Submission Requirements -- SPPS has created the following 7 steps in order to help you get your proposal written, approved and submitted on time --

1. Get approval for your project plan from your principal, program manager, and/or supervisor
2. Write the grant -- This includes completing forms, writing cover letters, and completing budgets
3. Have your supervisor and at least one other person review and proof your proposal for content, clarity, spelling and grammar
4. Ensure that evaluation requirements are met -- Many grants include an evaluation component.  If so, you will need to consult an evaluator during the grant-writing phase and set aside some of your grant funds for evaluation activities
5. Work with your Innovation and Development contact to obtain authorized signatures -- All grants submitted by Saint Paul Public Schools require the superintendent's signature, regardless of what the funder's guidelines may indicate
6. Submit your grant -- Once you have received all the signatures, work with Innovation and Development to submit your grant
7. State law requires all grants be presented each month for approval by the Board of Education --Contact Innovation and Development to assist you in preparing a Board Consent Agenda Item