Student Led Enterprises Grant
Education that Builds Careers!
Student-Led Business Enterprise (SLE) Grant Information
Student-Led business enterprise will allow students to create, develop, manage and lead business ventures while developing the next generation of emerging leaders. All teachers who have a CTE credential and teach a Valley ROP course are eligible for the grant. Student-Led Enterprises must be associated with a course that includes specified content.
Student-led enterprise is:
- Operated and managed by students
- On-going and not a one-day event or one-off venture
- Tied to a course in which students develop a business and/or marketing plan
- Co-curricular and operates both inside and outside the classroom
- Revenue-generating but does not have to make a profit (non-profits ok too)
Student-let enterprise is not:
- Individual student business endeavors
- A job that a student secures on their own
- Volunteering or working at campus events or stores
GRANT TIMELINES:
- Grant Workshops – September 15 2025, through October 15, 2025
- Application Opens on Mon. October 20, 2025
- Application Closes on Wednesday, November 19, 2025
- Grant Award – December 2025
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