Ready to Learn Block Grant (RTL) (Pennsylvania)

 
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    Funder Type

    State Government

    IT Classification

    B - Readily funds technology as part of an award

    Authority

    Pennsylvania Department of Education

    Summary

    The purpose of the Ready to Learn Block Grant is to enhance learning opportunities for students and provide resources for schools to innovate at the local level. The grant program can be used to support the following activities:

    • Programs or activities that focus on high-quality academics
    • Programs or activities that foster supportive learning environments
    • Programs or activities that establish and promote data-informed decision-making and evidence-based practices to improve educational outcomes for students.
    • Programs or activities that design a system of multi-tiered supports, including any of the following:
      • Developing a multitiered system of support to identify and assist students with academic or behavioral needs.
      • Notwithstanding the provisions of Article XV-C, providing tutoring assistance during the normal school day and hours of the school district, if the tutoring is in addition to and does not interfere with a student's regularly scheduled classroom instruction times and does not supplant services required in a student's individualized education program.
      • After-school and remediation programs.
      • Summer learning programs.
      • Credit recovery programs
    • Charter School Tuition Increase?
     

    History of Funding

    The 2023-2024 Ready to Learn Block Grant appropriation is $295,000,000. Allocations will be distributed using the formula enacted in the Fiscal Code and will be equivalent to the amount appropriated for 2022-2023. Allocations can be found at https://www.education.pa.gov/teachers%20-%20administrators/school%20finances/education%20budget/pages/default.aspx#tab-1

    Additional Information

    For school districts eligible for the Tax Equity Supplement, a resolution of the intent to receive and use the Tax Equity Supplement in FY 2025-26 is required. The following is the acceptable use of that funding source:

    • Mitigating or preventing an increase in the millage rate of real estate property taxes levied by the school district;
    • Supplementing the amount calculated by the school district for the homestead and farmstead exclusion under section 342 of the Taxpayer Relief Act:
    • Establishing, maintaining or expanding a program provided by the school district that supplements senior tax rebates provided under chapter 13 of the Taxpayer Relief Act;
    • Mitigating or replacing the loss of revenue received by the school district resulting from a decision of a court of this commonwealth within the previous five years relating to an assessment appeal: and
    • Reducing debt. 

    No grant funds may be used directly to increase salaries, except as provided for extending service hours for school libraries.

    Contacts

    Ready to Learn Block Grant Staff

    Ready to Learn Block Grant Staff
    333 Market Street 11th Floor
    Harrisburg, PA 17126-0333
    (717) 782-9294
     

  • Eligibility Details

    Eligible applicants are school districts and charter schools in Pennsylvania.

    Deadline Details

    Applications were to be submitted by October 26, 2024. A similar deadline is expected annually.

    Award Details

    The 2024-2025 Ready to Learn Block Grant appropriation includes a Foundation amount of $292,000,000 plus an additional $526,000,000 in funding for the Adequacy Supplement and Tax Equity Supplement for qualifying school districts.  Allocations will be distributed based on amendments to the School Code through Act 55 of 2024. The project period is from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.

    A list of eligible school entities and their allocations can be seen at https://www.pa.gov/content/dam/copapwp-pagov/en/education/documents/schools/grants-and-funding/school-finances/education-budget/2024-25%20estimated%20ready%20to%20learn%20block%20grant.xlsx

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