School Improvement Grants, Recovery Act

 

To support competitive subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) that demonstrate the greatest need for the funds and the strongest commitment to use the funds to provide adequate resources in order to raise substantially the achievement of students in their lowest-performing schools. In general, SEAs must give priority to LEAs with Title I eligible schools ranked in the bottom five percent of such schools, based on student achievement and lack of progress in improving student achievement, as well as secondary schools with a graduation rate below 60 percent over a number of years. LEAs seeking funding to serve such schools must implement one of four school intervention models: turnaround model, restart model, school closure, or transformation model.

Deleted 01/15/2013 (Archived.) 84.388 Agency: Department of Education Formula Grants Not Applicable. Section 1003(g) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended (Public Law 107-110 )(115 Stat. 1442, 20 USC 6303(g)) and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), Public Law 111-5. SEAs with approved State plan amendments are eligible to receive funds. LEA will benefit from these funds. OMB Circular A-87. OMB Circular No. A-87 applies to this program. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. Environmental impact information is not required for this program. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-102. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-110. Pursuant to Section 76.140 of the Education Department General Administrative Regulations, the Department of Education (ED) is requiring States to submit an application. ED has issued guidance and an electronic application for this program, which may be found at http://www2.ed.gov/programs/sif/index.html. ED will allocate funds to any State whose submission meets the Department's application requirements. Contact the headquarters or regional office, as appropriate, for application deadlines. Varies with each State. In programs administered by ED, Section 432 of the General Education Provisions Act provides LEAs with a right of appeal when there are disagreements between State and local educational agencies, including disagreements over funding decisions. Where an LEA alleges that the denial of funding is â₏œa violation of State or Federal law, rules, regulations, or guidelines governing the applicable program,â₏ it may, within 30 days, request a hearing from the SEA. Once the hearing is held and the SEA issues it written ruling, the LEA may appeal a negative ruling to the Secretary. Not Applicable. Not Applicable. A State educational agency (SEA) must allocate at least 95 percent of the amount of the funds it receives directly to LEAs , primarily to implement specified school intervention models in Title I eligible schools ranked in the bottom five percent of such schools, based on student achievement and lack of progress in improving student achievement, as well as secondary schools with a graduation rate below 60 percent over a number of years. An SEA may retain up to 5 percent of the grant amount received for administration, evaluation, and technical assistance expenses. LEAs may use these funds for any reasonable costs associated with implementing required school intervention models, or with carrying out school improvement, corrective action, or restructuring activities described in Section 1116(b). Grantees are subject to the reporting requirements contained in Parts 76 and 80 of the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR). Grantees under this program may be required to report at the end of each quarter on the amount of grant funds obligated and expended; all activities for which those funds were obligated and expended; the completion status of those activities; the estimated number of jobs created or retained by the project and those activities; and detailed information on any contracts awarded with grant funds. Specific requirements will be included in the grants award documents. Cash reports are not applicable. Progress reports are not applicable. Expenditure reports are not applicable. Grantees must submit program performance information through their annual Consolidated State Performance Reports. In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133 (Revised, June 27, 2003), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations," nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $500,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $500,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133. In accordance with EDGAR in the Appendix to 34 CFR 80, State and local governments that receive financial assistance of $500,000 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 $500,000 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 program in which they participate. All grantees must maintain and complete records as provided for in EDGAR. Statutory Formula: Under ESEA, ED allocates section 1003(g) School Improvement funds to States through a formula that is based on each State's proportionate share of funds received under ESEA Title I, Part A, (Grants to LEAs), Part C (Migrant Education program), and Part D, Subpart 1 (State Agency Neglected and Delinquent program).
Matching requirements are not applicable to this program.
MOE requirements are not applicable to this program. Title I School Improvement funds made available under the ARRA are available for obligation by LEAs through September 30, 2011, as provided under section 421(b) of the General Education Provisions Act. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: electronic transfer. None. Carlas McCauley, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, 3C116, Washington, District of Columbia 20202 Email: carlas.mccauley@ed.gov Phone: (202) 260-0824 http://www.ed.gov/oese 91-0901-0-1-501. (Formula Grants) FY 09 $3,000,000,000; FY 10 $0; FY 11 $0 - No additional expected obligations for FY 2010 or 2011. For fiscal year 2009, the range of award is $7,276,591-$346,347,890, and the average award is $57,136,893. The Department is in the process of issuing guidance and instructions for States to use in applying for these funds. Contact the program office for more information. Not Applicable.