Grants and Other Financial Assistance Program

REMINDER TO ALL RECIPIENTS OF FEDERAL ENTITLEMENT GRANTS

This is a reminder to recipients of certain federal entitlement grants, specifically, Title 1, Title II-A, Perkins, and IDEA( Special Education), that due to the federal practice of only a partial advanced funding award to the state in July, the initial payment on those grants will be a reduced percentage of the grant total. This practice has been in effect for the past several years, although the percentage has varied from year to year, program to program, depending on the actual percentage the Department has received.

As a result, the Department must prorate the initial allocations to recipients to not exceed the amount received from the U.S. Department of Education (USED). This will be reflected in the initial award payment notification letter issued from Grants Management. The initial award letter will indicate a reduced total award amount from what the grant recipient submitted, as well as a prorated initial payment. The Department expects to receive the grant award balances from USED in early October. Adjustments to the allocation amounts will be done automatically at the Department at that time.

Recipients may make requests for second payments by mid-October according to program need. Federal cash management requirements that grant funds be distributed on an as needed basis remain in effect.

When a second payment is approved Grants Management will issue an updated award notice, reflecting the full award amount.

Competitive Grant Deadline Extension

The Nutrition, Health, and Safety unit is extending the deadline for the following competitive grant opportunities.

The new grant submission deadline is Friday, August 25, 2006 by 5:00 p.m.

Submissions already received by the Department will continue to be held for consideration until the August 25th deadline.

Important NCLB Grant Update

The Department established Friday, June 23, 2006 as the recommended submission date for the federal entitlement grants. However, due to the lateness in our receipt of allocation information from the United States Department of Education, we have been delayed in informing districts of their allocations for the No Child Left Behind grants.

We expect to provide districts with their NCLB grant allocations by the end of this week. Allocation amounts may be found on the Grants Management web site on Table A - on the following link: FY2007 District Allocation Amounts for Federal Entitlement/Allocation Grant Programs.

Therefore, we ask districts to wait until they have the final allocations and to submit their grant applications in early July.

REMINDER TO AGENCIES APPLYING FOR FY2007 GRANTS

• The Standard Contract Form and Application For Program Grants should be signed by the superintendent, assistant superintendent, director, executive director, or other authorized administrator. As a general rule, principals, assistant principals, teaching staff, counselors, and specialists do not have such authorization.

• The number of proposals to be submitted is indicated in the Request for Proposals and on the Standard Contract Form.

• State finance regulations require that all proposals being submitted must have an original signature on the Standard Contract Form and Application for Program Grants.

TABLE A

FY2007 FEDERAL ENTITLEMENT/ALLOCATION GRANTS
REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS

Commissioner's Letter   Executive Summary
Important Information for Superintendents: WORD PDF

FY2007 District Allocation Amounts for Federal Entitlement/Allocation
Grant Programs

Note: FY2007 Allocation amounts will be posted as they become available.

FOR ALL APPLICANTS APPLYING FOR NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ENTITLEMENT TITLE GRANTS

NCLB COORDINATED REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS

140	Title II, Part A Improving Educator Quality
160	Title II, Part D Enhancing Education Through Technology
180	Title III English Language Acquisition and Academic Achievement Program for Limited English Proficient Students
302	Title V Innovative Programs
305	Title I, Part A
331	Title IV, Part A Safe And Drug-Free Schools
Instructions for Electronic Submission of NCLB Proposals

FOR ALL APPLICANTS APPLYING FOR THE SPECIAL EDUCATION GRANT

240	Federal Special Education Entitlement
	Instructions for Electronic Submission of Special Education Proposals:

FOR ALL APPLICANTS APPLYING FOR THE PERKINS SECONDARY GRANT

400	Perkins Act Allocation Funds - Secondary
	Instructions for Electronic Submission of Perkins Proposals:

RECOMMENDED DUE DATE: A "rolling submission period" has been established for FY2007 Federal No Child Left Behind, Special Education, and Perkins Entitlement/Allocation proposals. In order to be reasonably assured that funds will be available by the beginning of the school year, proposals should be submitted by FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 2006.

Note: Continuation and other non-competitive grant program Requests for Proposals are not included in this entitlement/allocation package.