HOW SUBGRANTS ARE AWARDED

This Appendix displays state-by-state information on the basic processes used to distribute PCSP subgrants (see Exhibit F-1).

• States have primarily taken two approaches to distributing PCSP subgrants: (1) a subgrant competition with winners and losers in which charter schools or charter school planners respond to a request for proposals and are rated and ranked and (2) a calculation that distributes the available PCSP funds for subgrants to all eligible charter schools or planners in the state. These approaches to awarding subgrants are not necessarily mutually exclusive.