Extended Learning and Integrated Student Supports (ELISS) Competitive Grant Program

Purpose

​The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) anticipates with approval the 2023-2025 biennial budget, the General Assembly of North Carolina will appropriate seven million dollars ($7,000,000) each year from the At-Risk Student Services Alternative School Allotment for the Extended Learning and Integrated Student Supports (ELISS) Competitive Grant Program for the 2023-2025 period. The purpose of the Extended Learning and Integrated Student Supports Competitive Grant Program (ELISS) is to fund high-quality, independently validated extended learning and integrated student support service programs for at-risk students that raise standards for student academic outcomes by focusing on the following: 

• Use of an evidence-based model with a proven track record of success.
• Inclusion of rigorous, quantitative performance measures to confirm effectiveness of the program.
• Deployment of multiple tiered supports in schools to address student barriers to achievement, such as strategies to improve chronic absenteeism, antisocial behaviors, academic growth, and enhancement of parent and family engagement.
• Alignment with State performance measures, student academic goals, and the North Carolina Standard Course of Study.
• Prioritization in programs to integrate clear academic content, in particular, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning opportunities or reading development and proficiency instruction.
• Minimization of student class size when providing instruction or instructional supports and interventions.
• Expansion of student access to high-quality learning activities and academic support that strengthen student engagement and leverage community-based resources, which may include organizations that provide mentoring services and private-sector employer involvement.
• Utilization of digital content to expand learning time, when appropriate.