Grants and Other Financial Assistance Programs: FY2007

The priorities of Title I are to:

• strengthen the core program in schools and provide academic and/or support services to low achieving students at the preschool, elementary, middle, and high school levels in support of NCLB goals;

• provide programs based on scientifically based research that enable participating students to achieve the learning standards of the state curriculum frameworks;

• elevate significantly the quality of instruction by providing staff with substantial opportunities for professional development; and

• involve parents of participating public and private school children in the development of and participation in the program, activities, and procedures for parents and students to improve student achievement.

ALERT

The Coordinated
Budget Workbook
and the NCLB
Coordinated Program
Narrative and
Required Forms
document are
coordinated to
incorporate all
six NCLB programs
(T I, T II-A,
T II-D, T III,
T IV, and T V).

Only one
complete Coordinated
Budget Workbook,
including all
Title Budgets,
and one
Coordinated Program
Narrative and
Required Forms
document, containing
all Title Required
Forms, should be
submitted to the
Department.
Stand-alone
applications
for all these
Titles will
not be accepted.

NOTE TO SCHOOL DISTRICT PROGRAM COORDINATORS

• (Those who will fill out the NCLB Title grant applications(s))

The NCLB grant application includes two components:

• an NCLB Coordinated Budget Workbook* (EXCEL); and

• a Coordinated Program Narrative and Required Forms (MS WORD) document.

*The Coordinated Part I - Cover Page (Standard Contract Form and Application for Program Grants) is contained in the Coordinated Budget Workbook.

The school district staff person appointed by the Superintendent will be responsible for submitting the Coordinated Part I - Cover Page to the Department.

1. NCLB Coordinated Budget Workbook ( )

   Instructions for Completing the FY2007 Coordinated Budget Workbook ( )

   1. Cover Page - (Coordinated Part I - General - Program Unit Signature Page - Standard Contract Form and Application for Program Grants)

   2. Coordinated Budget Detail Pages
      Part I: Budgets
      Part II: Amendments
      Budget Detail - Description of Line Item Information ( ).

   3. Form 1: Identifying, Selecting, and Allocating Funds to Eligible Title I Schools

   4. Form 2: Reservations Worksheet

   5. Form 3a: Use of Funds in Title I Targeted Assistance Schools

   6. Form 3b: Title I Funded Activities

   7. Form 4: Funding Reconciliation

   8. Schedule A (If joining the Title I Dissemination Project)

   9. Schedule A (If Consolidated Assignment)

   10. Notesl. Indirect Cost Calculation Worksheetm. Amendment Request Form

2. NCLB Coordinated Program Narrative and Required Forms ( )

   1. Program Narrative

   2. Part III-A Equity and Access: Local Program Coordination

   3. Part III-B (1-3) Equitable Participation of Private School Students and Educators

   4. Part III-B (4) Working Papers to Document LEA/Private School Consultation (Optional)

		Appendix A - Parent Involvement
		Appendix B - Schoolwide Programs
		Appendix C - Application Instructions - Title I: Forms 1 and 2
		Appendix D - Generating Funds for Services to Eligible Private School Children
		Appendix E-1a - Sample Form - Identifying, Selecting, and Allocating Funds to Eligible Title I Schools - Using Attendance Area Count
		Appendix E-1b - Sample Form - Identifying, Selecting, and Allocating Funds to Eligible Title I Schools - Using Enrollment Count
		Appendix E-2 - Sample Form 2 - Reservations Worksheet
		Appendix F - Definition of Scientifically Based Research
		Appendix G - Reservations (Set Asides) for Schools and Districts Receiving Funds from Title I, Part A of NCLB

Note:

Applications submitted or approved after September 1, 2006 can legally claim expenses to the grant only from the date of final Department approval. Therefore, it is important to have district contact staff who can be reached in July and August to respond to questions, as needed.

• The Coordinated NCLB Title grant program application (NCLB Coordinated Budget Workbook - [EXCEL] and the NCLB Program Narrative and Required Forms [MS WORD] document) will be submitted electronically to the Department of Education by the school district staff person appointed by the Superintendent.

• Individual NCLB Title Program Coordinators are not to submit their Title grant application(s) to the Department.

• All NCLB applications need to be submitted electronically and at the same time by the designated district person.

Reminder:

Only one Coordinated Budget Workbook, including all Title Budgets, and one Coordinated Program Narrative and Required Forms document, including all Required Title Forms, should be submitted to the Department.