The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE), Office of Early Childhood, is seeking competitive applications for the State Invested Pre-K (SIP) program through grant awards issued by the MDE. Application deadline is Sept. 7, at 2 p.m.
The purpose of the State-funded Pre-K program is to provide funding to public schools to establish, expand, support, and facilitate the successful implementation of quality early childhood education and development services.
Grantees must demonstrate they meet the components of the State-funded Pre-K program and are eligible to apply prior to having their application reviewed. Those components are as follows:
- Public school district
- The district can apply to serve 4-year-old children in two ways:
- Create new pre-K programs
- Create new pre-K classrooms in existing programs
The application can be found at this link: https://www.mdek12.org/PN/RFP.
Since this is a published Request for Application, staff cannot answer any individual questions. You may email questions to Jill Dent at jdent@mdek12.org by Aug. 19, and the responses will be posted on this site, https://www.mdek12.org/PN/RFP, on Aug. 23.
The application is due Wednesday, Sept. 7.
Please see this chart for the requirements of different pre-k programs.