Colorado Charter Schools Program Start-up Grant Awards 2020-2021

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).

2020 Grant Competition Awardees

Colorado Early Colleges Colorado Springs Middle School 
Authorizer: Colorado Charter School Institute
Length of Award: 3 years
2020-21 Funding: $229,600

French American School of Denver
Authorizer: Denver Public Schools
Length of Award: 3 years
2020-21 Funding: $263,800

*Kwiyagat Community School
Authorizer: Colorado Charter School Institute
Length of Award: 3 years
2020-21 Funding: $210,500

*Novastar Academy
Authorizer: Cherry Creek School District No. 5
Length of Award: 3 years
2020-21 Funding: $330,000

*Pioneer Technology & Arts Academy
Authorizer: Falcon School District 49
Length of Award: 3 years
2020-21 Funding: $330,000

*Prospect Academy
Authorizer: Colorado Charter School Institute
Length of Award: 3 years
2020-21 Funding: $330,000

*Spacious Skies Charter School 
Authorizer: Falcon School District 49
Length of Award: 3 years
2020-21 Funding: $330,000

The STEAD School
Authorizer: Brighton 27J
Length of Award: 3 years
2020-21 Funding: $280,000

*Denotes schools who were also awarded monies for Focus Programming. Charter schools were recommended for start-up funding choosing to meet one of more of the following focus areas: special education, English language learners, and high mobility groups (such as foster care, homeless, alternative education campuses (AEC)/credit recovery students), rural students and high school students.