Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Department of Education shall administer a competitive Request for Application (RFA) process, accepting applications from public school districts and public charter schools within the City of Wilmington and northern New Castle County. The RFA for programming funded by this Section shall award funds annually up to $1.9M per school year for a three-year period of time, subject to continued appropriation. Grants shall be made to individual schools educating students in grades K-5, and only schools within the City of Wilmington and northern New Castle County previously listed by the Department of Education on its public website as having at least 50% of students classified as low-income shall be eligible to apply. Consistent with the Redding Consortium’s recommendations, subgrants may only be awarded to schools whose programs offer the following components: Free participation for all students enrolled at the school. Free transportation for students who are attending before-school, afterschool, or summer programming. A combination of academic and non-academic programming during afterschool hours and summer months. Staff salaries, benefits, and training that are conducive to successful recruitment and retention of quality full-time staff.
