, modifying, and implementing student assignment plans in order to avoid racial isolation and to facilitate student diversity within the parameters of current law. Questions? Rural and Low Income School Program The purpose of the program is to provide financial assistance to rural districts to assist them in meeting their state’s definition of adequate yearly progress (AYP). Applicants do not compete but rather are entitled to funds if they meet basic eligibility requirements. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Consolidated Grants for Outlying Areas