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Colorado Charter Schools Program Start-up Grant Awards 2023-2024

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.
 

2023 Grant Competition Awardees 

  
American Legacy Academy
Authorizer: Weld RE-4 (Windsor)  
Applicant Type: New
Length of Award: 2 years 
2023-24 Funding: $378,000 
 
*Be the Change Community School
Authorizer: Charter School Institute
Applicant Type: New
Length of Award: 3 years 
2023-24 Funding: $330,000 
 
Challenge to Excellence Charter School
Authorizer: Douglas County Re 1  
Applicant Type: Expansion 
Length of Award: 3 years 
2023-24 Funding: $212,500 
 
James Irwin Elementary School - Canada Drive
Authorizer: District 49  
Applicant Type: Replication 
Length of Award: 3 years 
2023-24 Funding: $280,000 
 
Jefferson Academy Coal Creek Canyon
Authorizer: Jefferson County R-1 
Applicant Type: Replication 
Length of Award: 3 years 
2023-24 Funding: $193,600 
 
* 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.