The Cedar Rapids Community School District seeks collaborative community-based organizational partners to provide research-based support during summer programs for student academic recovery from learning lost due to COVID-19 pandemic-related extended school closures. The purpose of this RFP is for CRCSD to:

  1. Financially support community partner organizations to provide programs that accelerate learning and close opportunity gaps across student demographic groups through research-based summer learning programs for at-risk students; AND
  2. Build capacity for collaborative data-sharing and coordination of services to effectively identify and meet student learning needs.

Potential partners must meet preliminary program standards to be considered as a provider and if selected, must demonstrate high quality service in order to continue serving as a provider. All partner organizations are required to register as a district partner prior to submitting an RFP.

District contact information and inquiries

All communication regarding the District’s Summer Learning Loss Recovery program including questions about the Request for Proposals (RFP) should be directed to the Community Partnership Program team.

Submission and receipt of information packets

All RFP packets should be submitted by email by 11:59 p.m. on 01/28/2022. The email subject line for information packet submissions should be “Summer Learning Loss Recovery RFP Submissions.” The document must be a single file in PDF format. An email receipt will be sent when a packet is received.

Any submissions received after the specified date will be excluded from consideration. Find the full RFP below.