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Michigan Community Action Agency Association
Office Park West, 516 S. Creyts Road, Suite A, Lansing MI 48917, PH: (517) 321-7500 FAX: (517) 321-7504

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 
Office of Innovation and Improvement; Overview Information: 
School Leadership Grant Program; Notice Inviting Applications for New 
Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2008

    Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.363A.
    Dates:
    Applications Available: March 3, 2008.
    Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: April 2, 2008.
    Dates of Pre-Application Meetings: March 31, 2008.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: May 2, 2008.
    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: July 1, 2008.

Full Text of Announcement

I. Funding Opportunity Description

    Purpose of Program: The School Leadership program is designed to 
assist high-need local educational agencies (LEAs) in the development, 
enhancement, or expansion of innovative programs to recruit, train, and 
retain principals (including assistant principals) through such 
activities as:
     Providing financial incentives to aspiring new principals;
     Providing stipends to principals who mentor new 
principals;
     Carrying out professional development programs in 
instructional leadership and management; and
     Providing incentives that are appropriate for teachers or 
individuals from other fields who want to become principals and that 
are effective in retaining new principals.

FY 2008 Assessment and Watershed Protection Program Grants (AWPPGs)

The U.S. EPA is accepting proposals from eligible applicants under two National Priorities: (1) Watershed/Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) National Priority and (2) Nonpoint Source National Priority. The Watershed/TMDL National Priority focuses on projects that advance the science of TMDL development and watershed management through the provision of technical training/information transfer, and enhancement of TMDL production efficiencies. The specific project topic areas under the Watershed/TMDL National Priority include: Assessment and TMDL Workshops; Tools, Incentives, and Products Training for the Watershed Approach; and Tools, Incentives, and Trainings that Foster the Financing of Water Quality Protection and/or Habitat Restoration/Protection Activities on a Watershed Scale. The Nonpoint Source National Priority focuses on enhancing lake water quality through innovative outreach projects, educational materials, curriculum design, and awareness programs. The specific project topic area under the Nonpoint Source National Priority is Technical Support, Conferences, and/or Workshops to Promote Clean Lakes.

REGION 5 2008 INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS GRANTS

This notice announces the availability of funds and solicits proposals from eligible organizations for assistance agreements in the form of grants under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Asthma-ETS Program and Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools (IAQTFS) Program. These proposed projects must support demonstration, training, outreach and/or education activities that reduce exposure to indoor air pollutants and yield measurable environmental outcomes. Projects that address areas of greatest need, where the most risk reduction can be achieved, are desirable.