California Career Online High School Program 2020: New Participant Application

Welcome to the online application for the California State Library's Career Online High School (COHS) Program. This application is for new libraries to apply to participate in the Program. Current participants who wish to request more scholarships should use a separate application; contact Bev Schwartzberg (beverly.schwartzberg@library.ca.gov) for details.

PLEASE READ the Project Description and Requirements document available on the State Library's COHS program website (http://www.library.ca.gov/services/libraries/COHS.html) before completing this application; it contains information that may be helpful in developing your answers. You may wish to view the webinar archived at the site.

PLEASE BE AWARE that in SurveyMonkey you must fill out the entire application in one session. We strongly suggest that you refer to the print version of this application (available at http://www.library.ca.gov/services/libraries/COHS.html) to develop your answers before completing and submitting your application online. We have four application deadlines each year: March 10, June 10, September 10, and December 10.

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* 1. Library name/jurisdiction:

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* 2. Library director information

Library director name:

Library director email:

Library director phone:

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* 3. Who is the proposed lead person for this program at your library?

Name

E-mail

Phone number

Supervisor's name, e-mail and phone no.

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* 4. What is the scope of your community's need for the Career Online High School Program? How did you identify the need?

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* 5. Please tell us how many total scholarships your library plans to offer through this program, over the next 12-14 months. You must offer at least 6. [Your library will have the opportunity to apply for additional scholarships in the future.]

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* 6. The State Library will fund half of the total scholarships you plan to offer, and your library will be required to fund the other half, for a one-to-one match. How do you plan to fund your matching scholarships?

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* 7. Some libraries may qualify for a reduction of matching funds by reducing the number of scholarships your library funds. Do you intend to request a reduction in the number of scholarships that your library will have to fund? [Reductions will be granted on a limited, case-by-case basis. Criteria that will be considered in evaluating reduction requests include factors such as library size and per capita funding; high unemployment in service area; low educational attainment in service area; etc.]

Yes