State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (sfsf) - What Works And Innovation Fund, Recovery Act

 

To provide competitive grants to (a) local educational agencies (LEAs) or (b) partnerships between a nonprofit organization and one or more LEAs or a consortium of schools with a record of improving student achievement and attainment in order to expand the implementation of, and investment in, innovative practices that are demonstrated to have an impact on improving student achievement or student growth, closing achievement gaps, decreasing dropout rates, increasing high school graduation rates, or increasing college enrollment and completion rates.

Deleted 01/15/2013 (Archived.) 84.396 Agency: Department of Education
Office: Office of Innovation and Improvement Project Grants Not Applicable. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), Title XIV (Public Law 111-5). (1) local educational agencies (LEAs) and (2) nonprofit organizations in partnership with (a) one or more LEAs or (b) a consortium of schools. High-need students in LEAs will benefit. OMB Circular No. A-110 and A-122 applies to this program. 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. OMB Circular No. A-110 applies to this program. The Department of Education will develop an application, procedures, and criteria to award grants on a competitive basis. Applicants must select one of three types of grants: Scale-up, Validation, or Development and must apply to one of four absolute priorities. Applicants for all types of grants may choose to write to any of four competitive preference priorities. Applications are reviewed by panels of peer reviewers. Points are awarded on the basis of the published seleciton criteria, are ranked on the basis of the points awarded, and selected for funding based on the rank order. To be eligible to receive an i3 grant, applicants must: 1) implement practices, strategies, or pgorams for high-need students; 2) an LEA applying on its own must demonstrate that it: (a) closed achievement gaps or improved achiev ement for all groups of students, and (b) acheived significant improvement in ohter areas; partnerships involving a non-profit organization must demonstrate that the non-profit organization has a record of significantly improving student acheivement, attainment, or retention through its record of work with an LEA or schools; 3) address one of the absolute priorities; 4) secure matching funds from the private sector equal to 20% of the award; and 5) meet the evidence requirement of the type of grant for which the applicant applied. Contact the headquarters or regional office, as appropriate, for application deadlines. Approximately four months from receipt of applicants. Not Applicable. Not Applicable. Criteria will be contained in the program guidance. The Department will award three types of grants: Scale-up, Validation, and Development. Funds will 1) allow eligible entities to expand and develop innovative practices that can serve as models of best practice; 2) allow eligible entities to work in partnership with the private sector and the philanthropic community; and 3) support eligible entities in identifying and documenting best practices that can be shared and taken to scale based on demonstrated success. As required for ARRA funded grants. Annual performance reports. No cash reports are required. No progress reports are required. No expenditure reports are required. No performance monitoring is required. 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. All grantees are subject to the provisions of the Single Audit Act, 31 U.S.C. 75, and OMB circular A-133. Each recipient must maintain records that fully disclose the total cost of the activity for which the funds are used, the share of the cost provided from other sources, and other such records as will facilitate an effective financial or programmatic audit. The recipient shall maintain such records for three years after the completion of the activity for which funds are used. Statutory formulas are not applicable to this program.
Matching requirements are not applicable to this program.
This program does not have MOE requirements. Awards will be made in FY 2010. Applicants can request awards of 3, 4, or 5 years. For FY 2010, funds for all years are awarded in FY 2010. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: No information provided. None. Margo Anderson, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave., SW, Washington, District of Columbia 20202 Email: margo.anderson@ed.gov Phone: (202) 205-3010. http://www.State.Fiscal.Fund@ed.gov 91-1909-0-1-501. (Project Grants) FY 09 $0; FY 10 $650,000,000; FY 11 $0 - No new obligations are expected in FY 2011. Scale-up: up to $50 million; Validation: up to $30 million; Development: up to $5 million. The Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. The notice of final priorities requirements, definitions, and selection critieria (NFP) for this program published in the Federal Register. Not Applicable.