The Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) announces the anticipated availability of approximately $3 million in grant funds to create new College and Career Academies (CCA) in the State of Georgia.
While Senate Bill (SB) 161 (OCGA 20-4-37), signed by Governor Nathan Deal on May 11, 2011, established and defined a “college and career academy”, the definition was further amended in SB 348 (OCGA 20-2-326) signed by Governor Nathan Deal on May 6, 2015, as follows: “College and career academy” means a “specialized school established as a charter school or pursuant to a contract for a strategic waivers school system or charter system, which formalizes a partnership that demonstrates a collaboration between business, industry, and community stakeholders to advance work force development between one or more local boards of education, a private individual, a private organization, or a state or local public entity in cooperation with one or more postsecondary institutions.”
Furthermore, SB 348 states that “A charter school, charter system, or strategic waiver school system contract establishing a college and career academy shall include provisions requiring that the college and career academy have a governing board reflective of the school community and the partnership with decision-making authority and requiring that governing board members complete initial and annual governance training, including, but not limited to, best practices on school governance, the constitutional statutory requirements related to public records and meetings and the requirements of applicable statues and rules and regulations”.
Through this initiative, the Georgia College and Career Academy Project (GCCAP) grants will be awarded in a competitive process and will support the development of College and Career Academies that serve high school students and, depending on local circumstances and needs, also allow for the possibility of serving adult learners in a community. These College and Career Academies will provide quality educational opportunities that will increase the percentage of students graduating from high school and help them make successful Academies to postsecondary education and career pathways that offer advancement and growth potential.
Click here to download Grant Packet (All instructions, forms, and rubrics are included): https://gccap.smapply.io/protected/nr/BQmkb/GCCAP_18_Grant_Packet-Final.docx
Click here to download Grant Presentation: https://gccap.smapply.io/protected/nr/W9Tnk/GCCAP18_Grant_Roll-Out.pdf
Click here to download the Roles and Responsibilities Matrix: https://gccap.smapply.io/protected/r/FkmBTc_C-GJ6iD28zx8OmMjdxwM6qbz1XFuiwusn6caRxzP9B0o43jmkKmtSKNsv5cm_1Lbqqm0_qyMmaxmMOg==/Roles_and_Responsibilities_Matrix-_REVISED_for_FY24_GCCA_Standards__GCCAP_Rollout_-_6.7.23.xlsx
Georgia College and Career Academies Project 18
The Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) announces the anticipated availability of approximately $3 million in grant funds to create new College and Career Academies (CCA) in the State of Georgia.
While Senate Bill (SB) 161 (OCGA 20-4-37), signed by Governor Nathan Deal on May 11, 2011, established and defined a “college and career academy”, the definition was further amended in SB 348 (OCGA 20-2-326) signed by Governor Nathan Deal on May 6, 2015, as follows: “College and career academy” means a “specialized school established as a charter school or pursuant to a contract for a strategic waivers school system or charter system, which formalizes a partnership that demonstrates a collaboration between business, industry, and community stakeholders to advance work force development between one or more local boards of education, a private individual, a private organization, or a state or local public entity in cooperation with one or more postsecondary institutions.”
Furthermore, SB 348 states that “A charter school, charter system, or strategic waiver school system contract establishing a college and career academy shall include provisions requiring that the college and career academy have a governing board reflective of the school community and the partnership with decision-making authority and requiring that governing board members complete initial and annual governance training, including, but not limited to, best practices on school governance, the constitutional statutory requirements related to public records and meetings and the requirements of applicable statues and rules and regulations”.
Through this initiative, the Georgia College and Career Academy Project (GCCAP) grants will be awarded in a competitive process and will support the development of College and Career Academies that serve high school students and, depending on local circumstances and needs, also allow for the possibility of serving adult learners in a community. These College and Career Academies will provide quality educational opportunities that will increase the percentage of students graduating from high school and help them make successful Academies to postsecondary education and career pathways that offer advancement and growth potential.
Click here to download Grant Packet (All instructions, forms, and rubrics are included): https://gccap.smapply.io/protected/nr/BQmkb/GCCAP_18_Grant_Packet-Final.docx
Click here to download Grant Presentation: https://gccap.smapply.io/protected/nr/W9Tnk/GCCAP18_Grant_Roll-Out.pdf
Click here to download the Roles and Responsibilities Matrix: https://gccap.smapply.io/protected/r/FkmBTc_C-GJ6iD28zx8OmMjdxwM6qbz1XFuiwusn6caRxzP9B0o43jmkKmtSKNsv5cm_1Lbqqm0_qyMmaxmMOg==/Roles_and_Responsibilities_Matrix-_REVISED_for_FY24_GCCA_Standards__GCCAP_Rollout_-_6.7.23.xlsx