Description
The purpose of this program, as stated in the federal authorizing statute and non-regulatory guidance, is to provide opportunities for communities to establish or expand activities in community learning centers that
- provide opportunities for academic enrichment, including providing tutorial services to help students, particularly students who attend low-performing schools, to meet the challenging state academic standards;
- offer students a broad array of additional services, programs, and activities, such as youth development activities; service learning; nutrition and health education; drug and violence prevention programs; counseling programs; arts, music, physical fitness, and wellness programs; technology education programs; financial literacy programs; environmental literacy programs; mathematics, science, career, and technical programs; internship or apprenticeship programs; and other ties to an in-demand industry sector or occupation for high school students that are designed to reinforce and complement the regular academic program of participating students; and
- offer families of students served by community learning centers opportunities for active and meaningful engagement in their children’s education, including opportunities for literacy and related educational development.
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In accordance with the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Title IV, Part B, Nita M. Lowery 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC), the South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) is required to post a list of pre-screened external organizations that have knowledge and expertise necessary to assist 21st CCLC subgrantees in carrying out the activities outlined in their approved grants. The term "external organization" is defined, by ESSA, as: "(A) a nonprofit organization with a record of success in running or working with before and after school (or summer recess) programs and activities; or (B) in the case of a community where there is no such organization, a nonprofit organization in the community that enters into a written agreement or partnership with an organization described in subparagraph (A) to receive mentoring and guidance in running or working with before and after school (or summer recess) programs and activities" (ESSA, Section 4201).
To meet this requirement, the South Carolina Department of Education is compiling a list of external organizations in South Carolina. To be included on the list, organizations must meet the minimum requirements below and complete the ESSA External Organization Profile (Profile).
- Operate as nonprofit in good standing in South Carolina; and
- Have a minimum of five years experience operating or delivering services to out-of-school time programs in South Carolina.
Profile Link: ESSA External Organization Profile
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