"A Progress Report to the Legislature: After-School and Out-of-School Time Quality Grant" is submitted pursuant to Chapter 61 of the Acts of 2007, line item 7061-9611. The Department is working to coordinate this state After School and Out-of-School Time (ASOST) grant program with other such programs in state organizations, such as the Departments of Early Education and Care and Public Health, and other organizations in the ASOST field, such as the Massachusetts Afterschool Partnership and the United Way. In FY 08 eligible applicants included public schools, non-public schools, and community-based organizations. To be eligible to apply, applicants needed to demonstrate that they were engaged in a partnership with a public school, non-public school, community-based organization, and/or an institution of higher education. While submission of a Letter of Intent to apply was optional, the Department received 128 such letters, totaling nearly $5.5M in requests. In the end, 148 proposals were received for consideration, requesting more than $7.7M; the budget appropriation is $2M. Staff members from the Department of Education, Department of Early Education and Care, and Massachusetts Afterschool Partnership read the proposals and considered them against the priorities and requirements established in the Request for Proposal. The review teams worked to identify high quality proposals that would reflect a diverse group of lead agents (public schools, non public schools, and community-based programs), broad representation across the regions of the Commonwealth, and an array of services and programs. On September 27, 2007, the Massachusetts Board of Education approved 48 grantees to receive the After-School and Out-of-School Time Quality Grant funds. In order to fund the 48 applications, most had their requested budgets reduced by a certain percentage. Appendix B provides a list of the grantees along with their partner organizations and the grant award. If more funds had been available, the Department would have recommended approving additional applications. Three appendices are included: (1) Guidelines for Quality Enhancements in After-School and Out-of-School Time Programs; (2) ASOST Grantees; and (3) Chapter 61 the Acts of 2007, line-item 7061-9611. (Contains 2 tables and 1 footnote.)