Consolidated Grants To The Outlying Areas, Recovery Act

 

To make an annual consolidated grant to an Insular Area in an amount that is the sum of its allocations under two or more of the four programs for which it is eligible under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ESEA, Title I, Part A-Grants to LEAs; ESEA, Title I, Section 1003(g)-School Improvement Grants; Title II, Part D-Educational Technology State Grants; McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act-Title VII-B Grants) to assist it in carrying out one or more of State-administered formula grant programs of the Department.

Deleted 01/15/2013 (Archived.) 84.402 Agency: Department of Education Formula Grants Fiscal Year 2010: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2011: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2012: No Current Data Available Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, Title V, Public Law 95-134, 48 U.S.C 1469a; American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), Public Law 111-5. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands EDGAR 76.125(b). Contact Program Office. No Credentials or documentation are required. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-87. 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. An Insular Area applies annually for a grant consolidating two or more of the programs eligible to be consolidated in accordance with the application requirements of EDGAR 76.131-76.132. The Secretary awards a single consolidated grant annually to each Insular Area that meets the requirements of EDGAR 76.125 through 76.137 and each program under which the grant funds are to be used and administered. The Secretary may decide that one or more programs cannot be included in the consolidated grant if it is determined that the Insular Area failed to meet the program objectives stated in its plan for the previous fiscal year in which it carried out the programs. The eligibility of a particular Insular Area to receive grant funds under a Federal education program is determined under the statute and regulations for that program (EDGAR 76.130 (a), (b), (d)). Contact the headquarters or regional office, as appropriate, for application deadlines. From 30 to 60 days. Applications will be reviewed within approximately 30 days. Approval will be granted upon determination that the application meets the requirements of EDGAR 76.131(1) and (2). The Secretary shall not disapprove a consolidated grant application before offering the Insular Area an opportunity to revise the plan and a hearing. (See 34 CFR 76.202.). Not Applicable. Not Applicable. An Insular Area shall use the funds it receives under a consolidated grant to carry out, in its jurisdiction, one or more of the programs included in the grant. (See above programs.) An Insular Area may only use and administer funds under the eligible programs to be consolidated described in section 76.125 (c) of EDGAR during a fiscal year for which the Insular Areas is entitled to receive funds under an appropriation for that program. As required by EDGAR76.132 (5), an annual report is required to be submitted to the Secretary containing information covering the program or programs for which the grant is used and administered, including the financial and program performance information as required under 34 CFR 74.51-74.52 and 34 CFR 80.40-80.41. ARRA-funded programs may be required to report on how funds under this program are spent and the results of those expenditures. Additional requirements will be included in application instructions or program guidance. Cash reports are not applicable. Progress reports are not applicable. Expenditure reports are not applicable. Performance monitoring is not applicable. 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. As required by EDGAR 76.132(7), the grantee keeps records, including a copy of the application document under which funds are to be spent, which show how the funds received under the consolidated grant have been spent. Statutory formulas are not applicable to this program.
Matching requirements are not applicable to this program.
MOE requirements are not applicable to this program. Grant funds are available from Feb. 17, 2009 through September 30, 2011. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: Contact Program Office. None. Valerie Rogers, School Support and Technology Programs, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., LBJ Bldg, Room 3W241, Washington, District of Columbia 20202 Email: Valerie.rogers@ed.gov Phone: (202) 260-2543. http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oese/sst/index.html 91-0901-0-1-501; 01-1001-0-1-501. (Formula Grants) FY 09 $39,001,431; FY 10 $0; FY 11 $0 Awards range from approximately $3.5 million to $13.3 million. 34 CFR 76, 77, 80, 81,82, and 85. Fiscal Year 2010: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2011: Not Applicable. Fiscal Year 2012: No Current Data Available