Teacher and School Leader Incentive Program (TSL)

Sponsor: DOEd: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE)
Solicitation Title: Teacher and School Leader Incentive Program (TSL)
Funding Amount: $500,000 to $8,500,000
Sponsor Deadline: Wednesday, June 28, 2023
Solicitation Link: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=348335
Solicitation Number: CFDA 84.374A

Overview

The purpose of TSL is to assist States, local educational agencies (LEAs), and nonprofit organizations to develop, implement, improve, or expand comprehensive Performance-Based Compensation Systems (PBCS) 1 or Human Capital Management Systems (HCMS) for teachers, principals, and other School Leaders (educators) (especially for educators in High-Need Schools who raise student growth and academic achievement and close the achievement gap between high- and low-performing students). In addition, a portion of TSL funds may be used to study the effectiveness, fairness, quality, consistency, and reliability of PBCS or HCMS for educators. 

The FY 2023 TSL competition is designed to support entities in implementing, improving, or expanding their HCMS, which by definition must include a PBCS; or in implementing, improving, or expanding their PBCS. TSL is also intended to primarily serve educators in high-need schools who raise student growth and academic achievement and close the achievement gap between high- and low-performing students, although the program may also fund services for educators serving in high-need subject areas (though not necessarily in high-need schools), as determined by the LEA or by the State. 

This notice contains two absolute priorities and two competitive preference priorities.

Absolute Priority 1 - Human Capital Management Systems (HCMS) or Performance Based Compensation Systems (PBCS) and Career Advancement Opportunities.   
Requires applicants to address how they will support HCMS, PBCS, and career advancement opportunities for educators in LEAs.

Absolute Priority 2 - High-Need Schools. 
Requires applicants to concentrate TSL-funded grant project activities to support teachers, principals, or other school leaders in high-need schools. 

Competitive Preference Priority 1 - Promoting Equity in Student Access to Educational Resources and Opportunities. 
Emphasizes the importance of promoting equitable student access to educational resources and opportunities through continued professional development and enrichment opportunities that grow and retain our Nation’s best educators. 

Competitive Preference Priority 2 - Supporting a Diverse Educator Workforce and Professional Growth to Strengthen Student Learning. 
Supports the critical need to increase the diversity of the educator workforce.

Solicitation Limitations:

Cost Sharing or Matching (Supplement-Not-Supplant): This program involves supplement-not supplant funding requirements. Each grant recipient must provide from non-Federal sources an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount of the grant (which may be provided in cash or in kind), to carry out the activities supported by the grant.

  • Applicants and grantees should budget relative to each annual award of TSL grant funds.
  • Applicants should verify that their budgets reflect both the requested Federal award amount and the matching contribution with appropriate cost allocations (TSL Matching Formula: Total Project Cost multiplied by .67 equals Federal Award Amount).
  • This program does not include any program-specific limitation on administrative expenses.
  • An LEA may receive (whether individually or as part of a consortium or partnership) a grant under the TSL program only twice.
  • The Secretary considers all schools funded by the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Indian Education to be LEAs under section 8101(30)(C) of the ESEA.
  • Grantees seeking to charge indirect costs to TSL funds will need to use their negotiated restricted indirect cost rates.
Other Information:

Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: June 7, 2023 (optional)
 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: $4,300,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 20-25.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.

Eligible Applicants: (a) An LEA, including a charter school that is an LEA, or a consortium of LEAs; (b) A State educational agency (SEA) or other State agency designated by the Chief Executive of a State to participate; (c) The Bureau of Indian Education; or (d) A partnership 3 consisting of - (i) One or more agencies described in paragraph (a), (b), or (c); and (ii) At least one nonprofit or for-profit entity.

Pre-Application Webinars will be available on the TSL web page.


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