Driver’s Education Survey - Takes less than 5 minutes!! Please help provide information to assist OCS.
Charter High Schools, are you facing difficulties with your driver education program? If so, we want to hear from you. OCS is compiling information on charter school drive education programs. Please complete this brief survey by end of day TODAY, May 14.
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Lunch + Learn Presentation Slides
A Huge Thanks to North East Carolina Charter for hosting The OCS Spring Lunch + Learn. The collaboration and creative problem-solving were remarkable! If you missed the opportunity to connect you can review the slides HERE. We look forward to seeing you all next time. -
The Office of Charter Schools wants to provide meaningful professional development and collaboration sessions for charter school personnel. As we begin to develop sessions for the 2024-2025 school year, we want to hear from you! Please complete the 2024 Professional Development Survey by May 31.
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Charter School Health Services Report and Section Two Survey-Open
The Annual Charter School Health Report link is now open. Reporting must be completed no later than June 20, 2024. The report is designed to assist in identifying resource needs for healthcare of students in charter schools. Responses will be used to inform future training topics and to report on compliance with required legislation and policies such as Care of Students with Diabetes (§ 115C-375.3.) and School Supply of Epinephrine Auto-Injectors (§ 115C-375.2A).
A preparation worksheet is provided with the report questions. All schools are encouraged to download the worksheet and mark the appropriate responses before beginning the online report survey. You may click here or below to access the worksheet. Once you have prepared your responses, save the document to your local computer. This worksheet cannot be accepted as your report. You will use it as a reference tool to enter your information into the online survey system.
Direct link for the worksheet:
Click here for Charter School Health Services Report and Section Two Worksheet with Integrated D & D
Here is the link to the Charter School Health Services Report and Section Two Survey:
Click here to complete the Charter-School Health Services Report and Section Two Survey
Charter Schools Program (CSP) recently published Notices Inviting Applications (NIAs) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Charter Schools Program (CSP) recently published Notices Inviting Applications (NIAs) for four Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Expanding Opportunity Through Quality Charter Schools Program competitions in the Federal Register.
Please read below to learn about each grant opportunity. The competition webpage linked for each CSP program includes information on the pre-application technical assistance webinars, eligibility requirements, and a point of contact for each CSP competition, should you have any questions.
1. The NIA for the Grants to State Entities (State Entity) (ALN 84.282A) competition can be accessed here. Through this competition, the Department plans to award an estimated $46 million for new State Entity grants. The deadline to submit a grant application under this competition is 11:59:59 p.m. Eastern Time on June 13, 2024. For more information about this competition, please visit the FY 2024 CSP State Entity Grants Competition webpage.
2. The NIA for the Grants to Charter School Developers for the Opening of New Charter Schools and for the Replication and Expansion of High-Quality Charter Schools (Developer Grants) (ALNs 84.282B and 84.282E) competition can be accessed here. Through this competition, the Department plans to award an estimated $5 million for new Developer grants. The deadline to submit a grant application under this competition is 11:59:59 p.m. Eastern Time on June 24, 2024. For more information about this competition, please visit the FY 2024 CSP Developer Grants Competition webpage.
3. The NIA for the State Charter School Facilities Incentive Grants Program (SFIG Grants) (ALN 84.282D) competition can be accessed here. Through this competition, the Department plans to award an estimated $30 million for new SFIG grants. The deadline to submit a grant application under this competition is 11:59:59 p.m. Eastern Time on July 23, 2024. For more information about this competition, please visit the FY 2024 CSP SFIG Grants Competition webpage.
4. A link to the NIA for the second round of grants in FY 2024 to Charter Management Organizations for the Replication and Expansion of High-Quality Charter Schools (CMO Grants) (ALN 84.282M) competition can be found at the CSP CMO webpage. Through this competition, the Department plans to award an estimated $92 million for new CMO grants. The deadline to submit a grant application under this competition is 11:59:59 p.m. Eastern Time on June 27, 2024. The second round of FY 2024 CMO grants will be awarded by September 30, 2024.
The CSP is also seeking peer reviewers for its FY 2024 competitions. If you are interested in serving as a peer reviewer for any of these FY 2024 CSP competitions, please visit the Call for Peer Reviewers webpage. Serving as a peer reviewer is a great way to gain insight into the federal funding process and use your professional experience, content knowledge, expertise, and judgment to ensure the Department is funding the most qualified grant proposals.
SAVE THE DATE!!!
We are excited to announce that registration is now open for the final OLR ARP Convening. This year's convening serves as a dual-purpose platform: firstly, to celebrate the remarkable achievements of district and charter schools in leveraging ESSER funds and effectively fostering significant strides in education despite the challenges of the pandemic. Secondly, our aim is to equip PSUs with essential knowledge, and resources to sustain the momentum they've built post-pandemic with the aid of ESSER funding. Our ultimate goal is to ensure that every student, irrespective of background, continues to receive the support necessary to thrive academically, and transition successfully into their post-secondary pathway of choice.
There are two options for attendance: Thursday, June 20th or Thursday, June 27th. Please register for the option that works best for you. Use the form below to register for our summer convening at the SAS Institute in Cary, NC. Registration is limited this year!
Registration Link: https://go.ncdpi.gov/ARPSummer
The following adjustments have been made for the 2024 Summer Convening:
School Business MAY 10TH, 2024
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The FBS website continues to be updated with information related to School Business and our ongoing operations. Please check the FBS homepage regularly for updates. Please review the upcoming deadlines for due dates.
Annual ESSER Survey - All PSUs
It's the time of year again when DPI collects data on ESSER spending on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education. As you are aware, all states that received Elementary and Secondary Emergency Relief funds under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (ESSER I), Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA) Act (ESSER II), or the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act (ESSER III) are required to report information to the USED. This year's survey has been updated to reflect new information from USED.
For your convenience, the Office of Learning Recovery (OLR), Federal Programs and School Business Services (SBS) will cohost a collaborative Annual ESSER Survey Webinar via Zoom. We are anticipating the webinar will be held on May 9th from 2:00PM – 3:30PM.
The ESSER Survey, guidance document, and Zoom Webinar links will be sent later today to various school representatives including Finance Officers and Charter School Executive Directors; however, only one response should be submitted for each PSU.
PSUs will have a May 24, 2024 deadline for submission. All PSUs are required to respond. Please review the survey prior to the webinar so that we can effectively assist with your reporting needs.
Allotments Update - Year End
The allotment revision schedule update for anticipated PRCs is below.
PRCs posting next week:
- ESSER II Reversion Adjustments (Ongoing, Various PRCs)
- Position transfer and conversion requests (Various PRCs)
- Federal Approvals to Date (Various PRCs)
PRC allotments and adjustments scheduled to post before month’s end:
- Federal Reallocations of unallotted funds (Various PRCs)
- Additional PRC allotment requests and adjustments as received
ABC Transfers
May 17, 2024 is the last day to submit ABC Transfers in the Allotment system, the module will close at midnight.
State and Federal Revision Requests
May 17, 2024 is the last date for the Allotment Section to receive regular State conversion and transfer requests for position PRCs.
Please check your accounts to be sure you have received all expected allotments. For Federal PRCs, please contact the Federal Program Consultants to confirm approvals.
At this time allotments plans to have all revisions processed and posted by June 10, 2024, for fiscal year 2023-24. If additional items are needed past the deadline, they will have to be approved by School Business Leadership.
FY2024-25 State Planning Allotments & PRC 071 Supplemental Funds for Teacher Compensation
The preliminary allotment information was posted Thursday, May 9, 2024 under the “What’s New” section of the FBS website.
If you have any questions regarding school allotments, please contact Quatia Snipes, Allotments Section Chief, at quatia.snipes@dpi.nc.gov.
Annual ESSER Survey Webinar Resources - All PSUs
Thank you for all who participated in the ESSER Year 4 Survey Webinar yesterday. If you were unable to attend or if you would like to review the webinar content, we have provided resources from the webinar below, as well as on our What's New section. If you have questions about completing the survey, any of your data, etc. please reach out to our dedicated email address olr-esser-support@dpi.nc.gov. We will make all efforts to respond to emails within 2 business days. The deadline to complete the survey is May 24, 2024.
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Deadline Reminders
ALL PSUs
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DUE DATE
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TOPIC
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NEWSLETTER
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05/24/2024
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Annual ESSER Survey - Year 4
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05/03/2024
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05/31/2024
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Last day for state and federal revision requests
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04/12/2024
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End-of-Year Homeless Data Submission
Under the McKinney-Vento Act, all local education agencies (LEAs), including charters, are responsible for the collection and submission of accurate homeless education data. Charters must have their homeless data submitted in PowerSchool by the close of business on May 31, 2024, unless an extension was requested and granted by NCHEP. For more information about homeless data collection visit NCHEP’s Data Collection webpage.
If you have questions, contact Tamika Dawkins.
End-of-Year Data Submission Information Sessions
McKinney-Vento homeless liaisons are responsible for the collection of accurate homeless education data on students identified within their Local Education Agency (LEA) [42 U.S.C. § 11432(g)(6)(A)(I)]. To ensure compliance, NCHEP will hold End-of-Year (EOY) Data Information Sessions for homeless liaisons. If you have not identified any students experiencing homelessness this school year, please attend the Submitting a “0” Count Information Session. If you have identified students experiencing homelessness, please attend the EOY Data Submission Information Session. Attendance at one of these information sessions is required for new homeless liaisons and is highly recommended for all homeless liaisons. Registration is required.
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Submitting a “0” Count Information Session
May 20, 2024
2:00 PM- 3:00 PM
REGISTER HERE
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EOY Data Submission Information Session
May 21, 2024
2:00 PM- 3:00 PM
REGISTER HERE
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RISE 2024 Registration
Registration is open for the 2024 RISE Back to School Safety Summit. The Center for Safer Schools’ signature event will be held from Monday, July 29 to Friday, Aug. 2 at Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington.
RISE training focuses on the Resiliency, Information, Support and Empowerment needed when supporting children and adolescents in schools and communities. This training offers a variety of information sessions to participants covering the areas of bullying, suicide, opioid and substance use, critical incidents and other vital information about trauma and victimization among children and adolescents, and how these various dynamics impact school climate and school safety.
New for RISE 2024 is a parent/student component, which will be held (by invitation only) during the last two days of the summit. Training sessions will not be recorded and are closed to the media. However, media representatives are invited to attend on the opening day.
Click here to register. Information on the training schedule is forthcoming. Follow the CFSS on social media for more details as they become available. 
ESSER Webinar Recording and Resources Available Now!
Thank you for all who participated in the ESSER Year 4 Survey Webinar May 9th from 2-3 PM. If you were unable to attend or if you would like to review the webinar content, we have provided resources from the webinar below. If you have questions about completing the survey, any of your data, etc. please reach out to our dedicated email address olr-esser-support@dpi.nc.gov. We will make all efforts to respond to emails within 2 business days.
Home Base Opt-In Tool Update
The Home Base Opt-in Tool was taken offline Friday, May 3rd for an upgrade in preparation of the 2024-2025 Home Base Opt-in Process. The opt-in tool will not be returned to service until the start of the opt-in process, which is currently scheduled for Friday, May 31st.
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Growing Success for MLs Summer Conference in Buncombe County!
The Growing Success for MLs Summer Conference has something for everyone! Spend one day or come for the entire conference! The sessions are sure to offer new insights and promising practices!
First Conference Site: Buncombe County is the place to be from June 25th through June 27th! Pick Your Pathway!
Grow With GLAD—Join the ELD Support Team to deepen your knowledge with Project GLAD Strategies! This session gives you time to create and build your instructional units by weaving in GLAD strategies. Although this course is geared towards those who already understand GLAD and want to dive deeper, we encourage anyone who wants to join us to grow along with us!
SIOP Essentials for Teaching Newcomers - Join the ELD Support Team to learn about the eight components of the SIOP Model with the lens of teaching newcomers or emergent bilinguals. Participants will learn each SIOP component and its features with application opportunities geared towards meeting the needs of our multilingual learners just being introduced to the English language.
Experts in the Field (offered only in the West)-- Join colleagues from other PSUs for any of these sessions:
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Frontloading: Building Knowledge and Content Language for MLs and all Students with Tsianina Tovar and Karie Gregory from Buncombe County
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Planning and Delivering ELD Standards-Based Instruction with ELD Support Team members, Lisa Sibaja and Lannie Simpson
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Language Domains & Effective Strategies that Impact MLs Success with ELD Support Team members Karen Solis and Lannie Simpson
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Success Advocates for Secondary MLs with America Moreno Jimenez, Henderson County
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DIY WIDA Writing Prompts for K-12 with Stephanie Edwards and LuAnne Llewelyn from Surry County and Barbara Ritchie from Wilkes County.
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Are We Lost in the Sauce? Supporting MLs with Expressive and Interpretive Communication in Mathematics with Sarah Whitfield from Cabarrus County
Opportunities to Network!
The Dates are Set for Multilingual Leadership Meetings for 24-25!
Your insights and contributions are invaluable to our collective efforts to support MLs. Your participation in our quarterly ML Leadership meetings helps steer our program toward greater success. Please hold these dates and times on your calendar for the 24-25 school year.
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September 23-24, 2024: In-person meeting
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January 15, 2025: Virtual meeting from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm (tentative time)
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March 26-27, 2025: In-person meeting
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June 5, 2025: Virtual meeting from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm (tentative time)
We will follow up closer to the dates with details regarding the agenda, registration, location(s), and links.
State Board Approves ESSER III Funding for NCVPS Summer Program
The State Board of Education approved $2,000,000 in ESSER III funding for the NCVPS summer school program, making our online courses even more accessible to students across North Carolina. This funding will be shared with each district and charter school based on their 6-12 ADM. We encourage you to take advantage of this incredible opportunity!
To view the ESSER-funded allotments for your district or charter, please consult the Summer 2024 Enrollments Covered by ESSER III Funds spreadsheet. If you need additional seats above your designated allotments, please fill out this survey.
Our summer school kicks off on June 25. This remarkable opportunity offers students who might not typically have access to summer classes a chance to excel. Each summer, we witness a diverse range of students participating in our courses for various reasons. We are confident that this initiative will have a profoundly positive impact on your community, and we hope you make the most of it.
NCSBE Rulemaking Information
Below is a link to the website where we post information about SBE Rulemaking. It typically gets updated on the Friday the week after the SBE proposes a rule.
2024 School-Based Mental Health Policy Report
Dear Charter School Contact,
In accordance with North Carolina SL 2019-245 and SL 2020-7 and with State Board of Education Policy SHLT-003, each K-12 school unit is required to upload a copy of their School Mental Health Improvement Plan and answer questions in the School Mental Health Policy Report.
In the online reporting portal, you will indicate that you are a charter school, and you will be directed to the SMH policy questions. To make it easier for you to assemble your report information prior to going online, a Word version and PDF of the online survey is attached to this email. Please complete the online survey to submit your report.
The survey platform is setup to allow respondents to leave the survey and resume their progress later, so long as they return on the same browser where they started the survey and do not wait longer than a month to return to the survey. This feature works by placing a cookie on the respondent’s browser that keeps track of the survey progress.
The information needed to complete the SMH progress report will come from your School Mental Health Improvement Plan, which is required to upload and must include the mental health training program and suicide risk referral protocol.
Please note the deadline to complete the HAC Progress Report / School Mental Health Policy Report is September 15, 2024.
You can access the reporting portal through the link below.
2024 Healthy Active Children Policy Progress Report / School-Based Mental Health Policy Report
If you have questions or challenges in completing this online survey, please contact Les Spell at Les.Spell@dpi.nc.gov.
We appreciate the time and energy spent in completing this report and look forward to reading each submission.
Important MEMOs:
Office of Charter Schools (OCS) Updates
The Office of Standards will be holding a Math Standards Revision Office Hour scheduled for May 21st for public launch of the 2024 NCSCOS Math Revisions. It is open to all math leads at charter schools.
10:00 - 11:00 May 21st
Registration:
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Attention NC educators! Applications are now open for our English Language Arts Standards Writing team. This group will review feedback compiled by the Data Review Committee and create drafts of the new standards during the 24-25 school year. Apply at go.ncdpi.gov/2bdmr . Application deadline is May 31. 
Other Resources from DPI and beyond
NCAPCS Conference 2024: Registration and Keynote Speaker
Visit the conference section of our webpage HERE to get more information and register, sponsor or submit a proposal for a breakout session! It is literally one-stop shopping. We cannot wait to see you all in the Queen City as we celebrate the charter community's #CrowningAchievements!
NCSSM Connect provides NC public high school students the opportunity to take tuition-free, honors-level, and AP NCSSM courses via interactive video conferencing. This format makes it possible for students to take advanced courses in STEM and humanities subjects while remaining at their local home schools. There isn't an application process to take NCSSM Connect classes.
School Counselor Cohort resource
Any school counselors who wish to network may share their information in this form.
You may also view the current list through this link.
Charter School Job Postings
If you have current teaching/leadership positions open and wish to share them in this newsletter, reach out to Joseph.Letterio@dpi.nc.gov and provide a link to the posting/s.
Whom Should I Contact at the Office of Charter Schools?
Please forward
School leaders, we encourage you to forward this newsletter on to your staff so they can subscribe to DPI bulletins directly through this link. They will enter their email and then it will bring them to another page where they can select “Charter School Comms Contacts” and any other public listserv to sign up for.
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