Connections for Classrooms Grant Program annual report, 2016

Connections for Classrooms Grant Program Annual Report
David Evans
January 2016

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Connections for Classrooms Annual Report

Executive Summary

Connections for Classrooms (CFC) is a competitive grant program joining multiple state agencies around the common goal of ensuring Georgia schools and classrooms have the high-speed broadband access required for digital and blended learning. The program combines more than $65 million from the following two sources:
Bond funds appropriated to the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE)
State general funds appropriated to the OneGeorgia Authority at the Department of Community Affairs (DCA). The Governor's Office of Student Achievement (GOSA) manages the funds.
The program is part of a broader statewide effort to expand classroom high-speed broadband access in response to Governor Deal's Digital Learning Task Force recommendations as well as the GaDOE's efforts to enable personalized learning for Georgia students.
The effort complements the expansion of the University System of Georgia's (USG) PeachNet network to connect every Georgia Local Educational Agency (LEA) to its high-speed network. The partnership between USG and GaDOE ensured that all district central offices have 100 megabits per second per school of bandwidth as of July 2015. Connections for Classrooms offers schools the opportunity to increase network infrastructure to effectively utilize the increased bandwidth at the classroom level.
To align with the task force recommendations and prioritize funding, the grant application and award criteria have prioritized funding districts that will leverage the technology to implement digital learning, where students have "some element of control over the time, place, path, and/or pace" of learning.1

Table 1: CFC Rounds 1-3 Summary

Round 1 2 3

Amount Awarded $37 million $25.3 million January 2016

Participating LEAs 104 136
January 2016

Eligible Expenditure Tiers 1, 2, and 3 E-rate Category 2 E-rate Category 2

1 Definition as outlined in the Digital Learning Task Force recommendations and adapted from Digital Learning Now! and the Florida Virtual School. https://gosa.georgia.gov/what-digitallearning
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In 2014, CFC provided approximately $37 million in funds for Local Education Agencies (LEAs) to upgrade their broadband infrastructure at the district, school, and classroom levels. Round 1 reimbursements are ongoing.
In late 2014, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) infused $2 billion into Category 2 of the federal E-rate program to focus on building out school- and classroom-level network infrastructure. With these changes, Georgia districts became eligible for as much as $188 million in Category 2 funds over the next five years.
Given this change, Rounds 2 and 3 shifted focus to exclusively provide funds for the LEAs' E-rate local match instead of directly funding infrastructure, allowing schools to leverage federal funds towards their infrastructure needs alongside their grant money. Round 2 fully funded the "local match" for all LEAs that applied for Round 1 grants but still had unfunded school-level infrastructure needs. Approximately $25.3 million were awarded to 136 LEAs, enabling LEAs to receive more than $90 million in E-rate funds. Contract finalization and reimbursements are ongoing as districts receive confirmation of federal E-rate funds. The map on the following page shows the grantees from Rounds 1 and 2. Full lists of Round 1 and 2 grantees are available in Appendix A.
Round 3 applications opened to all LEAs with remaining E-rate Category 2 eligibility in summer 2015 and closed in October 2015. 62 LEAs applied. GOSA will announce roughly $8.2 million in Round 3 awards in mid-January 2016, which will enable districts to receive $14 to $18 million in E-rate funds. The next E-rate funding cycle opens in early 2016.
Overall, the program has enabled many Georgia districts, state schools, and state charter schools to make critical upgrades to their network infrastructure that are critical for 21st century digital learning. This annual report provides an overview of 2015 Connections for Classrooms program activities for stakeholders across the state.
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Figure 1: Map of Connections for Classrooms Awardees
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Table of Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................................................III TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS................................................................................................... VII WHY CONNECTIONS FOR CLASSROOMS WAS NEEDED .....................................................1 CONNECTIONS FOR CLASSROOMS ROUND 1 .....................................................................3 CONNECTIONS FOR CLASSROOMS ROUND 2 .....................................................................9 CONNECTIONS FOR CLASSROOMS ROUND 3 ...................................................................12 GOING FORWARD .......................................................................................................................13 APPENDIX A: GOSA AWARDEE AMOUNTS...........................................................................14
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Table of Abbreviations

AFY

Amended Fiscal Year GOSA

CFC DCA DLTF FCC
FY GaDOE

Connections for Classrooms Department of Community Affairs Digital Learning Task Force Federal Communication Commission Fiscal Year Georgia Department of Education

LEA LOI MBPS USAC
USF USG

Governor's Office of Student Achievement Local Education Agency Letter of Intent
Megabits Per Second
Universal Service Administrative Company Universal Service Fund University System of Georgia

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Why Connections for Classrooms Was Needed
Connections for Classrooms (CFC) is part of a broader statewide effort to extend high-speed broadband access to Georgia classrooms. In 2012, Governor Nathan Deal recognized the growing need for statewide strategies that implemented highquality digital learning in the state as a means to increase student achievement. As a result, he formed the Digital Learning Task Force (DLTF) to examine the state of digital learning and develop recommendations for areas of focus and improvement. The task force met eight times from November 2012 to December 2013 and developed three broad categories of recommendations: infrastructure, digital content and courses, and blended and competency-based learning.
Concerning infrastructure, the report recognized that schools must have the necessary broadband and network infrastructure to support digital learning, resulting in the following two recommendations:
Recommendation 1: Increase statewide broadband capacity to schools, ensuring that Georgia's schools are able to utilize 21st century technology in classrooms.
Recommendation 2: Increase districts' ability to expand wireless connectivity and device availability within schools, allowing them to fully leverage increased broadband capacity.
To meet Recommendation 1, the state focused on creating a K-12 Network through the expansion of the University System of Georgia's (USG) PeachNet backbone. Completed in July 2015 through a strategic partnership between the University System of Georgia (USG) and the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE), the backbone expansion connects every Georgia Local Educational Agency (LEA) in order to supply 100 megabits per second (Mbps) of broadband connectivity for each school.
The expansion of PeachNet and the assurance of 100 Mbps for all schools required further investments to ensure that the increased bandwidth could be fully leveraged in Georgia classrooms, meeting Recommendation 2. To help alleviate some of this burden, the GaDOE administered an initial bond-funded $7 million grant program to school districts for equipment that would connect the LEA's central office to the PeachNet backbone (e.g., firewalls and filtering). GaDOE began accepting applications on December 1, 2013 and awards were announced on January 15, 2014. All LEAs that applied for funding received a fixed allocation that was tiered based upon the amount of bandwidth expected to be received through the K-12 Network.
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While the initial $7 million grant assisted LEAs in connecting to PeachNet, significant network infrastructure investments were still needed at the district, school, and classroom levels. To address these needs, Governor Deal proposed and the General Assembly approved a $37 million appropriation in the Amended Fiscal Year (AFY) 2014 budget. These funds created a partnership between three state agencies: GaDOE, the Governor's Office of Student Achievement (GOSA), and the OneGeorgia Authority. $14 million in bond funds were appropriated to the GaDOE, and $22.5 million in general funds were appropriated to the OneGeorgia Authority, which were to be administered by GOSA. In spring 2014, the Connections for Classrooms Grant Program, housed at GOSA, was formed to oversee the competitive grant process and administer the fund. The following sections of this report provide details on the three rounds of Connections for Classrooms.
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Connections for Classrooms Round 1

Announced in May 2014, Round 1 of the Connections for Classrooms Grant Program offered competitive grants to LEAs throughout Georgia to increase their broadband infrastructure and enhance their ability to facilitate effective digital learning. The grant application window lasted from June 16, 2014 to September 4, 2014. LEAs submitted an application that consisted of educational and technical components. High-scoring applications clearly articulated detailed technical plans for infrastructure upgrades, while also demonstrating a clear strategy to leverage digital learning to provide students with some measure of control over the time, place, path, and/or pace of their education to improve student achievement (aligning with the broader task force recommendations). Table 2 below summarizes the components of the application.

Table 2: Round 1 Application Components

Educational
Applicant Overview and Executive Summary
Digital Learning Strategy Alignment with District Plans

Technical
Supplemental Funding (LEA Investment and E-rate Participation)
Project Readiness Project Implementation and Budget

Alignment with State Plans (Digital Learning Task Force Recommendations)

Team Roster

Professional Development Plan

Tier 4 Information

Round 1 primarily focused on purchasing and installing equipment needed to ensure the increased bandwidth reached classrooms (e.g., firewalls, routers, filters, cabling, ports, local area network, wide area network, and wireless access points). School needs were divided into tiers to determine eligibility. The CFC grants funded infrastructure at the Tier 1 (District), Tier 2 (School), and Tier 3 (Classroom) levels. These tiers are illustrated in the figure below.

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Figure 2: Diagram of CFC Tiers

By the deadline, 146 local education agencies--143 districts, 2 state charter schools, and 1 state school--applied for more than $198 million. Each application was scored by four independent reviewers, two technical and two educational. Both the educational and technical portions of the application were worth 50 points each. The educational and technical scores were then averaged and added together for a total possible score of 100. Any technical or educational review with more than a 10-point spread between reviewers resulted in a third review, which was then averaged with the other two scores. Table 3 below provides an example of the scoring rubric.

Table 3: Example Rubric

Example County

Educational Educational Educational

1

2

Average

42

48

45

Technical 1 Technical 2

Technical Average

42

38

40

Total

85

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In October 2014, Governor Deal announced awards to 104 Local Education Agencies (102 districts, 1 state charter school, and 1 state school), totaling $37 million. The six highest scoring LEAs--Thomas, Peach, Tattnall, Ben Hill, Laurens, and Georgia School for the Deaf--were able to fully fund Tiers 1 to 3 requests if grant award funds were combined with expected Category 2 E-rate funds. Appendix A includes a list of final award amounts.

Balancing the limited funds, the grant priorities, and the rubric scores, GaDOE and GOSA split funds between Tiers 1, 2, and 3 using the percentages in the table below. All Tier 1 requests were fulfilled regardless of application score to ensure that each LEA at least had the ability to receive and utilize the increased bandwidth through the upcoming PeachNet expansion. Tier 2 funding, as the next priority, was awarded at the level of the percentages listed below. Tier 3 funding was awarded to the 6 highest scoring applications, each of which received a score of 87.00 or higher. These LEAs received the full amount of the expected E-rate Category 2 local match for their request as well as any Tier 3 funds requested above the amount of federal E-rate funds available.

Table 4: Round 1 Award Distribution Summary

Rubric Score
87.00-100.00
80.00-86.99 70.00-79.99 60.00-69.99 55.00-59.99 0.00-55.00

CFC Award Distribution Summary

Tier 1

Tier 2

100% of request 100% of Request

100% of request 100% of request 100% of request 100% of request 100% of request

85% of request 70% of request 50% of request 30% of request No funds awarded

Tier 3 100% of expected Priority 2 E-rate local match and any funds requested beyond projected federal E-rate funds
available No funds awarded No funds awarded No funds awarded No funds awarded No funds awarded

Funds Awarded by Tier

$8,141,145.39

$26,026,259.31

$2,576,693.56

Total funds awarded

$36,744,098.27

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As of December 2015, 43 LEAs have completed their projects, and

CFC Impact Thomas County

others continue to implement the infrastructure and technology plans outlined in their Round 1 awards. All projects from this round must be completed by June 30, 2016.

Thomas County Schools received a $61,829.40 CFC grant. Thomas County's elementary schools, Garrison-Pilcher and Cross Crook, were experiencing a digital
bottleneck caused by cable plant limitations and outdated edge switches.

GOSA is actively conducting site visits each month with Round 1 grantees to ensure that the equipment and installation reimbursed are implemented as outlined in the approved contract. In addition, GOSA is also interviewing a sample of grantees to learn how the technology has enabled digital learning, and several of these examples are included throughout this report. In fall 2015, GOSA anonymously surveyed grantees for feedback on the grant process to strengthen the program, the results of which are summarized below:2

The district removed these limitations and created a connected learning environment for its two elementary schools. With sufficient broadband capacity and a robust technology
infrastructure, Thomas County utilizes numerous online learning applications and keeps pace with state requirements to transition to online testing for Georgia
Milestones and end of course tests. Additionally, teachers provide different
modes of instruction, such as digital portfolios, web applications, wikis, and
virtual learning sessions, and use the Teacher Resource Link for innovative learning practices. Without the CFC investment, Thomas County's elementary schools would not have been able to fully

97% agreed or strongly agreed that their questions

leverage their increased bandwidth capacity.

to CFC staff have been

handled in a timely, informative, and helpful manner.

98% reported that their reimbursement was received in a timely manner (if

they had requested reimbursement).

94% reported that GOSA communication, including grant program

documentation and e-mails, were useful, beneficial, and easy to

understand.

Many Round 1 grantees received Round 2 grants to leverage federal E-rate funds to further build out their networks, which is detailed in the next section.

2 73 grantees responded to the survey.
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CFC Impact Tift County
Tift County Schools received a $173,724.00 Connections for Classrooms (CFC) grant in November 2014. Prior to its CFC grant, Tift County's limited internal connections restricted how aggressively the district could proceed with digital learning. Tift County has since combined CFC funds with grant money from other sources (Innovation Fund grant and district funds) to pilot a middle school blended learning program, offer a variety of learning options to meet students' academic needs, and provide teacher professional development.
In 2014, Tift County Schools began the Tift @cademy pilot, its own virtual learning environment. The pilot included 200 seventh and eighth grade students from Eighth Street Middle School and allowed students to take high school and foreign language courses that were not previously available. In addition, Tift County transitioned to an a la carte blended learning model in grades 7-12, where students take one or more courses entirely online but continue to have brick-and-mortar educational experiences.
Tift County also provided several professional development opportunities to ensure teachers could successfully transition to blended learning. Tift County's Technology Department offered training geared towards understanding what the new Wi-Fi coverage provided and how to utilize it to implement blended learning. Edgenuity, the district's blended learning curriculum provider, and Hawthorne Education trained teachers on the software platform and blended learning techniques, such as data analysis and learning modalities.
Since its transition to blended learning, students have earned additional credits and completed courses at their own pace. Specifically:
Middle school students earned approximately 90 high school credits prior to the grant,
Eighth graders alone earned over 400 credits through blended learning and online courses after the grant,
Seventh to 12th graders have earned over 1,200 credits through online courses after the grant, and
Students completed Spanish I and II more quickly than the traditional model allowed.
Continued on the following page.
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Tift County Continued According to Tift County Schools, other districts willing to implement a similar blending learning initiative should realize that: Today's students are digital natives, and the education system must meet
them where they are, Students are more resilient and capable than some think; therefore, they
have the capacity to succeed in a virtual environment, Teachers are still responsible for the major parts of instruction, and Internet speed and connectivity will need to grow constantly as districts
transition to virtual learning. Moving forward, Tift County plans to publicly launch Tift @cademy and offer more online courses.
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Connections for Classrooms Round 2
While Round 1 made significant progress, more than $160 million in infrastructure needs from applicants remained unfunded. As a result, in the amended FY2015 budget, Governor Deal proposed and the General Assembly approved an additional $30 million to the OneGeorgia Authority for additional network investment.
Instead of directly funding infrastructure needs as in Round 1, these funds were devoted to ensuring districts maximize federal infrastructure funds through the Federal Communication Commission's (FCC) E-rate Program, which provides discounted rates for school internet access and telecommunication needs. In 2014, the FCC infused $2 billion in additional funds to focus on Category 2 services, which align with CFC Tiers 2 and 3, making federal funds available to more districts than in the past. LEAs that receive Category 2 E-rate funds must fund a "local match" of the cost before being able to expend federal E-rate funds, which creates a barrier for many districts [See the E-rate Overview box on the next page for more details on how the local match is determined]. As such, the goal of CFC Round 2 was to fund the "local match" of approved Category 2 equipment and services for remaining infrastructure needs from Round 1 applicants.
Round 2 funded in part or in full the "local match" for all LEAs that applied for Round 1 grants but still had unfunded school- and classroom-level infrastructure needs (Tiers 2 and 3). On May 5, 2015, Governor Deal announced $25.4 million in Round 2 grant awards to 134 districts and two state charter schools, using the following rules:
Only Round 1 applicants with unfunded Tier 2 & 3 requests were eligible.
Funds can only be used for E-rate Category 2 items in FY15 and/or FY16 E-rate Funding Years or for previous years if the LEA has a previous Priority 2 E-rate funding commitment for which it had not been able to provide its local match and the equipment or services align with the current Category 2.
Grantees were only eligible to receive funds up to their eligible "local match." As such, if an LEA's local match based on their unfunded Tier 2 and 3 needs from Round 1 exceeded the maximum E-rate match they were qualified for, it was awarded only its maximum match ($30,000 in the example below). However, if the match of remaining Tier 2 and 3 needs was less than the maximum E-rate match, then only the match for remaining needs was awarded. No school was awarded above their maximum E-rate "local match."
Appendix A includes a list of final award amounts.
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E-rate Overview

The Federal Communication Commission's (FCC) E-rate Program was "mandated by Congress in 1996 and implemented by the Federal Communications Commission in 1997." The Universal Services Administrative Company (USAC) administers the program to provide discounted services, such as internet access and broadband infrastructure, to eligible schools and libraries. E-rate funds are generated from telecommunications service providers through the collection of a fee from consumers referred to as a "Universal Service" fee on their phone bill.

The E-rate program is separated into two separate categories of funding. Category 2 services (internal connections, managed internal broadband services and basic maintenance of internal connections) align with Tiers 2 and 3 in the CFC program. Therefore, only E-rate Category 2 eligible items, as determined by USAC, were approved for funding in Round 2 of CFC.

When the FCC infused $2 billion in additional funds to focus on Category 2 services in 2014, it made all LEAs in the country eligible for $150 per student or a minimum of $9,200 per school, subject to each district's discount rate. The discount a school receives from the E-rate program is determined based on the poverty level and urban/rural status of the school. It ranges from 20-85 percent (e.g. a rural school with a high percentage of students in poverty will receive a higher discount than an urban school with a lower percentage of students in poverty). The remaining percentage after the discount is considered the "local match," which the CFC program funds for grantees. As an example, a school with 1,000 students and an 80% discount rate is eligible for $150 x 1,000 or $150,000.00. The E-rate program would provide $120,000 (80%), and the local match would be $30,000 (20%).

Unfunded Tier 2 and 3 Needs (Based on CFC
Round 1 application) $150,000.00

Example School

E-Rate Discount (Determined by
FCC)

Local Match (Portion paid by
school)

80%

$30,000.00

Federally Funded Portion
(Portion paid through the Erate program) $120,000.00

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Once award amounts were

determined, LEAs were

The Round 2 $25.4 million awards leveraged

required to supply a Letter $90.8 million in federal E-rate funding toward

of Intent (LOI) claiming

network upgrades.

their award amount and

specifying the E-rate funding cycle(s) in which funds would be used as well as the

estimated amount used for each cycle. Along with the LOI, LEAs are required to

send their USAC Form 471 and Funding Commitment Decision Letter, which

confirm both the E-rate federal funding and local match required. 133 of 136

LEAs accepted their Round 2 awards (132 districts and 1 state charter school).

As of December 15, 2015, 10 LEAs had submitted documentation for reimbursement of E-rate FY15 Category 2 expenses. In early 2016, the FY16 Erate funding cycle will open, and at least 84 Round 2 grantees will file for Category 2 funds. LEAs have until December 31, 2017 to request reimbursement for the local match funding awarded in Round 2.

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Connections for Classrooms Round 3 In June 2015, GOSA announced Round 3 of the grant program to provide roughly $8.2 million in awards to Georgia LEAs with remaining E-rate eligibility, which will enable districts to receive $14 to 18 million in federal E-rate funds. Since USAC reviews districts' E-rate applications from a technical perspective, the grant application was revised to focus primarily on digital learning plans and requested only a high-level technical description of infrastructure. More specifically, the application included the following elements:
Brief description of network infrastructure plans Digital learning implementation Alignment with state and district technology plans Professional learning plans for effective digital learning implementation As with Round 1, applicants were required to describe how the increased connectivity would enable the LEA to implement digital learning, defined as "learning facilitated by technology that gives students some element of control over time, place, path and/or pace," to improve student outcomes. Applications closed on October 29, 2015, and 62 LEAs applied for grants. Governor Deal will announce grant awards in January 2016, ahead of the 2016 Erate filing window for districts.
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Going Forward Over the next two years, grantees will continue to request reimbursements for approved expenditures as set out in the applicable guidelines for the round in which they received funds. In addition, GOSA will continue to conduct site visits to ensure that implementation aligns with the contract. Even after Round 3 awards are announced, Georgia districts will still be eligible for roughly $30 million in local match requirements for the E-rate program, which would enable LEAs to receive as much as $80 million in E-rate funding. As a result, future funds, if available, could focus on providing additional grant rounds for Erate local matches. In addition to remaining E-rate eligibility, many districts have expressed the need for a grant program that focuses on ensuring students have laptops or tablets for digital learning. In particular, some districts that proactively invested in network infrastructure through local SPLOSTs and other funds prior to Connections for Classrooms have expressed the need for devices. Further, 86% of Round 1 and 2 grantees that responded to the fall 2015 CFC survey reported that future funding should be devoted to student devices.
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Appendix A: GOSA Awardee Amounts

GOSA Awardees Appling County Atkinson County
Atlanta City Bacon County Baldwin County Banks County Barrow County* Bartow County Ben Hill County Berrien County Bleckley County Brantley County Bremen City Bryan County Buford City Bulloch County Burke County Butts County Calhoun County Candler County Carroll County Cartersville City

Round 1 Award

$

4,400.00

$ 13,260.00

$ 750,517.73

Round 2 Only

$ 156,350.00

$ 58,180.66

$

-

$

9,000.00

$ 136,373.70

$ 16,429.99

$ 58,468.16

$ 71,430.90

$

9,426.13

Round 2 Only

$ 131,094.40

Round 2 Only

Round 2 Only

$

9,300.00

$ 73,502.49

Round 2 Only

$ 428,639.30

$ 91,912.20

Round 2 Award $ 77,760.00 Round 1 Only $ 1,125,720.00 $ 39,976.83 $ 123,322.50 $ 84,480.00 $ 189,082.78 Round 1 Only Round 1 Only $ 41,915.50 $ 69,700.00 $ 99,450.00 $ 153,750.00 $ 451,750.00 $ 105,193.82 $ 147,470.05 $ 62,599.35 $ 76,747.50 $ 14,962.50 $ 30,059.60 $ 143,291.14 $ 43,404.99

GOSA Awardees Catoosa County Charlton County Chatham County Chattahoochee County Chattooga County Cherokee County Chickamauga City Clarke County Clayton County Clinch County
Cobb County Coffee County Colquitt County Columbia County Commerce City Cook County Coweta County Crawford County Crisp County
Dalton City Dawson County
Decatur City

Round 1 Award

Round 2 Only

$ 17,999.99

Round 2 Only

Round 2 Only

$

4,250.00

Round 2 Only

$ 12,954.32

$ 12,830.00

Round 2 Only

$ 25,600.00

$ 28,296.40

Round 2 Only

$ 13,351.00

$

160.00

$

2,339.60

$

2,805.08

Round 2 Only

$

6,914.98

$ 72,204.20

$ 192,641.77

$ 17,876.28

Round 2 Only

Round 2 Award $ 58,983.00 $ 47,130.00 $ 460,148.32 $ 25,980.00 $ 61,560.00 $ 1,448,307.46 $ 102,600.00 $ 276,345.00 $ 1,181,160.00 $ 29,655.00 Round 1 Only $ 44,872.50 $ 126,624.64 $ 706,057.25 $ 43,470.00 $ 93,690.00 $ 1,302,780.00 $ 37,800.00 $ 31,852.17 $ 168,435.00 $ 17,058.83 $ 65,026.80

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GOSA Awardees Decatur County Dekalb County Dodge County Dooly County Douglas County Early County Echols County Effingham County Elbert County Evans County Fannin County Fayette County Floyd County Forsyth County Franklin County Fulton County GA School for the Deaf Gilmer County Glascock County Glynn County Gordon County Greene County Gwinnett County Habersham County
Hall County

Round 1 Award

$ 17,864.50

$ 6,001,049.52

Round 2 Only

$ 21,391.02

$ 201,550.20

$ 87,820.00

Round 2 Only

$ 21,573.50

$ 369,546.48

$

8,800.00

$ 19,360.65

$ 361,242.00

$ 162,110.50

Round 2 Only

Round 2 Only

$ 286,110.00

$ 30,958.41

$ 57,262.75

$

9,704.00

Round 2 Only

$ 100,700.00

$ 150,756.20

$ 803,560.00

$ 14,084.90

Round 2 Only

Round 2 Award $ 72,264.99 $ 2,949,380.00 $ 93,810.00 $ 29,407.50 $ 562,722.64 $ 33,852.00 $ 17,392.50 $ 174,918.33 $ 66,637.50 $ 26,743.89 $ 87,870.00 $ 638,268.75 $ 288,060.00 $ 152,400.00 $ 25,783.00 $ 1,273,636.60 Round 1 Only $ 68,457.74 $ 17,100.00 $ 213,417.80 $ 192,990.00 $ 49,342.50 $ 255,675.25 $ 44,038.73 $ 230,291.60

GOSA Awardees Hancock County Haralson County
Harris County Heard County Houston County Jackson County Jasper County Jeff Davis County Jefferson City Jefferson County Jones County* Lamar County Lanier County Laurens County Long County Lowndes County Lumpkin County Macon County Madison County Marietta City McDuffie County Meriwether County Miller County Mitchell County Monroe County

Round 1 Award

$ 11,352.02

Round 2 Only

Round 2 Only

$ 128,727.75

$ 109,443.81

Round 2 Only

$ 11,980.00

$ 36,735.40

Round 2 Only

$ 19,312.99

$

-

$ 192,709.00

Round 2 Only

$ 1,507,647.99

Round 2 Only

Round 2 Only

Round 2 Only

Round 2 Only

$ 11,330.00

$ 265,759.10

$ 416,401.28

Round 2 Only

Round 2 Only

Round 2 Only

Round 2 Only

Round 2 Award

$ 27,210.00

$ 70,115.76

$ 94,912.80

$ 56,970.00

$ 404,764.69

$ 152,711.70

$ 63,106.51

$ 65,722.50

$ 37,070.13

$ 41,039.23

$ 23,315.93

$ 75,930.00

$ 49,890.00

Round 1 Only

$ 70,705.17

$ 119,498.60

$ 15,893.68

$ 13,549.67

$ 141,240.00

$ 87,848.70

$ 92,902.50

$ 58,711.17

$

8,722.65

$ 51,277.50

$ 10,505.80

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GOSA Awardees Montgomery County
Morgan County Murray County Muscogee County Newton County Oconee County Oglethorpe County Paulding County Peach County
Pelham City Pickens County Pierce County
Polk County Pulaski County Putnam County Rabun County Randolph County Richmond County Rockdale County
Rome City Schley County Screven County SCSC-Fulton Leadership Acad. SCSC-Mountain Education Center Spalding County

Round 1 Award

Round 2 Only

$ 143,364.00

Round 2 Only

Round 2 Only

$ 266,498.50

Round 2 Only

Round 2 Only

$ 501,876.20

$ 910,138.10

$

7,500.00

Round 2 Only

$ 44,378.60

Round 2 Only

$ 33,538.95

$ 317,786.00

Round 2 Only

$ 35,047.76

$ 172,987.70

Round 2 Only

$

3,500.00

$ 104,450.41

$ 125,208.00

Round 2 Only

$

3,009.88

$ 91,300.00

Round 2 Award

$

5,463.16

$ 93,750.00

$ 165,915.00

$ 933,810.00

$ 568,620.00

$ 115,423.65

$ 28,135.25

$ 1,139,107.92

Round 1 Only

$ 31,792.50

$ 128,160.00

$ 107,640.00

$ 166,575.00

$ 39,630.00

$ 60,952.50

$ 51,736.60

$

7,591.87

$ 668,526.36

$ 120,711.50

$ 136,170.00

$ 39,480.00

$ 50,827.50

$

5,145.15

$

6,173.19

$ 224,242.50

GOSA Awardees Stephens County Sumter County Taliaferro County Tattnall County Taylor County Terrell County Thomas County
Tift County Toombs County
Trion City Union County Valdosta City Vidalia City Walker County Walton County Ware County Warren County Washington County Wayne County Webster County Wheeler County White County Whitfield County Wilcox County Wilkes County

Round 1 Award

$ 32,607.16

$ 231,448.00

Round 2 Only

$ 264,497.11

Round 2 Only

$ 15,125.00

$ 61,829.40

$ 173,724.00

Round 2 Only

$ 63,755.37

$

2,800.00

$ 22,917.30

$ 17,200.00

Round 2 Only

Round 2 Only

$ 446,921.38

$ 10,045.00

$ 38,132.00

$ 126,169.00

$

714.29

Round 2 Only

$ 10,625.54

Round 2 Only

$ 13,633.72

$

4,125.00

Round 2 Award

$ 106,631.16

$ 101,340.00

$

4,005.00

Round 1 Only

$ 31,125.00

$ 31,207.50

Round 1 Only

$ 171,180.00

$ 12,268.12

$ 19,891.76

$ 34,107.96

$ 74,800.76

$ 72,300.00

$ 264,030.00

$ 60,189.00

$ 172,920.00

$ 14,287.50

$ 44,834.40

$ 19,366.40

$

9,022.50

$ 14,583.30

$ 18,259.38

$ 393,150.00

$ 22,532.93

$ 34,470.00

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GOSA Awardees

Round 1 Award Round 2 Award

GOSA Awardees

Worth County

$ 112,048.41 $ 53,098.58

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The award amounts above reflect the contract or Letter of Intent amounts for each LEA. Funds that were rescinded from the original award for various reasons are not included. *These counties declined their Round 1 award.

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