RFP addresses grant funding for farm-to-school partnerships s that will increase the capacity of schools to procure and to serve New York State farm products in school meal programs.

(8) Community School shall mean a school that partners with one or more agencies with an integrated focus on rigorous academics and the fostering of a positive and supportive learning environment, and a range of school-based and school-linked programs and services that lead to improved student learning, stronger families, and healthier communities. At a minimum, programs must include, but are not limited to: (i) addressing social service, health and mental health needs of students in the school and their families in order to help students arrive and remain at school ready to learn; (ii) providing access to services in the school community to promote a safe and secure learning environment; (iii) encouraging family and community engagement to promote stronger home-school relationships and increase families' investment in the school community; (iv) providing access to nutrition services, resources or programs to ensure students have access to healthy food and understand how to make smart food choices; (v) providing access to early childhood education to ensure a continuum of learning that helps prepare students for success; (vi) offering adult and/or community education opportunities, including but not limited to, access to career and technical education as well as workforce development services to students in the school and their families in order to provide meaningful employment skills and opportunities; (vii) offering expanded learning opportunities that include afterschool, summer school, Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math programs (STEAM) and mentoring and other youth development programs; and (viii) providing members of the community with access to services on school buildings and grounds consistent with all applicable laws and regulations including but not limited to Education Law section 414.

(a) Education and community renewal programs means programs operated by boards of education or boards of cooperative educational services that promote the involvement of individuals and organizations in the community, and the use of community resources, in a cooperative effort to improve the quality of educational services provided to school-age students or adults in the public schools, or to use the educational resources of the school district or board of cooperative educational services to enrich the quality of life for residents of the community by making available instruction and school facilities to individuals and organizations in the community. (b) Organizations in the community means businesses, industries, groups of parents, community or civic groups and volunteer service organizations within the school district or supervisory district.

(a) Competitive program grants may be awarded to boards of education or boards of cooperative educational services for the administration and coordination of education and community renewal programs, including but not limited to: (1) programs that provide supportive services to school-age and/or adult students enrolled in the public schools and their families such as child care services, nutrition and health education; (2) programs that provide parent education and/or encourage parental involvement in school programs and activities; (3) programs that use the services of business, industry, volunteer organizations and other community groups to supplement the instruction provided to school-age students and/or adults in the public schools; and (4) programs that expand the use of school facilities by groups in the community in need, such as senior citizens, preschool children, and children in need of adult supervision beyond the hours of the regular school day or beyond the regular school year. State funds shall be used solely: (i) to support the supervision and coordination of program components; (ii) to provide supplemental academic services, including but not limited to homework assistance, student counseling, and academic tutoring provided before or after the regular school day. Such supplemental academic services shall be coordinated with the regular school program and other components of the education and community renewal program, and shall not duplicate services provided using funds from other sources; and/or (iii) to pay the reasonable cost of the use of school facilities by community groups, including expenditures for supplies and minor remodeling of school facilities, and such funds shall not otherwise be used to support the operation of program components themselves. (b) Competitive training grants. Training grants may be awarded to a board of education or board of cooperative educational services to provide training to administrators and other staff of school districts and boards of cooperative educational services that have been awarded competitive program grants for education and community renewal programs and to the staff of other school districts that are interested in developing education and community renewal programs.

Framework outlines school-community partnerships to address student and family needs as a key practice of effective school systems.

RFP addresses grant funding for the creation of strong- school and community partnerships to deliver research-based programming to students enrolled in public and non-public schools that are identified as having a high risk of students dropping out of school.

Guide addresses interagency agreements or school-community partnerships to address student and family mental health needs.

6-a. Community school grants.

a. Within the amount appropriated for such purpose, subject to a plan developed by the state council on children and families in coordination with the commissioner and approved by the director of the budget, the commissioner shall award competitive grants pursuant to this subdivision to eligible school districts or in a city with a population of one million or more an eligible entity to implement, beginning in the two thousand thirteen–two thousand fourteen school year, a plan that targets school buildings as community hubs to deliver co-located or school-linked academic, health, mental health, nutrition, counseling, legal and/or other services to students and their families in a manner that will lead to improved educational and other outcomes. In a city with a population of one million or more, eligible entities shall mean the city school district of the city of New York, or not-for-profit organizations, which shall include not-for-profit community based organizations. An eligible entity that is a not-for-profit may apply for a community school grant provided that it collaborates with the city school district of the city of New York and receives the approval of the chancellor of the city school district of the city of New York.

(1) Such plan shall include, but not be limited to:

• (i) The process by which a request for proposals will be developed;
• (ii) The scoring rubric by which such proposals will be evaluated, provided that such grants shall be awarded based on factors including, but not limited to: measures of school district need; measures of the need of students to be served by each of the school districts; the school district’s proposal to target the highest need schools and students; the sustainability of the proposed community schools program; and proposal quality;
• (iii) The form and manner by which applications will be submitted;
• (iv) The manner by which calculation of the amount of the award will be determined;
• (v) The timeline for the issuance and review of applications; and
• (vi) Program implementation phases that will trigger payment of set percentages of the total award.

(2) In assessing proposal quality, the commissioner shall take into account factors including, but not limited to:

• (i) The extent to which the school district’s proposal would provide such community services through partnerships with local governments and non-profit organizations;
• (ii) The extent to which the proposal would provide for delivery of such services directly in school buildings;
• (iii) The extent to which the proposal articulates how such services would facilitate measurable improvement in student and family outcomes;
• (iv) The extent to which the proposal articulates and identifies how existing funding streams and programs would be used to provide such community services; and
• (v) the extent to which the proposal ensures the safety of all students, staff and community members in school buildings used as community hubs.

RFP addresses grant funding to increase high school graduation and postsecondary degree completion rates of historically underrepresented and/or economically disadvantaged students by developing a network of Smart Transfer Early College High School (ECHS) Partnerships in New York State.

ESSA plan addresses the creation of interagency agreements or school-community partnerships to address student and family needs, including partnerships for afterschool, healthcare, and to support teacher and school building leader preparation programs and to recruit and prepare more culturally diverse workforces.