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Formula Funding Available

May 17, 2010

TO THE ADMINISTRATOR ADDRESSED:

SUBJECT: 2010–2011 No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Consolidated Federal Grant Application

On Monday, June 7, 2010, the 2010–2011 NCLB Applicant Designation and Certification (ADC) form for the 2010–2011 NCLB Consolidated Federal Grant is scheduled to open in eGrants. The 2010–2011 NCLB ADC form initiates the application process for programs in the 2010–2011 NCLB Consolidated Federal Grant application. 
Eligible applicants use the ADC form to identify how they will apply in the grant application for each funding source. The information that is submitted on this form is considered to be binding. Applicants are advised to complete the process of obtaining local board approval, as appropriate, and ensuring accuracy before submitting the form. The NCLB ADC form, once certified and submitted by eligible applicants, will activate the 2010–2011 NCLB Consolidated Federal Grant application.

Eligible Applicants

Eligible applicants include local educational agencies (LEAs) with a 2010–2011 preliminary planning amount for any of the following NCLB programs:

• Title I, Part A—Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational Agencies
• Title I, Part C—Education of Migratory Children
• Title I, Part D, Subpart 1—Prevention and Intervention Programs for Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent, or At-Risk—State Agency Programs
• Title I, Part D, Subpart 2—Prevention and Intervention Programs for Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent, or At Risk
• Title II, Part A—Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund
• Title III, Part A—English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement—Immigrant
• Title III, Part A—English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement—Limited English Proficient (LEP)
  

LEAs with carryover (roll forward) funds in the Title II, Part D formula program or Title IV, Part A—Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities program must also apply for those carryover funds through the 2010-2011 NCLB Consolidated Federal Grant application.

Allocations

Preliminary planning amounts for these NCLB programs have been made available to LEAs online at: http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/opge/formfund/generalinformation/entitlementsbyprogram.html.
Note that eligibility and planning amounts for special LEAs, including open-enrollment charter schools, South Texas ISD, Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, and Texas School for the Deaf, will be determined based on the submission of the 2010–2011 SC5010-NCLB Data Request Form for Federal Funding due April 30, 2010, as well as on final U.S. Department of Education allocation data to be released in June 2010. Therefore, planning amounts for these entities will not be shown on the Web site until July 2010.

How to Apply

Eligible applicants must apply through the eGrants system. To apply, applicants must have appropriate Texas Education Agency Secure Environment (TEA SE) access. Applicants who do not have TEA SE access for eGrants should visit the TEA SE Information Center online at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/opge/egrant/index.html. An overview of the TEA SE online request process can be found at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/opge/egrant/eGrantsOverview.pdf. If you need further assistance, please call the eGrants Help Desk at (512) 463-7025 or e-mail egrants@tea.state.tx.us.

Accessing the NCLB ADC and Grant Application

On June 7, 2010, applicants may locate the NCLB ADC form through TEA SE via eGrants as follows:

1. Open the drop-down list titled “Available Grant Programs in eGrants.”
2. From the drop-down list, select “2010–2011 NCLB Consolidated Federal Grant Application.”
3. On the Grant Menu screen, select “2010-2011 NCLB Applicant Designation and Certification.”

Deadline to Apply

Eligible applicants must apply through the eGrants system by 5:00 p.m. Central Time, Wednesday, September 1, 2010. Applications are effective on the date received in TEA in substantially approvable form, or July 1, 2010, whichever is later.

Reporting Deadlines

The following table lists reporting deadlines for programs approved in the 2010–2011 NCLB Consolidated Federal Grant application. LEAs that are awarded grants are responsible for meeting all required deadlines. Failure to meet deadlines may result in loss of funds and could cause the LEA to be identified as “high risk.”

Grant Program and Compliance Report A compliance report shown with an asterisk* is one report, which covers the regular NCLB programs.	Grant Period or Report Period	Final Expenditure Report	Compliance Report Due Date
All NCLB programs	7/1/2010–9/30/2011	10/31/2011
NCLB Consolidated Compliance Report	7/1/2010–9/30/2011		8/1/2011
Gun-Free Schools—District Report*	7/1/2010–9/30/2011		6/30/2011
Gun Free Schools—Campus Report*	7/1/2010–9/30/2011		6/30/2011
Private Nonprofit Participation Report*	7/1/2010–4/29/2011		4/29/2011
Beginning of Year Status Annual Report of Highly Qualified Teachers*	Snapshot as of 9/15/2010		11/1/2010
End of Year Status Amendments to Annual Report of Highly Qualified Teachers*	School Year 2010-2011		6/15/2011

Information and Assistance

For program information, please contact the Division of NCLB Program Coordination at (512) 463-9374, or visit the program Web site at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/nclb/.
For funding information, including information about the ADC form, please contact the Division of Formula Funding at (512) 463-8525, or e-mail formulafunds@tea.state.tx.us.

Sincerely,

Yolanda Cantu
Senior Director, Division of Formula Funding