AGENCY: Board of Education. Office of Education. Curriculum Section

SERIES: 10622
TITLE: National Diffusion Network (NDN) grants to Utah
DATES: 1978-2015.
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological by year of grant request.

DESCRIPTION: The U._S._Dept._of Education (USDE) is responsible for the National Diffusion Network (NDN), a program to provide funds to allow the implementation of proven educational techniques by local school districts and schools. The NDN actually consists of numerous specific programs for educational improvement. Money originally flows in the form of a block grant from the USDE to the Utah State Office of Education (USOE). Then, individual school districts apply to USOE for funds to use them in particular schools for specified projects.

This series includes applications for federal assistance, a budget for the federally appropriated funds, and correspondence between USOE and USDE. A major grant request, including an extensive report on the proposed use of the funds and the needs which exist in Utah, is filed every five years. In the intervening years, a smaller formal request for funds is filed. The major and annual requests for funds are included in this record series. These records are maintained in a three-ring binder while held in the office. This series was the responsibility of Project Assistance Services until 1993, when Curriculum assumed responsibility for NDN.

DOCUMENT TYPE(S):

Applications, budget, correspondence, reports

FUNCTION(S):

Provide funds to implement proven educational techniques in schools, thereby improving education.

SUBJECT(S):

National Diffusion Network programs, grant request information, and proposed use of funds.

SERIES HISTORY:

Utah State Office of Education (USOE) asks for block grants from U.S._Dept._of Education, then schools receive funds from USOE. Annual requests are filed by USOE for funds, but a major grant request is also filed every five years. This series was generated by Project Assistance Services until 1993, when Curriculum assumed the responsibility.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

Retention and disposition for this series is proposed and has not yet been approved.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office for 5 years and then transfer to State Archives with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Historical

The records in this series have historic value.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public