Innovative Grant Partnership (IPG)

IPG Competition Technical Assistance Webinar Slide Deck

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IPG Competition Technical Assistance Webinar Recording

2023 IPG Competition Technical Assistance Webinar.

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Innovative Grant Partnership Grant - Cohort III Information

The "So You Want to Have An IPG Program" webinar was held on December 12, 2022. Please take a moment to review the information webinar details below.

So You Want to Have An IPG Program Webinar

So You Want to Have An IPG Program Presentation

Click the link below to view the list of eligible Tier II Comprehensive Support and Improvement schools by region. This list does not include current IPG funded PSUs.

Tier II - Comprehensive Support and Improvement Schools List

If your PSU is interested in applying for the FY 24 Innovative Partnership Grant Program, please complete the intent to apply form by January 31, 2023. The intent to apply period for the IPG Cohort III Grant Competition has now closed. PSUs that did not submit an intent to apply form are still eligible to apply for FY 24 Innovative Partnership Grant Program.

The Innovative Partnership Grant Request For Proposal and Application Planning Guide

If you are interested in learning more about the Innovative Partnership Cohort III Grant, please join us for a technical assistance webinar to be held on Wednesday, February 8, 2023 at 2:00 p.m.

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IPG Awards 2020-Cohort I-B

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

• Approval
• Application

Edgecombe County Schools

• Approval
• Application-Coker Wimberly
• Application-Phillips Middle
• Application-Stocks Elementary

Gaston County Schools

• Approval
• Application

Halifax County Schools

• Approval
• Application

Haywood County Schools

• Approval
• Application

Lenoir County Schools

• Approval
• Application

Nash Rocky Mount Schools

• Approval
• Application

Paul R, Brown

• Approval
• Application

Wayne County Schools

• Approval
• Application

IPG Awards 2020

Buncombe County Schools

• Approval
• Application

Cleveland County Schools

• Approval
• Application

Cumberland County Schools

• Approval
• Application

Durham Public Schools

• Approval
• Application

Guilford County Schools

• Approval
• Application (Bessemer)
• Application (Hairston)
• Application (Jackson)
• Application (Welborn)

NC Innovative School

• Approval
• Application

Richmond County Schools

• Approval
• Application

NCDPI made a request to the U.S. Dept. of Ed. to extend the waiver of section 421(b) of the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA) (i.e., the Tydings Amendment) previously granted to NCDPI with respect to its fiscal year (FY) 2016 School Improvement Grant (SIG) funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) (S377A160034). 

Specifically, through that waiver, the U.S. Dept. of Ed. extended the period of availability of NCDPI’s FY 2016 SIG funds through September 30, 2021.  NCDPI requested to extend this waiver through September 30, 2022, to provide the time necessary to expend these funds and sufficiently carry out school improvement activities as planned.  NCDPI indicated that this waiver extension would allow for continued support for some of the most disadvantaged schools after some planned activities over the past few years were impacted by lengthy shutdown periods and unable to be conducted. It was shared that additional time would allow for the coordination of SIG funds with ESEA funds, federal COVID-19 relief, state, and local funds, in order to facilitate systematic remediation and enrichment activities to further school improvement efforts.  After review, NCDPI’s request for waiver was granted pursuant to section 8401(d)(2) of the ESEA. 

Please note that any FY 2016 SIG funds not spent by September 30, 2022, will revert to the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

School Improvement Grants (SIG)

Sixty North Carolina schools are receiving federal School Improvement Grant (SIG) funds as authorized under section 1003(g) of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA).

In 2010-11, over $63 million in SIG funds were allocated to the first cohort of 24 schools in 18 Local Education Agencies (LEAs) across the state with a per school range of $980,000 to $6 million through September 30, 2013.

Beginning July 2011, over $50 million in SIG funds were allocated to the second cohort of 17 schools in 13 LEAs with a per school range of $540,000 to $5.5 million through September 30, 2014.

In June 2013, an additional $30.7 million in SIG funds were approved for a third cohort of 20 schools in 14 LEAs with a per school range of $762,000 to $2.6 million through September 30, 2016.

In October, 2016, an additional $38.1 million in SIG funds were approved for a fourth cohort of 19 schools in 8 LEAs with a per school range of $665,036 to $3.5 million through September 30, 2020.

Selected SIG schools were among the persistently lowest performing schools (pdf, 134kb) in the state and were eligible for or receiving Title I funds. This includes charter schools, alternative and special schools.