Bradley County Schools Director Johnny McDanielCLEVELAND, Tenn. – The Bradley County Schools system has a new grant to fund its efforts to get more high school graduates to further their education.
The Tennessee Higher Education Commission will give Bradley $846,300 over the next seven years to create services for families and students in specific schools.
The funding comes through the U.S. Department of Education’s GEAR UP program, aimed at encouraging more students from low-income families to enroll in post-secondary schools.
Bradley is one of 16 grant recipients statewide and the only recipient in Southeast Tennessee.
“We believe all students deserve access to post-secondary education,” Bradley schools Director Johnny McDaniel said in announcing the grant. The grant, he said, will support and prepare students to be ready for careers or college.