1. (1) The Department will award Grants to eligible entities based on the following criteria:

   1. (a) Whether the proposed project successfully implements the strategies provided in the LGBTQ2SIA+ Student Success Plan;
   2. (b) Whether the applicant authentically and consistently engages Community Voice in the proposed project; and
   3. (c) Whether the applicant demonstrates equitable distribution of Grant funds and resources in Partnership.

2. (2) The Department may give priority to applications that:

   1. (a) Are led by Culturally Specific or Community-Based Organizations that represent LGBTQ2SIA+ communities;
   2. (b) Demonstrate authentic and on-going Partnerships with Community-Based Organizations, Culturally Specific Organizations, early learning hubs, providers of early learning services, school districts, educational service districts, public charter schools, Tribal governments, post-secondary institutions of education, or a consortium of these entities that serve LGBTQ2SIA+ communities;
   3. (c) Will help ensure geographic diversity of the Grant program by including rural communities or other underserved communities with LGBTQ2SIA+ student populations;
   4. (d) Address a strategy of the LGBTQ2SIA+ Student Success Plan that requires additional support, as determined by the Department;
   5. (e) Address strategies that are common across the African American/Black Student Success Plan, Latino/a/x and Indigenous Student Success Plan, and/or the American Indian/Alaska Native Student Success Plan and communities;
   6. (f) Address the intersectionality of the student populations served by the LGBTQ2SIA+ student success plan with the other student success plans within ODE; or
   7. (g) Provide a plan for the authentic and meaningful voice and choice of plan youth are engaged in program development, evaluation and implementation.

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 338.155 & ORS 329.847

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 329.847

History

ODE 37-2022, adopt filed 06/23/2022, effective 06/24/2022
ODE 42-2021, temporary adopt filed 12/29/2021, effective 12/29/2021 through 06/26/2022