NCLB Updates

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NCLB Updates

• December, 2004
• Marilyn Peterson, Federal Programs Director

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Agenda

• Closing out 2003-04
• NCLB Consolidated Applications 2004-05
• Payments
• Appropriations for 2005-06
• NCLB Program Updates
• State of the Schools Report

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2002-03 Funds

• Approved as carryover in the 2003-04 school year
• MUST have been spent by Sept. 30, 2004
• MUST be included in the End-of-year reports for
  2003-04
• List of balances for Title II and Title V
  available on homepage for those programs

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Closing out 2003-04

• End-of-year status reports were due Oct. 31
• Reports from all NCLB programs in the
  Consolidated Application must be approved before
  2004-05 application amended to add any available
  carryover
• GMS will send an email to authorized
  representative to amend

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Reports of Expenditures

• Report expenditures through September
• Tydings Amendment
• Consistency in all NCLB programs
• Submit all program reports at the same time if
  using REAP-FLEX or Section 6123
• Report the transaction level, not the summary
  level of expenditures

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Competitive Grants

• Need to submit expenditures through September
  also
• USDE will not allow draw downs of funds from
  grants awarded to the State in July of 2003 after
  December 31st.

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2004-05 Applications

• Good progress goal is to have all approved by
  end of December
• Applications must be approved before any
  carryover funds can be amended
• Continuation activities can be funded before
  approval, new activities should wait for an
  approved application

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Consortia/Cooperatives

• Planning form last Spring asked districts to
  identify membership in an ESU or other consortia
  in the GMS for 2005-06
• Title III - minimum grant requirement to operate
  programs 10,000 - Limited English Proficient
  5,000 - Immigrant Aid
• Title IV (Safe and Drug Free) Under 500 must
  join a consortia or use REAP-FLEX

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Approval Process

• 14 reviewers see Contact Us on each page of the
  application
• Single point of contact first time for
  reviewers to approve other programs
• Comments in the Reviewers Checklist (if returned)

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Approval Process

• When data entry people submit an application,
  it is submitted to the Authorized Representative
• Only the Authorized Representative can Submit
  to NDE

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Grant Award Notice

• SELECT APPLICATION
• Look in the green bar for STATUS
• Final Approval View GAN
• View GAN is a link
• Print out the Grant Award Notices for each NCLB
  program

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Reclaiming Funds

• Email notice sent to all districts and ESUs
• Applications or intent to apply by November 15th
• Districts only need to apply if they have
  retained any funds
• Funds reclaimed are reallocated with the next
  round of allocations for 2005-06

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Grants Management System

• Adding programs
• Title I Accountability Funds to the NCLB
  Consolidated Application
• Developing
• Competitive Grants
• Perkins
• Early Childhood

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Payments in the GMS System

• Proposed timeline start in January 2005
• Regularly scheduled payments for salaries and
  benefits
• District requests for reimbursement no oftener
  than once a month
• The GMS system will notify you when reports are
  due for reimbursements

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Reimbursement Payments

• Can request reimbursement of any amount
• If 100 of approved amount, submit supporting
  documentation and receive payment of 100
• If requesting less than 100, no more than 50 of
  approved amount will be paid without supporting
  documentation

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Order of Payments

• Carryover (if any or when approved)
• REAP-FLEX or Section 6123 transfers
• Original Grant
• DISTRICTS MUST SPEND AND CLAIM REIMBURSEMENT FOR
  FUNDS IN THE SAME ORDER!

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Appropriations for 2005-06

• Congress approved appropriations
• New census data will impact amount States receive
• SRSA REAP program funded (almost the same amount
  as 2004-05)

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Major Changes

• Increases
• Title I - Overall about 3 increase
• Education Finance Incentive Grants -12
• Math and Science Partnerships 20
• Decreases
• Title V Innovative Programs - 33 cut
• Title II-D Technology 28 cut
• Comprehensive School Reform 12 cut

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Other NCLB Updates

• Uniform Provisions (Section 9501) for Nonpublic
  schools (those approved under Rule 14)
• Requires ongoing consultation
• Equitable participation
• Equitable expenditures
• Title I has additional requirements

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Formula Grants

• Disadvantaged Title I, Part A
• Migrant Title I, Part C
• Teacher Quality Title II, Part A
• Technology Title II, Part D
• Language Acquisition Title III
• Safe and Drug Free Title IV, Part A

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Competitive Grants

• Reading First Title I, Part B, Subpart 1
• Even Start Title I, Part B, Subpart 3
• Math Science Partnerships Title II, B
• Technology Title II, Part D
• 21st Century Community Learning Centers Title
  IV, Part B

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State of the Schools Report

• Opens December 6, 2004
• Opens without the Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
  information
• AYP information available on December 20, 2004
• Time to develop a better way to display AYP
  decisions (no changes in data)

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Title I Schools

• Any schools or districts identified as being in
  need of improvement will be contacted by the
  Title I office in December to arrange a site
  visit
• Meet with the staff, review plans and provide
  assistance
• Schools are eligible for accountability funds