For more information on the SEA applications, waivers, and allocations of each SIG grantee, please refer to the School Turnaround State Information Map

FY 2011 Applications:

FY 2011 SIG Application MS Word (275K)
FY 2011 SIG Continuation Awards Application PDF (27KB)
Letter to Chiefs PDF (340KB)

The FY 2011 SIG application should only be used by SEAs that will make new awards. New awards are defined as an award of SIG funds to an LEA for a school that the LEA was not previously approved to serve with SIG funds in the school year for which funds are being awarded—in this case, the 2012–2013 school year. New awards may be made with the FY 2011 funds or any remaining FY 2009 or FY 2010 funds not already committed to grants made in earlier competitions.

The U.S. Department of Education will not require those SEAs that will use FY 2011 funds solely for continuation awards to submit a SIG application. Rather, such an SEA is required to submit an assurance that it is not making new awards, as defined above, through the separate, one-page application titled, “Continuation Awards Only Application for FY 2011 SIG Program”.

An SEA that must submit a FY 2011 application will be required to update its timeline for making awards to LEAs, but may retain all other sections from its FY 2010 application, including its lists of Tier I, II, and III schools.

Electronic Submission:

The Department strongly prefers to receive an SEA’s FY 2011 SIG application electronically. The application should be sent as a Microsoft Word document, not as a PDF.

The SEA should submit its FY 2011 application to the following address: school.improvement.grants@ed.gov

In addition, the SEA must submit a paper copy of the cover page signed by the SEA’s authorized representative to the address listed below under “Paper Submission.”

Paper Submission:

If an SEA is not able to submit its application electronically, it may submit the original and two copies of its SIG application to the following address:

Carlas McCauley, Acting Group Leader
Office of School Turnaround
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Ave, SW, Room 3W320
Washington, DC 20202-6132

Due to potential delays in government processing of mail sent through the U.S. Postal Service, SEAs are encouraged to use alternate carriers for paper submissions.

Application Deadline:
Applications are due on or before January 9, 2012.

Please note: The grant information below is for historical information only. The competition is closed. Please continue to visit our site for future competition information.

Previous Applications

• Application FY 2010 MS Word (275K)

Closing Date: Closed December 3, 2010

The final School Improvement Grant (SIG)application contains the information that each State (including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico), the Bureau of Indian Education, and the outlying areas must submit to the U.S. Department of Education (Department) in order to receive a School Improvement Grant (SIG).

The Department strongly prefers to receive State Education Agencies' (SEAs) FY 2010 School Improvement Grant application electronically. The application should be sent as a Microsoft Word document, not as a PDF. SEAs should note that they will only be able to insert information in designated spaces (form fields) in the application because of formatting restrictions. Clicking on a section of the application that is restricted will automatically jump the cursor to the next form field which may cause users to skip over information in the application. Users may avoid this issue by using the scroll bar to review the application. However, due to these restrictions, the Department recommends that SEAs print a copy of the SIG application and review it in its entirety before filling out the form.