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Colorado Charter Schools Program Start-up Grant Awards 2022-2023

The list below includes the charter schools that were recommended for funding under the Colorado Charter Schools Program (CCSP), authorized by title IV, part C of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, Public Law 114-95), which reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA). Please note that charter schools listed below may or may not receive final approval for CCSP funding.
 

2022 Grant Competition Awardees 

  
*5280 Freedom School
Authorizer: Denver County 1  
Applicant Type: New
Length of Award: 3 years 
2022-23 Funding: $220,200 
 
Ascent Classical Academy of 27J
Authorizer: Colorado Charter School Institute (School District 27J - at time of application)
Applicant Type: Replication 
Length of Award: 3 years 
2022-23 Funding: $280,000 
 
Ascent Classical Academy of Grand Junction
Authorizer: Colorado Charter School Institute  
Applicant Type: Replication 
Length of Award: 3 years 
2022-23 Funding: $280,000 
 
Ascent Classical Academy of Southwest Colorado 
Authorizer: TBD  
Applicant Type: Replication 
Length of Award: 3 years 
2022-23 Funding: $280,000 
 
*Be The Change Community School 
Authorizer: Adams County School District 14  
Applicant Type: New 
Length of Award: 3 years 
2022-23 Funding: $350,000 
 
Cactus Bloom Montessori Elementary School 
Authorizer: TBD  
Applicant Type: New 
Length of Award: 3 years 
2022-23 Funding: $143,200 
 
Junegrass Montessori School
Authorizer: Colorado Charter School Institute  
Applicant Type: New
Length of Award: 3 years 
2022-23 Funding: $110,800 
 
Liberty Common School - Aristotle Campus 
Authorizer: Poudre R-1 
Applicant Type: Expansion 
Length of Award: 2 years 
2022-23 Funding: $378,000 
 
*Pleasant View Charter School 
Authorizer: Montezuma-Cortez RE-1 
Applicant Type: New 
Length of Award: 3 years 
2022-23 Funding: $195,000 
 
Yarrow Montessori  Elementary School
Authorizer: Colorado Charter School Institute  
Applicant Type: New
Length of Award: 3 years 
2022-23 Funding: $140,500 
 
* Denotes charter schools who were also awarded monies for Focused Programming. Charter schools were recommended for start-up funding choosing to meet one or more of the following focus areas: special education, English language learners, and high mobility groups (such as foster care, homeless, alternative education campuses (AECs)/credit recovery students), rural students, and high school students.