Voluntary Public School Choice

 

To support efforts to establish or expand public school choice programs to provide parents, particularly parents whose children attend low-performing public schools, with expanded education options for their children's education.

Deleted 03/03/2014 (Archived.) 84.361 Agency: Department of Education
Office: Office of Innovation and Improvement Project Grants (Discretionary) Fiscal Year 2012: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2013: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2014: No Current Data Available Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended, Title V, Part B, Subpart 3. State educational agencies (SEAs); local educational agencies (LEAs); and partnerships of either (a) one or more SEAs and (b) one or more LEAs or other public, for-profit, or nonprofit entities; or (a) one or more LEAs and (b) one or more public, for-profit, or nonprofit entities. Public school students. No Credentials or documentation are required. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-87. Preapplication coordination is required. Environmental impact information is not required for this program. This program is eligible for coverage under E.O. 12372, "Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs." An applicant should consult the office or official designated as the single point of contact in his or her State for more information on the process the State requires to be followed in applying for assistance, if the State has selected the program for review. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-102. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-110. Applications must be prepared and submitted in accordance with a notice published in the Federal Register. By the due date, eligible applicants must submit to the Department of Education a complete application that addresses the purposes of the program, the selection criteria, and any priorities included in the application notice, and all required assurances and signatures. The Department of Education awards these grants on a competitive basis. The program office notifies successful applicants of awards, negotiates final budgets, and awards grants. Contact the Headquarters Office as listed below for more information. 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. The General Education Provisions Act hearing procedures regarding recovery of funds are applicable to this program. Continuation awards are subject to the availability of appropriations. The selection criteria contained in EDGAR, 34 CFR 75.209 and 75.210 are used to evaluate applications. An eligible entity that receives a grant under this subpart may use the grant funds for: (1) planning or designing a program (for not more than 1 year); (2) making tuition transfer payments to public elementary schools or secondary schools to which students transfer under the program; (3) capacity-enhancing activities that enable high-demand public elementary or secondary schools to accommodate transfer requests under the program; (4) carrying out public education campaigns to inform students and parents about the program; and (5) other costs reasonably necessary to implement the program. Grantees may not use the grant funds for school construction, and may use not more than 5 percent of the funds made available through the grant for any fiscal year for administrative expenses. As part of the continuation funding process, grantees must submit performance reports annually. Final performance reports must be submitted within 90 days of the end of the grant award period. Cash reports are not applicable. Progress reports are not applicable. Expenditure reports are not applicable. Performance monitoring is not applicable. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-133. The financial records of each eligible entity receiving a grant under this subpart shall be maintained in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and shall be subject to an annual audit by an independent public accountant. In accordance with the General Education Provisions Act and the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), certain records must be retained for three years after the end of the grant. Statutory formulas are not applicable to this program.
Matching requirements are not applicable to this program.
MOE requirements are not applicable to this program. Awards may be made for up to 5 years. Continuation awards are subject to the availability of appropriations. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: Electronic transfer. None. Jeanne Gilroy, Department of Education, Office of Innovation and Improvement Parental Options and Information 400 Maryland Ave., S.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20202 Email: jeanne.gilroy@ed.gov Phone: (202) 205-5482. http://www.ed.gov/programs/choice/index.html 91-0204-0-1-501. (Project Grants) FY 11 $25,767,362; FY 12 est $0; and FY 13 est $0 Range of awards: $720,000-$2,640,000. Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), Parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. Fiscal Year 2012: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2013: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2014: No Current Data Available