Fellows mentioned in this story: Stephen Schatz
From Honolulu Star-Advertiser:
A seven-year federal grant awarded in 2018 to support college and career readiness in 25 public high schools and 35 public middle schools across Hawai‘i is set to expire — and education officials are concerned it might not be renewed.
The grant funds Hawai‘i P-20’s Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs — or GEAR UP — a U.S. Department of Education initiative designed to increase the number of low-income students who are prepared to enter and succeed in higher education.
Over the seven-year period, the program received $29 million in federal funding, averaging about $4.14 million per year. That funding has supported services for approximately 16,000 state Department of Education students annually, spanning grades 6 through 12 and including the first year of college.
Although the grant is set to expire this year, Hawaii P-20 Executive Director Stephen Schatz said the program can continue through September 2026 using a no-cost extension — allowing the use of unspent funds from previous years without additional federal money.
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