School Improvement Grants

 

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 to raise substantially the achievement of students in their lowest-performing schools. In general, State educational agencies (SEAs) must give priority for subgrants 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 04/02/2020 (Archived.) 84.377 Agency: Department of Education
Office: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education Formula Grants Fiscal Year 2014: No Current Data Available. Fiscal Year 2015: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2016: No Current Data Available Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended , Executive Order Section 1003(g), 115 Stat. 1442, 20 U.S.C 6303(g). SEAs with approved State plan amendments are eligible to receive funds. To be eligible to receive Title I School Improvement Grant funds, an LEA must have one or more schools identified for school improvement, corrective action, or restructuring under Section 1116(b) of Title I of the ESEA. OMB Circular A-87. 2 CFR 200, Subpart E - Cost Principles 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 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards. ED has issued guidance and an electronic application for this program, which may be found at http://www2.ed.gov/programs/sif/index.html. The Department will allocate funds to any State that submits an application meeting 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 a violation of State or Federal law, rules, regulations, or guidelines governing the applicable program, 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. An 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. At the LEA level, these funds may be used 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) of the ESEA. Grantees are subject to the reporting requirements contained in Parts 76 and 80 of the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR). 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 2 CFR 200, Subpart F - Audit Requirements, non-Federal entities that expend financial assistance of $750,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Non-Federal entities that expend less than $750,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in 2 CFR 200.503. 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 programs in which they participate. All grantees must maintain and complete records as provided 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). The Secretary is authorized through appropriations acts to reserve up to 5 percent of available funds for national activities.
Matching requirements are not applicable to this program.
MOE requirements are not applicable to this program. Title I School Improvement funds are available for obligation by State and local educational agencies for 27 months after funds become available on July 1. Funds become available to the Department on July 1, and will be allocated to States on or after that date. They remain available for obligation by LEAs under the initial period of availability for 15 months. Under section 421(b) of the General Education Provisions Act, any funds that remain unobligated may be carried over for obligation for an additional 12 months. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: Electronic transfer. None. James Butler Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW, Room 3W246, Washington, District of Columbia 20202 Email: James.Butler@ed.gov Phone: (202) 401-9737. http://www.ed.gov/oese 91-0900-0-1-501. (Formula Grants) FY 14 $505,756,000; FY 15 est $505,756,000; and FY 16 est $505,756,000 Fiscal Year 2014 (est): Range: $1,092,596 - $59,959,653. Average: $9,153,038. Applicants should contact the headquarters office for more information. Not Applicable.