NCLB Update

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NCLB Update

• October, 2005
• Marilyn Peterson, Federal Programs Administrator

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Agenda

• NCLB Qualified Teachers
• Adequate Yearly Progress
• NCLB Consolidated Application 2004-05
• Closeout and final reporting
• NCLB Consolidated Application 2005-06
• Payments
• REAP and other funding
• LB 126
• Upcoming Dates

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NCLB Qualified Teachers

• Fall Personnel Report identify teachers
  assigned outside of endorsed areas
• HOUSSE form due November 1
• Special Education teachers
• No HOUSSE form this year
• Curriculum Report in February new info
• http//www.nde.state.ne.us/TITLE1/nclbqualifiedtea
  chers.htm

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HOUSSE Forms

• Before submitting, check
• Has the form been signed by the authorized
  representative?
• Points for years of experience cant exceed a
  total of 45

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NCLB Teachers Report

• State of the Schools Report will report
  percentages of courses taught by NCLB Qualified
  Teachers for each school and district at all
  grade levels
• 5-day window in mid-November to review data
  before open to the public
• Located under Federal Accountability
• Percentages are basis of goals for Title II

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Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)

• State of the Schools Report opens to the public
  on November 30
• Federal Accountability will be open to the public
  on December 5th
• Adequate Yearly Progress same charts as on the
  10-day window and last year
• NCLB Qualified Teachers

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Graduation Data

• SPELL website open
• Contains the completer data for districts
  reporting students who completed high school in
  more than four years
• Districts need to identify if any of these
  students reported were Special Education or
  English Language Learners who received a regular
  diploma
• Data submitted by Nov. 12th used for AYP

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2004-05 Applications

• Can continue to amend the 2004-05 NCLB
  Consolidated Applications
• Budget changes only
• Helps if you notify the reviewer of what was
  changed
• Still some districts that have not amended in
  carryover from last February

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Important Dates

• Close-out of 2004-05 Application
• Opens November 1st
• Closes November 30th
• Payments for 2005-06 Application
• Opens November 15 for both Scheduled Payments and
  Auto-pay (reimbursement)

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Closeout - 2004-05 Applications

• Carryover limitations
• 15 for Title I (includes Title I Cooperative
  Projects)
• 25 for Title IV Safe and Drug Free
• Must request, in writing or email, a waiver to
  exceed these limitations before attempting
  closeout of these two programs

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What is a Final Report?

• In the Grants Management System, a Final Report
  
• Marks a programs budget as closed to further
  changes
• Moves any remaining funds as carryover
• Transferred carryover returned to original
  program
• Balances the years activities for that program
• Provides a year-to-date summary

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Who must submit a Final Report?

• Need a final report for all programs so that the
  grants management system can balance all grants
• Even if all funds have been spent in a program
  and youve already marked it as a final report,
  well need to have you complete this new final
  report

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Final Report

• Can submit expenditures through end of August
  (district fiscal year) or end of September
  (federal year) ---
• Title I and IV with carryover need to report
  through Sept. (carryover limitations apply)
• Please hold reimbursement requests ready now
  until we open the Final Report on November 1st

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2005-06 Applications

• All must be submitted by October 31st
• Perfect Storm last week in September
• New applications as well as amendments
• Approval of submissions and Payments
• Problems being addressed
• Adding more memory to servers
• Revising program to operate faster

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Approval Process

• Going smoother this year
• Common problems
• Title I nonpublic school allocations on page 4
  of Targeting must match the budget
• Staff page salaries must match the budget
• Goals and Needs Pages check only the Program
  (boxes) that will be used
• Check the Reviewers Checklist if returned

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Grant Award Notices

• View GAN (link) on the Status Bar
• Before October 1
• 45 of Title I allocation
• 40 of Title II, Part A
• 25 of Perkins
• After October 1st, the GAN will have 100 of
  allocations

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Payments in 2005-06

• NEW scheduled payments
• Selected this option on the Budget Detail page of
  Title I, Part A and Title II, Part A
• Equal payments every month of 75 of the approved
  amount in Object Codes 100 and 200
• Paid on the 15th of each month after application
  is approved with the balance at closeout
• Cumulative (sum of what was scheduled through the
  approved date)

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Auto-Pay Payments

• GMS will make payments for reimbursement requests
  without submission of supporting documentation
  until the total of auto-pay and scheduled
  payments (if any) reaches the thresholds (50 and
  75) of the approved budget for that program
• GMS will notify you when a threshold is reached
  and supporting documentation is needed

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REAP for 2005-06

• Grants mailed to districts already
• List of all allocations should be ready soon
• Contact U. S. D. E. - Robert.Hitchcock_at_ed.gov
• To get a new DUNS number if district has
  dissolved
• To inquire about payments for funds awarded in
  July 2003 and not received before Sept. 2005

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LB 126

• Preparing guidance for transitioning NCLB funds
  for districts that will dissolve or merge with
  other districts
• Calendar of important dates and activities
• NCLB program requirements
• Title I eligible schools and districts
• Adequate Yearly Progress

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2006-07 Funding

• Continuing Resolution until Nov. 18th
• Lower of current or House or Senate
• No increase in Title I
• 31 cut in Title IV
• 50 cut in Title V
• 25 cut in Title II, Part D
• No Even Start or Comprehensive School Reform

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Upcoming Due Dates

• Title I, Part A
• Comparability Report (NDE 04-008) - due November
  1
• Only for districts with at least 1,000 students
  and multiple attendance areas at same grade level
• Caseload Counts due December 1
• Only for districts with local residential
  agencies or county operated detention centers

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Math and Science Partnerships

• Two separate competitions
• NEW competitive grant for regional or statewide
  professional development
• One science and one math
• Three year proposals
• Focused on helping teachers meet NCLB Qualified
  requirements
• Local Math Science Partnerships
• http//www.nde.state.ne.us/msp/
• Both due December 1, 2005

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21st Century Community Learning Centers

• Due February 3, 2005
• Eligible buildings must have had a 40 or greater
  poverty (free and reduced lunch) percentage in
  2003-04
• Technical assistance meetings
• October 26th in Kearney, November 1st in Omaha
• Register for either on website
  http//www.nde.state.ne.us/21stcclc/

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Other

• Students enrolling in your district as a result
  of Katrina or Rita
• Report numbers and original state of residence
• Financial support proposed by U. S. D. E.
• Grant Management Requirements and Guidance
  October 2005 version