The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) Office of Early Childhood Education is seeking competitive written proposals from public school districts to provide blended prekindergarten classrooms implementing the Blended Prekindergarten Classrooms Grant Cohort IV through grant awards issued by the Mississippi Department of Education.
The Office of Early Childhood Education seeks to improve access to high-quality early childhood programs for children in Mississippi school districts with an emphasis on providing high-quality inclusive opportunities for students with disabilities.
Districts who participate in this program will be expected to:
- Provide an inclusive program for pre-K children that reside in their district
- Utilize a co-teaching model for instruction
- Follow the information provided in the Mississippi Early Learning Guidelines and
- Improve outcomes for pre-K children, including those with disabilities
Due to procurement rules, the Office of Early Childhood is not able to respond to any individual questions. Please submit your questions to Candice Taylor at cataylor@mdek12.org by February 23, 2024, and the responses will be posted to the website on February 26, 2024. The proposal is due March 11, 2024, by 2:00 p.m.
This Request for Proposals can be found at https://www.mdek12.org/PN/RFP.