Section 22-104-104 - Program application - criteria - awards(1) To receive a grant, a local education provider shall submit an application to the department in the manner determined by the department. The local education provider shall demonstrate need for support through the grant program, as determined by the department, which need may include serving a high percentage of low-income or underserved students, or serving students in a rural school district that cannot implement a high-impact tutoring program without financial support.(2) A local education provider or group of local education providers may apply jointly for the grant. At a minimum, an application must include the local education provider's high-impact tutoring program plan that includes the following information: (a) How the local education provider's program plan addresses the elements of a high-impact tutoring program as described in section 22-104-103 and how it modifies or omits elements and the reason for the modifications or omissions;(b) How students will be identified for participation in the program;(c) How many students are expected to be served through the program;(d) The projected cost of implementing the program;(e) How student academic progress and other program outcomes will be measured;(f) Whether the local education provider will create its own program and whether it will partner with existing tutoring providers for implementation or tutor capacity and training;(g) Which academic subjects will be the focus of the program;(h) Who the local education provider will recruit to be tutors and how those tutors will be recruited and supported;(i) How tutoring will be delivered and how the delivery will accommodate remote learning;(j) Whether tutors will follow a specific curriculum; and(k) How tutoring will be incorporated into the school day.(3) The department shall review the applications received pursuant to this section, and the commissioner of education shall award grants after considering the alignment of the local education provider's program plan with the elements of a high-impact tutoring program as described in section 22-104-103 (2), the number of students projected to be served and whether those students are low-income or underserved students, the needs of a rural local education provider for financial or technical support to implement a high-impact tutoring program, the cost of implementing the local education provider's high-impact tutoring program, the amount of available money for program grants, and any other criteria determined by the commissioner. The commissioner shall determine the amount and duration of grants. The goal of the grant awards is to serve as many students as possible through high-impact tutoring programs, including low-income and underserved students and students in rural areas, while ensuring that grant money is awarded to high-impact tutoring programs that are likely to achieve positive student outcomes.(4) Subject to available money to award program grants, the department shall award and distribute program grants as provided in this article 104.Added by 2021 Ch. 249, § 1, eff. 6/16/2021.