R277-490-3. Arts Specialist Grant Program - LEA Consortium

  (1) LEAs may form a consortium to employ arts specialists appropriate for the number of students served.

  (2) An LEA or a consortium of LEAs may submit a grant request consistent with time lines provided in this rule.

  (3) An LEA or a consortium shall develop its proposal consistent with the BTSALP model outlined under R277-490-2(3).

  (4) A consortium grant request shall explain the necessity or greater efficiency and benefit of an arts specialist serving several elementary schools within a consortium of LEAs.

  (5) A consortium grant shall explain a schedule for each specialist to serve the group of schools within several of the LEAs similarly to an arts specialist in a single school.

  (6) A consortium grant request shall provide information for a consortium arts specialist's schedule that minimizes the arts specialist's travel and allows the arts specialist to be well integrated into several schools.

  (7) An LEA's grant application shall include the collaborative development of the application with the LEA's partner endowed university and School Community Councils if matching funds come from School LAND Trust Funds.