The money each

school receives can be spent in a variety of ways including using it as

bonuses for faculty and/or other school staff, faculty trips, instructional

equipment or staff development. The faculty must agree on how the money

is spent.

To attain a

PfP award, a school must identify and subsequently meet a comprehensive

set of exemplary performance objectives. Members of the PfP evaluator

panel score initial applications and final reports.

Performance

objectives must be developed in four categories: academic achievement,

client involvement, educational programming and resource development.

Taken as a

group, the total set of performance objectives must be exemplary and comprehensive

in scope. They must have impact on a significant portion of the school

population and show promise for improving the educational programs in

the school. In addition, applications must also describe the method for

measurement that will be used to evaluate each performance objective as

well as the criteria that will be used to evaluate whether or not each

objective has been achieved.

Schools with

approved applications have a school year to achieve their performance

objectives. At the end of the school year, a final report must be submitted

which documents the status for each performance objective in the approved

application. To be eligible for a PfP award, at least 80 percent of the

performance objectives specified in the approved application must be achieved.