Teacher Incentive Fund, Recovery Act

 

To support projects that develop and implement performance-based compensation systems for teachers, principals, and other personnel in high-need schools that must include growth in student academic achievement as well as classroom evaluations conducted multiple times during each school year, among other factors, and provide educators with incentives to take on additional responsibilities and leadership roles.

Deleted 01/15/2013 (Archived.) 84.385 Agency: Department of Education Project 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, Title V, Part D, Subpart 1, and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 111-5. Contact Program Office. Contact Program Office. OMB Circular No. A-87 applies to grantees under the TIF 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. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-110. Applicants must prepare and submit applications in accordance with the notice published in the Federal Register. By the due date, eligible applicants must submit to the Department of Education, Application Control Center, a complete application that addresses the purposes of the program, the selection criteria, and the competitive priority (if applicable) included in the application notice, and includes all required assurances and signatures. Required assurances and certifications include: Assurances for Non-Construction programs (SF 424B); Certifications regarding Lobbying, Disbarment; Suspension and other Responsibility Matter, and Drug-Free Workplace Requirements (ED Form 80-00013); Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (SF LLL) (if applicable); Response to Notice to All Applicants (Section 427, GEPA). Applications should also include a Cover Page (SF 424); the required Budget Form (ED Form 524); an itemized budget and other budget information; a project abstract; and a program narrative that includes responses to selection criteria. Applicants are encouraged to submit one original and two copies of the application. If an applicant is successful, the Department of Education notifies the applicantâ₏™s U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators and will send the successful applicant a Grant Award Notification (GAN). The Department of Education may also notify the successful applicant informally. Contact the headquarters or regional office, as appropriate, for application deadlines. The range of approval/disapproval time is approximately 60 to 120 days following the application deadline. Not Applicable. Renewals are subject to the availability of appropriations and a grantee's satisfactory progress. The selection criteria were included in the full application package and published in the Federal Register notice. Contact the program office for more information. Successful applicants must use these funds to carry out the activities described in their approved applications. Grantees may use these funds to develop and implement performance-based compensation systems, including incentives to take on individual responsibilities and leadership roles. No program reports are required. No cash reports are required. Annual performance reports must be submitted for each project year. Final performance reports and the final evaluation report must be submitted after the end of the grant period. Grantees under this competition 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. 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. In accordance with the General Education Provisions Act and The Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), certain records must be retained for three years. Statutory formulas are not applicable to this program.
Matching requirements are not applicable to this program.
MOE requirements are not applicable to this program. The application notice will specify the length of the project period. Renewals are subject to the availability of funds and a granteeâ₏™s satisfactory progress. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: Electronic Transfer. None. April Lee, Headquarters Office: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave., S.W. , Washington, District of Columbia 20202 Email: april.lee@ed.gov Phone: (202) 401-2266. No Data Available 91-0197-0-1-501. (Salaries) FY 09 $200,000,000; FY 10 $0; FY 11 $0 Estimated range of awards: $239,000 to $10,366,000.
Estimated average award: $2,000,000. Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), Parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 97, 98, and 99. Contact program office for additional information. Not Applicable.