Request for Proposal (RFP) and Application

Poverty Census

Poverty counts for the 2008-09 application must be obtained from the 2005 Census at

  http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/district.html

1.    Open the website.

2.    Click on 2005, click on Michigan and click on Continue.

3.    Either click on Select All or scroll down to find the district you are seeking.

4.    What will open is a table.  To obtain the poverty percentage, you must do a little math.

Divide the number of students in RELEVANT AGE 5-17 IN FAMILIES IN POVERTY by the total number students in the column labeled RELEVANT AGE 5-17.

5.  The percentage that results from that division will tell you if your district qualifies as being 20.0% or above.

Charter school poverty information is posted at:   http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/MDE-P2_FS_08_T1aAllocListOrig_199917_7.pdf

Or utilize the list which includes Charter schools at:  2007 Poverty Census 20%

Not Highly Qualified

A list of LEAs, ISD/RESAs who are shown with teachers that are Not Highly Qualified can be accessed at:     Not HQ

AYP information can be accessed at:

http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140-22709_22875---,00.html