Training Program

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Training Program

• School Renovation and Technology Grants Program

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Materials

• Letter
• Guidance and Instructions
• Application
• Training Program Handouts

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Support Materials

• Facilities Assessment
• Capital Plan
• Technology Plan

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Deadline

October 31, 2001
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Agenda

• Purpose of Grants
• Criteria for Awarding Grants
• Grant Amounts
• Determining Poverty and Rural Status
• Eligibility Charts
• Other Selection Criteria
• Key Guidance Issues
• Q A
• Review Application/Timeline
• Q A

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Grant Purpose

• Help school systems make school repairs or
  renovations to address severe needs and,
• Provide resources for renovation-related
  technology needs.

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Grants Awarded

• On a competitive basis
• On the following criteria
• of poor students enrolled in the LEA
• The need for school repairs and renovations
• The fiscal capacity of the LEA to meet repair
  needs
• The likelihood the LEA will maintain facilities

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Grant Amounts

• 17,209,755.00
• Amount available to the state
• 10,335,006.00 (75)
• Must be distributed to LEAs using High Poverty
  and Rural Status as a priority
• 4,302,438.00 (25)
• Will be available for all LEAs to compete for in
  the area of technology

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Minimum Amounts

• The amounts on the preceding slide indicate the
  minimum amount of money per category.

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Poverty

• Determined by 2000 U.S. Census Bureau Data
• Not participation in the free and reduced lunch
  program
• High Poverty
• LEAs with 30 or greater of children ages 5-17
  living in poverty or the number of children
  living in poverty in the LEA is at least 10,000

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Poverty (Cont.)

• High poverty LEAs will receive an amount
  proportional to the amount they receive under
  Title I, Part A in relation to the total Alabama
  Title I, Part A allocation
• This proportional amount is 41.51
• A minimum of 5,364,947 will be allocated to LEAs
  that qualify as high poverty

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Rural Status

• Metropolitan Statistical Analysis (MSA) data was
  used to determine rural status
• Rural LEAs will receive a proportional amount of
  what they received under Title I, Part A
• This amount is 38.51
• A minimum of 4,970,059 will be allocated to LEAs
  that qualify as rural

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Eligibility Charts

• School Renovation Grant
• Attachment 1
• Number of children in poverty x 130 or 100,000
  whichever is greater
• Technology Grant
• Attachment 2
• Number of children in poverty x 25 or 35,000
  whichever is greater

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Other Selection Criteria

• Applicants will have to demonstrate a connection
  between the Capital Plan, Technology Plan, and
  grant applications
• Only projects identified in LEA Capital Plan or
  assessment conditions assessed as severe in the
  assessment process will be acceptable projects

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Key Guidance Issues

• Emergency school repair or renovation projects
  that are necessary to ensure the health and
  safety of students and staff.
• Examples can be found under G.1, Guidance and
  Instructions.
• Page 1.

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Funds May NOT Be Used For

• Facilities maintenance costs.
• Construction of new facilities.
• Stadiums or facilities used for athletics or
  exhibitions or where admission is charged to the
  general public.

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Technology Projects

• Must be carried out in conjunction with school
  repair and renovation.
• Examples can be found on G.8, Guidance and
  Instructions.
• Page 2.

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Combining Funds

• Funds may be used with other funds in a more
  comprehensive project.
• Accounting for these federal funds should be done
  separately to demonstrate program compliance.
• May be combined with QZAB funds.
• Cannot be used for debt service.

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Fees

• Funds may be used for architect and engineering
  costs

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Supplement not Supplant

• Funds may only be used to supplement non-federal
  school repair and renovation funds.

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Community Input

• LEAs must provide parents, educators, and
  interested community members with an opportunity
  to consult and comment on the use of funds.
• Capital Planning Committee

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Additional Information

• Documentation
• Note information in guidance material
• LEAs that are eligible may apply for both grants.

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Questions and Answers

• Background, Eligibility and Selection

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Review Application/Timeline
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Questions and Answers

• Application and Timeline