Special Education Grants To States, Recovery Act

 

To provide grants to States to assist them in providing a free appropriate public education to all children with disabilities.

Deleted 01/15/2013 (Archived.) 84.391 Agency: Department of Education
Office: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services Formula Grants Fiscal Year 2010: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2011: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2012: No Current Data Available American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), Public Law 111-5; Individuals with Disabilities Education (IDEA), Part B, as amended, Section 611-618, 20 U.S.C. 1411-1418. State educational agencies in the 50 States, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam and Virgin Islands. State educational agencies make subgrants to local educational agencies. Children with disabilities will benefit. No State or jurisdiction may receive a grant unless the Secretary has approved the application under CFDA 84.027. 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. OMB Circular No. A-102 applies to this program. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-110. States did not need to submit new applications to receive the first 50 percent of the Recovery Act funds for Part B Grants to States because these funds were made available to each State based on the Stateâ₏™s eligibility determination for FY 2008 Part B funds. In order to receive the remaining 50 percent of Grants to States funds under the Recovery Act, States were required to submit an amendment to the FY 2009 application for review and approval by the Department. This amendment was required to address the record-keeping and reporting requirements that are specified in the Recovery Act. States are eligible to receive funds under this program if the State establishes eligibility for funds under Section 612 of Part B of the IDEA. Local education agencies establish eligibility by meeting local application eligibility requirements of Section 613 of Part B of the IDEA. Grants awards representing the total Part B grant amount under the Recovery Act were forwarded to the Stateâ₏™s department of education. Notification of the award was made to the Chief State School Officer. Contact the headquarters or regional office, as appropriate, for application deadlines. Not Applicable. Not Applicable. Not Applicable. States and other eligible entities qualify for funding based upon applications approved under IDEA, Section 612. Funds are used by State and local educational agencies, in accordance with the IDEA, to help provide the special education and related services needed to make a free appropriate public education available to all eligible children and, in some cases, to provide early intervening services. For Recovery Act-funded programs, States will be required to report on how funds are spent. Additional information on record keeping and reporting requirements will be included in application instructions or program guidance.

Grantees receiving Recovery Act funds should anticipate having to report, at a minimum, 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. Other reports may be required as specified in grant terms and conditions. In addition, financial and program reports must be submitted as detailed in CFDA 84.027. Financial and program reports must be submitted as required by grant award terms and conditions. Financial and program reports must be submitted as required by grant award terms and conditions. Financial and program reports must be submitted as required by grant award terms and conditions. Financial and program reports must be submitted as required by grant award terms and conditions. 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 for State administered programs (34 CFR 76.730-731). Generally, the State and its subgrantees must retain records related to grant funds and compliance for a period of 3 years from the date the subgranteee submits its final expenditure report for the funding period. 34 CFR 80.42. Also, all records supporting claims for Federal funds or relating to the accountability of the grantee for the expenditure of such funds must be accessible for administrative review. Statutory Formula: Part B. These funds were provided as a supplement to the regular IDEA, Grants to States grants (CFDA 84.027). Under the applicable formula, eighty-five percent of the funds were distributed based on the relative number of children in the age range for which States mandate services and 15 percent of the funds were distributed based on the relative numbers of those children living in poverty. IDEA Part B 611(a).
This program has no matching requirements. However, there are non-supplanting and excess cost requirements.
This program has MOE requirements, see funding agency for further details. The MOE requirements for this program apply to both State Educational Agencies and local educational agencies. Contact the program office for further details. Funds are available for obligation at the Federal level until September 30, 2010. State and local education agencies have an additional 12-month period to obligate funds they receive. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: No information provided. None. Ruth Ryder, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Special Education Programs, Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20202 Email: RuthRyder@ed.gov Phone: (202) 245-7629. http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/osep/index.html 91-0299-0-1-501. (Formula Grants) FY 09 $11,300,000,000; FY 10 $0; FY 11 $0 - No additional obligations expected for FY 2010 or 2011. The range of awards to States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico is $16.4 million to $1.2 billion, with an average award of $219 million. Grants to outlying States ranged from $200,000 to $500,000. Program regulations are at 34 CFR Part 300, and 34 CFR Parts 76-77,79, 80-82,84-86, and 97-99. Not Applicable.