Background

On September 30, 2020, the Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter Schools (PCPCS) was awarded an Expanding Opportunities Through Quality Charter School Programs Grant (commonly referred to as a CSP Grant) from the US Department of Education. This grant award will total $30 million over a grant period of five years (2021-25) and will support the development, expansion and replication of 18 high-quality public schools in Pennsylvania. Each school will be a nonprofit, brick-and-mortar charter school whose model and/or track record demonstrate a strong likelihood that they will produce meaningful and sustainable student learning gains. Over the course of the grant, 90% of estimated grant funds goes directly to the subgrantees with 10% reserved for the administrative and technical assistance duties to run the grant program.