1. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems Grant Program Nancy Sharkey, Program Officer Charles McGrew, Program Officer Kristen King, Program Officer http://nces.ed.gov/programs/SLDS

2. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FY15 Grant Round Note: The official version of the Federal Register Notice is the document published in the Federal Register. This presentation is based on a Notice that has been sent to the Office of the Federal Register but has not yet been scheduled for publication.

3. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Focus on Data Use “Over the past decade, States have made a great deal of progress in developing Statewide longitudinal data systems, most of them with the assistance of SLDS Program funds. This competition will focus on enhancing States' capacity to use those systems to identify problems and drive improvement efforts.” (emphasis added)

4. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Six Priority Data Use Areas Financial Equity and Return on Investment Educator Talent Management Early Learning College and Career Evaluation and Research Instructional Support Grants will not be made available to support ongoing maintenance of data systems.

5. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Award Information Cooperative Agreement States may apply for up to two priority areas Estimated Range of Awards: $1,000,000 to $7,000,000; up to $3,500,000 per priority Project period: 48 months

6. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Eligibility Information Eligible applicants are limited to SEAs All US States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands are eligible

7. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Application and Submission Information (Expected) March 12, 2015: The RFA will be published and will be available at http://ies.ed.gov/funding and http://nces.ed.gov/programs/slds/ http://ies.ed.gov/funding http://nces.ed.gov/programs/slds/ March 19, 2015: The application package will be posted to http://grants.gov on March 19http://grants.gov June 10, 2015: Applications will be due April 11, 2015: Letter of Intent (optional) due

8. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Technical Assistance Webinars –The SLDS team will host informational webinars to provide technical assistance to support the RFA. Webinars will be posted to SLDS site http://nces.ed.gov/programs/slds/http://nces.ed.gov/programs/slds/ http://ies.ed.gov/funding FAQs –A FAQs document also will be posted to SLDS site http://nces.ed.gov/programs/slds/http://nces.ed.gov/programs/slds/ http://ies.ed.gov/funding

9. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Questions?

10. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SLDS Website: http://nces.ed.gov/programs/SLDS http://nces.ed.gov/programs/SLDS IES Grant information: http://ies.ed.gov/funding http://ies.ed.gov/funding NCES Staff: Nancy Sharkey Program Officer, SLDS Grant Program Nancy.Sharkey@ed.gov, (202) 502-7494 Charles McGrew Program Officer, SLDS Grant Program Charles.McGrew@ed.gov Kristen King Program Officer, SLDS Grant Program Kristen.King@ed.gov Contact Information