Helping students learn

ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITY FUND

The Academic Opportunity Fund provides educators and schools with the resources they need to bridge opportunity gaps and create a level playing field for all students.

We prioritize grants that expand access to resources, opportunities, and support for students from marginalized and underserved communities.

Providing opportunities for BVSD students, from tutoring to software to transportation expenses, reduces the economic barriers to academic success.

Funding requests include

  • Academic tutoring before and after school
  • Test prep and other supplemental educational support
  • Class fees (lab materials, textbooks, test, or equipment fees)
  • Technology (software licenses, supplemental equipment)*
  • Music instrument rental and repair
  • Educator curriculum or materials for classroom use*
  • Classroom mental health resources (flexible seating, sensory materials, etc.)
  • Multicultural resources (books, art materials)

*Curricular and technology requests must be run through the district prior to approval and grant awarding.

Applications

The first round of the Academic Opportunity Fund for the 2023-24 school year closed September 11, 2023.

Grant application guidelines can be found on the application webpage.


dyslexia training tool

LITERACY FUND

In 2019, BVSD was working to roll out a new phonics-based curriculum in elementary schools and begin screening Kindergarten students to identify those at risk for dyslexia, but they lacked the funds to quickly train all educators.

Impact on Education, in partnership with Boulder Valley Kids Identified with Dyslexia (BVKID), stepped in to fund professional development and training for 46 BVSD interventionists and classroom educators.

The training took place in the summer of 2020 and meant that during the 2020-21 school year, every school in BVSD had at least one interventionist who was trained in the Orton Gillingham approach to better support students. In 2021, IOE also supplemented BVSD’s educator training, but we are pleased to share that over the summer of 2022, BVSD made their biggest investment to date for this critical training opportunity by funding 85 elementary educators to participate in the training.

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