The Reducing Overidentification in Special Education (ROSE) grant program is a highly competitive Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) grant opportunity that will leverage remaining one-time American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Relief Funds (ESSER III) to make a substantial investment in local education agency (LEA) strategies that will mitigate long-term learning loss for students who are disproportionately likely to be misidentified as students with intellectual and/or emotional disabilities and, as a result, end up in unnecessarily restrictive classroom environments that hinder progress rather than provide the remediation and acceleration necessary within the general education classroom for these students.
MSDE will award up to three, $1,000,000 grants to local education agencies to directly address the disproportionate identification of certain student subgroups in special education populations. To that end, grants will be awarded for work that includes and addresses the overidentification of historically underserved students with intellectual and/or emotional disabilities, such as African American students, English learners, and economically disadvantaged students.
When will the application be open?Wednesday, March 1, 2023 Application Submission Dates:Applications are due no later than 11:59 p.m. EST on May 16, 2023.
The MSDE will provide customer service support to Reducing Overidentification in Special Education (ROSE) Grant applicants regarding the completion of the application. During this session, MSDE personnel will provide an overview of the grant funding, the requirements, and the application process.
Monday, March 20, 20233:30 p.m. ETJoin video callView the recording from the March 20th, 2023 sessionReducing Over-identification in Special Education (ROSE) Customer Service Q&A on March 20, 2023
Tuesday, March 28, 20239:00 a.m. ETJoin video callReducing Over-identification in Special Education (ROSE) Customer Service Q&A on March 28th, 2023
Thursday, April 6, 202312:30 p.m. ETJoin video callView the recording from the April 6th, 2023 sessionReducing Over-identification in Special Education (ROSE) Customer Service Q&A on April 6th, 2023
A list of frequently asked questions (FAQ) and answers will be posted to the MSDE website following customer service support sessions.