Education Jobs Fund Program

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Education Jobs Fund Program

• Governors Office of Economic Recovery
• Presenter
• Matthew Hanson
• Director

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Education Jobs Fund Program

• Education Jobs Fund provides 10,000,000,000
  nationally for the purpose of educational
  instruction
• Arizona allocation- 211,824,489
• Leverages language from SFSF omits sections of
  the law that are not applicable
• Funding will not be distributed to IHEs nor
  extend the Governors Services Fund
• Funding may ONLY be disbursed to LEAs
• Funding will be distributed directly to eligible
  LEAs
• Public School Districts and Non-profit Charters

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Funding

• Arizonas LEAs will receive 207,600,000.00
• Funding distribution
• States primary elementary and secondary funding
  formulae
• Allocations developed and finalized on November
  3, 2010 based on October State Equalization
  payment
• Allocations range from 1,200 to almost
  13,000,000
• As of March 3, 2011
• A total of 53,521,230.49 (26) has been drawn
  down
• 293 entities (51) have received their full
  allocation

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Timeline

• States must make funding available for 2010-2011
  School Year
• Funds can only be used for obligations made on or
  after August 10, 2010
• Funding must be allocated and used by LEAs by
  September 30, 2012 (if the individual LEA opts to
  extend the funding for the additional 12 months
  per the Tydings Amendment)

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Governance

• A Governor may not direct how an LEA may use its
  Ed Jobs funds
• The State may not require an LEA to submit an
  application for Ed Jobs funds if the LEA has
  already submitted an SFSF application
• LEAs that have not submitted an SFSF application
  must submit an Ed Jobs application to the State
  to receive funds
• Governors Budget Recommendation
• Clarifying language released on February 16, 2011
• EduJobs Fund will not be used as a state budget
  replacement IF the general budget is decreased
• LEAs have discretion over funding use and draw
  down

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Process-

• LEAs will use Grants Management Enterprise (or
  Common Logon)
• Projects have been automatically generated for
  each LEA
• LEAs must submit a Cash Management Report in
  order to draw down the funding
• If an LEA needs to adjust the automatically
  generated budget, then an amendment is necessary
• Until a Cash Management Report is submitted,
  total allocation will remain in RSP
• An entity may draw down funding as many times as
  they would like funding will carry over across
  applicable years
• If an LEA is having difficulty navigating the
  Grants Management Enterprise please contact ADEs
  Grants Management Department at 602-542-3695

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Payment Process-

• Payments will be delivered in the same form that
  SFSF grants were distributed
• Traditional Districts- funding will first go to
  County Treasurers Offices
• Non-Profit Charters- funding will go directly to
  your entity
• Payments will be disbursed during the first week
  of every month
• Payment process takes about two weeks so the
  exact payment date will not be consistent from
  month to month
• Payments may be held if an entity does not have a
  valid CCR

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Eligible Expenses

• An LEA may use EduJobFunds to fund among other
  things
• Retain existing staff
• Hire new staff
• Restore reductions in salaries and benefits
• Implement salary increases
• Eliminate previously scheduled furlough days
• School-level employees ONLY
• Charter school guidance/requirements

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Accountability and Reporting

• Cash management rules apply
• Funding must be expended on a reimbursement basis
• LEAs must maintain records that separately track
  and account for EduJobFunds
• Arizona Auditor General issued guidance on
  November 23, 2010 and JTED clarification on
  December 13, 2010
• LEAs must fulfill reporting requirements under
  section 1512 of ARRA
• LEAs must complete Cash Management and Completion
  Reports
• Time and Effort is required per EDGAR

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Accountability and Reporting

• The GOER is the fiscal agent for the Education
  Jobs Fund Program
• Required to monitor LEAs to ensure compliance
  with all applicable requirements
• Additional information may be needed from LEAs as
  the U.S. Department of Education finalizes their
  monitoring plans
• U.S. Department of Education is requesting annual
  reports and thus more information may be
  requested from LEAs as those reports are
  developed

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More Information

• GOER Website http//www.azrecovery.gov/agencies/a
  gencies-governor-EDUJobs.html

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Contact

• Grants Management Department, ADE
• Stephanie Long
• 602-542-3695
• grants_at_azed.gov
• Governors Office of Economic Recovery
• Kenda DeLeon
• 602-542-4243
• kdeleon_at_az.gov