Migrant Education-Coordination Program (84.144)

 

Program

84.144 Migrant Education-Coordination Program

 

Federal Agency

OFFICE OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

Authorization

Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Title I, Part C, Sec. 1308. 20 U.S.C 6398.

 

Program Number

84.144

 

Last Known Status

Active

 

Objectives

To encourage the interstate and intrastate coordination of migrant education including consortium arrangements to reduce the administrative costs of state educational agencies (SEAs) receiving Title I Migrant Education Program funds under 84.011.

 

Types of Assistance

Project Grants.

 

Uses and Use Restrictions

Funds are used to: (A) Support activities to improve interstate and intrastate coordination of migrant education among State and local educational agencies; and (B) provide incentive grants to SEAs that participate in an approved consortium under the program.

 

Eligibility Requirements

Applicant Eligibility

State educational agencies, local educational agencies, institutions of higher education and other public or nonprofit private entities may apply for funds to improve interstate and intrastate coordination of migrant education. SEAs participating in MEP consortium may apply for incentive grant awards.

Beneficiary Eligibility

Migratory children of migratory agricultural workers or migratory fishers will benefit.

Credentials/Documentation

None.

 

Application and Award Process

Preapplication Coordination

This program does not use a preapplication form. This program is eligible for coverage under E.O. 12372, "Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs." An applicant should consult the office or official designated as the single point of contact in his/her State for more information on the process the State requires to be followed in applying for assistance, if the State has selected the program for review.

Application Procedure

Applications must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the regulations, instructions, and forms included in the grant application package. The applications are reviewed and evaluated by a panel for funding selection.

Award Procedure

The Department of Education notifies successful applicants of awards. Actual negotiation and awarding of grants is done by the Department of Education's Grants and Contracts Service in cooperation with program staff.

Deadlines

Deadlines are announced in the Federal Register.

 

Range of Approval/Disapproval Time

Appeals

None.

Renewals

Not applicable.

 

Assistance Considerations

Formula and Matching Requirements

Interstate and intrastate coordination grants have no statutory formula or matching requirements. Consortium incentive grants are awarded by formula, based on the amount of MEP funds an SEA is able to redirect from administrative activities into direct services to migrant children as a result of participating in a consortium.

Length and Time Phasing of Assistance

Grants and contracts for interstate and intrastate coordination activities may be awarded for not more than five years, subject to the availability of funds. Consortium incentive grants are annual awards made for a 12-month period.

 

Post Assistance Requirements

Reports

Annual performance reports are required from SEAs.

Audits

In accordance with the Education Department General Administration Regulations in the Appendix to 34 CFR 80, State and local governments that receive financial assistance of $300,000 or more within the State's fiscal year shall have an audit made for that year. State and local governments that receive between $25,000 and $300,000 within the State's fiscal year shall have an audit made in accordance with the Appendix to Part 80, or in accordance with Federal laws and regulations governing the programs in which they participate.

Records

In accordance with the General Education Provisions Act and the Education Department General Administrative Regulations, grantees must maintain certain project records for 3 years.

 

Program Accomplishments

In fiscal year 2002, over 35 consortium incentive grants were awarded.

 

Financial Information

Account Identification

91-0900-0-1-501.

Obligations

(Grants) FY 02 $10,000,000; FY 03 est $9,413,000; and FY 04 est $10,000,000.

Range and Average of Financial Assistance

Not applicable.

 

Regulations, Guidelines and Literature

34 CFR 75, 76, and 80.

 

Related Programs

84.011, Migrant Education_State Grant Program; 84.141, Migrant Education_High School Equivalency Program; 84.149, Migrant Education_College Assistance Migrant Program; 84.213, Even Start_State Educational Agencies; 93.246, Health Centers Grants for Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers; 93.600, Head Start.

 

Information Contacts

Regional or Local Office

Not applicable.

Headquarters Office

Office of Migrant Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., FOB6, Room 3E344, Washington, DC 20202. Contact: Lori Ahmady. Telephone: (202) 260-1391.

Web Site Address

http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/OME/index.html

 

Examples of Funded Projects

Funded projects have included projects to increase the use of technology for teaching and learning in the migrant community and programs to increase services to students by reducing administrative costs.

 

Criteria for Selecting Proposals

The criteria for interstate/intrastate coordination grants are consistent with 34 CFR 75. Incentive grant awards are made under a formula established in a Notice of Final Criteria published April 8, 1996, in the Federal Register at FR 15670.