The "American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009', the Office of Innovation and Improvement
(OII) has developed an application package for the new Investing in
Innovation Fund (i3) Program. Under this program, the Department
will use the application to award three types of grants: Scale-Up
grants, Validation grants and Development grants. The purpose of
this program is to provide competitive grants to applicants with a
record of improving student achievement and attainment in order to
expand the implementation of, and investment in, innovative
practices that are demonstrated to have an impact on improving
student achievement or student growth, closing achievement gaps,
decreasing dropout rates, increasing high school graduation rates,
and increasing college enrollment and completion rates. These
grants will allow eligible entities to expand and develop innovate
practices that can serve as models of best practices, allow
eligible entities to work in partnership with the private sector
and the philanthropic community, and identify and document best
practices that can be shared and taken to scale based on
demonstrated success.
PL:
Pub.L. 111 - 0 14007 Name of Law: American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009
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