Consolidated Application Form 1 and Common Pages

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Consolidated Application -Form 1 and Common Pages

• NH Department of Education

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FORM 1

• Use the current version (9/2005) upper left
  corner
• FROM is the District name
• Watch the project start and end dates
• Fiscal Agent and Indirect Cost rate must be
  approved
• Signatures in blue ink must be dated
• Summary and Detail budgets must match
• Title funds on left portion of Detail budget
• Transfer funds on right portion of Detail budget
• Break out the private/charter school expenses
• Watch the Indirect Cost codes and calculations
• NO GRANT FUNDS MAY BE EXPENDED WITHOUT FORM 2
  AUTHORIZATION FROM THE DOE

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Indirect Costs

• There are two ways to calculate
• Full funds being used
• Partial funds being used

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Common Pages

• All required pages must be submitted
• Submit only one set

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Cover Page

• District Name this must be completed!
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• Districts planning to use funds in programs to
  begin July 1, 2007 will need to submit their
  application by June 1, 2007. You must provide the
  DOE with at least 30 days to review/approve an
  application.
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• Submit one complete ORIGINAL application to
• Paula DeLisi
• NH Department of Education
• 101 Pleasant Street
• Concord, NH 03301
• Subsequent changes to documentation should
  be sent to each Title program.

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Private/Charter Schools

• Private/Charter School Participation
• Form is Required the eligible school list will
  be posted to the DOE website when allocations are
  available
• Form is to be Completed and Signed by the
  Private/Charter School
• Private, Nonprofit Schools must indicate they
  have submitted the proof of their nonprofit
  status to the NHDOE

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Private/Charter Schools continued

• Private and charter schools may participate in
  district activities OR receive equitable services
• There are two check boxes to distinguish the type
  of participation

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Affirmation of Consultation

• Retain This Form in the Program File
• DO NOT SEND IT TO THE DOE
• How were the childrens needs identified?   
•     What services are to be offered?   
•    What service delivery mechanisms were
• considered?
• How, where, and by whom will the services be
• provided?   
•    Describe the size and scope of the equitable
• services to be provided to the eligible
  private school
• children, teachers, and other educational
• personnel. 

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Affirmation of Consultation continued

•   Describe the consultation. What decisions
  were
• made about the delivery of services?
• What were the private schools views on the
• provision of services?  
•    The proportion of funds that will be allocated
  for the
• nonpublic school services.
• The form must be signed and dated by the
• Private/Charter School
  official.             

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No Reply

• When private/charter schools do not reply, send
  evidence to indicate that the school received the
  request to participate but did not respond. A
  Certified Mail Return Receipt is the accepted
  audit paperwork.

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Charter Schools

• All charter schools in NH are public schools but
  they are not an LEA.

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Local Transferability Act (FLEX) (Section 6123)

• Transfers for LEAs that are not in Title I
  Corrective Action or Title I School Improvement
  (50 limit)
• Dollars may be Transferred Out of
• Title II-A, Teacher Quality - Section 2121
• Title IV, Safe and Drug-Free - Section 4112(b)(1)
• Title V, Innovative Programs - Section 5112(a)
• NOTE private schools cannot transfer funds
  unless the LEA does.
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Transferability FLEX continued

• Program Dollars may be Transferred Into
• Title I, Part A
• Title II-A, Teacher Quality - Section 2121
• Title II-D, Technology - Section 2412(a)(2)(A)
• Title IV, Safe and Drug-Free - Section 4112(b)(1)
• Title V, Innovative Programs - Section 5112(a)

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Transferability FLEX continued

• Transfers for LEAs that are in Title I Corrective
  Action or Title I School Improvement may only
  transfer 30 of their funds
• Funds may only be used for school improvement
  activities under sections 1003, School
  Improvement and 1116(c),academic assessments and
  local agency and school improvement

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Section 1116 - Improvement

• School Improvement Title I, Section 1116
  activities include
• LEA must incorporate scientifically based
  learning in core academic subjects
• Identify actions that have the greatest
  likelihood of improving student achievement
• Address professional development needs of
  instructional staff

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Section 1116 - Improvement

• Include specific measurable objectives for each
  group of students identified in the disaggregated
  data
• Address fundamental teaching and learning needs
  in the schools and specific academic problems of
  low-achieving students
• Incorporate, as appropriate, activities before,
  after, and during the summer
• Incorporate strategies to promote effective
  parental involvement in the school

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REAP Transfer

• For the flexibility provision of REAP (SRSA)
• Districts must have a National Council of
  Education Statistics Locale Code of 7 or 8
• Have fewer than 600 students enrolled
• Districts may transfer 100 of funds
• List of eligible districts can be found on the
  DOE website

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Carryover

• Beginning in FY2008 (July 1, 2007) there will be
  no carryover for
• Titles IIA, IVA, and V

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GEPA 427General Educational Provisions Act

• Section 427 requires each applicant for funds to
  include in its application a description of the
  steps the applicant proposes to take to ensure
  equitable access to and participation in, its
  federally assisted program for students,
  teachers, and other program beneficiaries with
  special needs
• Must be filed and accepted by the Department for
  the 2007-2008 year

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GEPA 427 General Educational Provisions Act
continued

• The statute highlights six types of barriers
• that can impede equitable access or
• participation
• gender
• race
• national origin
• color
• disability
• age

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GEPA 427 General Educational Provisions Act
continued

• INDICATE HOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR ELIGIBLE
  ENTITY WILL ADDRESS THE REQUIREMENTS OF GEPA 427

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Remember!

• The Common Pages need only be
• submitted once but
• they must be complete.

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DOE Website

• www.ed.state.nh.us
• From the menu on the left, choose Programs,
  Information and Services
• Select C for Consolidated Application 2007-2008

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NH Financial Accounting Handbook

• www.ed.state.nh.us
• From the menu on the left, choose Data Reports
• Financial Reports
• Scroll down to the bottom of the page