OAR 581-020-0540: Funding: District Improvement Partnership

(1) The Department of Education shall determine and support District Improvement Partnerships during the 2015-2017 biennium. (2) The Department shall distribute funding to districts in three stages of activities: (a) Stage 1: District Needs Assessment; (b) Stage 2: Approved CIP improvement activity start-up funding; (c) Stage 3: Continued improvement funding aligned to quality review analysis; (3) The Department shall determine funding for each phase as follows: (a) Stage 1: up to $25,000 per district (b) Stages 2 and 3: formula grant based on estimated improvement planning and implementation activities (up to $400,000, total, per district per year of the biennium).