REQUEST FOR APPLICATION Application Guidelines

REQUEST FOR APPLICATION

Application Guidelines Abbreviated Program Guidelines

2018-2019 ESC ESSA-Title I, Part A Basic Services Initiative

Authorized by Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by P.L. 114-95, Every Student Succeeds Act

(ESSA)

Application Closing Date---5:00 p.m., Central Time August 16, 2018

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SAS #701A-19 PAGE 2 OF 12 2018-2019 ESC ESSA-TITLE I, PART A BASIC SERVICES INITIATIVE

T E X A S E D U C A T I O N A G E N C Y

Department of Contracts, Grants and Financial Administration 1701 North Congress Avenue

Austin, Texas 78701

© Copyright 2018 by the Texas Education Agency. All Rights Reserved.

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Contents Subgrantee Clarification .......................................................................................................................... 4 Contacts for Clarifying Information ......................................................................................................... 4

Program Contact ....................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Funding Contact ....................................................................................................................................................................... 4

US Department of Education and/or State Appropriations ...................................................................... 5 Grant Timeline ........................................................................................................................................ 5 Attachments ............................................................................................................................................ 5 Program Elements ................................................................................................................................... 6

Program Purpose, Goals, and Objectives................................................................................................................................. 6 Figure 1: ESC ESSA-Title I, Part A, Basic Services and Title I, Part A Capacity Building Initiatives ............................... 7

Shared Services Arrangement .................................................................................................................................................. 8 Cost Share or Matching Requirement ..................................................................................................................................... 8 Supplement, Not Supplant ....................................................................................................................................................... 8 Indirect Costs ............................................................................................................................................................................ 8 Limitation of Administrative Funds ........................................................................................................................................ 8 Pre-Award Costs ....................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Statutory Requirements ........................................................................................................................................................... 8 TEA Program Requirements .................................................................................................................................................... 9

Figure 2: ESC ESSA-Title I, Part A Basic Services: Tiered LEA and Campus Support ..................................................... 9 Allowable Activities and Use of Funds .................................................................................................................................... 11

Out-of-State Travel ............................................................................................................................................................. 11 General Allowable Activities and Use of Funds ................................................................................................................. 11

Unallowable Activities and Use of Funds ............................................................................................................................... 11 Field Trips............................................................................................................................................................................ 11 Advisory Council ................................................................................................................................................................. 11 Cost of Membership in Any Civic or Community Organization ........................................................................................ 11 Hosting or Sponsoring of Conferences .............................................................................................................................. 12 Travel Costs for Officials such as Executive Director, Superintendent, or Board Members .......................................... 12

Performance Measures ........................................................................................................................................................... 12 Federal Grant Requirements .................................................................................................................................................. 12

Equitable Access and Participation ................................................................................................................................... 12 Private Nonprofit School Participation ............................................................................................................................. 12 Maintenance of Effort ........................................................................................................................................................ 12

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Subgrantee Clarification TEA, as the pass-through entity1, is the grantee2 from the US Department of Education (USDE) and TEA awards subgrants to non-federal entities3 such as local educational agencies (LEAs), including school districts, charter schools, and education service centers, and to a lesser degree institutions of higher education (IHEs), and nonprofit organizations (NPOs) who are the agency’s subgrantees4. These guidelines apply to all subgrantees of TEA, regardless of whether referenced herein as subgrantee or grantee. For purposes of this document, TEA may use the terms grantee and subgrantee synonymously for its subrecipients.

Contacts for Clarifying Information

Program Contact Anita Villarreal, Department of Contracts, Grants and Financial Administration [email protected] Phone: (512) 463-8992 Fax: (512) 463-9176

Funding Contact Eleanor Blais, Grants Administration Division [email protected] Phone: (512) 463-8525 Fax: (512) 463-9811

1 Pass-through entity is defined as a non-Federal entity that provides a subaward to a subrecipient to carry out part of a federal program. (2 CFR 200.74)

2 Grantee is defined as the legal entity to which a grant is awarded and that is accountable to the federal government for the use of the funds provided. The term “grantee” does not include any secondary recipients, such as subgrantees and contractors that may receive funds from a grantee. (34 CFR 77)

3 Non-federal entity is defined as a state, local government, Indian tribe, institution of higher education, or nonprofit organization that carries out a federal award as a recipient or subrecipient. (2 CFR 200.69)

4 Subgrantee is defined by TEA to be the same as a subrecipient which is defined as a non-federal entity that receives a subaward from a pass-through entity to carry out part of a federal program; but does not include an individual that is a beneficiary of such program. (2 CFR 200.93) Subgrantee is defined in 34 CFR 77 as the legal entity to which a subgrant is awarded and that is accountable to the grantee for the use of the funds provided.

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US Department of Education and/or State Appropriations

The following is provided in compliance with the US Department of Education Appropriations Act:

Category - 6000 Amount

Total funds available for this project (total budget shall not exceed this amount) $1,300,000

Percentage to be financed with federal funds 100%

Amount of federal funds $1,300,000

Percentage to be financed from nonfederal sources 0%

Amount of nonfederal funds $0

Category - 6101 Amount

Total funds available for this project (total budget shall not exceed this amount) $742,960

Percentage to be financed with federal funds 100%

Amount of federal funds $742,960

Percentage to be financed from nonfederal sources 0%

Amount of nonfederal funds $0

Grant Timeline For all dates related to the grant, including reporting dates, see the TEA Grant Opportunities page. If a report due date falls on a weekend or holiday, the report will be due the following business day. All dates except the grant ending date may vary slightly as conditions require.

Attachments Attach this program guidelines document to the Standard Application System (SAS). These program guidelines are incorporated by reference into the approved SAS and the Notice of Grant Award (NOGA).

http://burleson.tea.state.tx.us/GrantOpportunities/forms/GrantProgramSearch.aspx

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Any additional attachments required to be submitted with this grant application are listed in Schedule #2—Required Attachments and Provisions and Assurances of the SAS.

Program Elements Program Purpose, Goals, and Objectives The purpose of the 2018–2019 ESC ESSA-Title I, Part A Basic Services Initiative is to provide sustained tiered support for and to work cooperatively with Title I, Part A campuses in implementing Title I, Part A ESSA programs that increase opportunities for all students enrolled in schools served by a Title I, Part A to meet challenging State academic assessment standards.

TEA’s strategic vision for ESSA is to improve student achievement, to ensure LEAs have sufficient guidance and technical assistance to meet federal compliance requirements, to strengthen the quality of local ESSA programs, and to promote coordinated use of funds for best practices aligned to TEA Strategic Priorities in the ESSA Consolidated State Plan.

TEA satisfies its responsibility to deliver ESSA technical assistance and support to LEAs through collaboration with ESCs. TEA collaborates with ESCs to ensure LEAs and campuses engaged in continuous improvement planning have access to tiered ESSA-Title I, Part A technical assistance and resources offered to LEAs under this initiative and through the 2018-2019 Title I, Part A Capacity Building Initiative. Figure 1 below shows how the ESC ESSA-Title I, Part A Basic Services and the Title I, Part A Capacity Building Initiatives align to TEA Strategic Priorities and Enablers.

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Figure 1: ESC ESSA-Title I, Part A, Basic Services and Title I, Part A Capacity Building Initiatives

* funded by ESC ESSA Basic Services and ESC Title I, Part A Basic Services Grants

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Shared Services Arrangement See the General and Fiscal Guidelines, Shared Services Arrangements.

Shared services arrangements (SSAs) are not allowed.

Cost Share or Matching Requirement See the General and Fiscal Guidelines, Cost Share/Match Requirement.

There is no cost share or matching requirement for this grant program.

Supplement, Not Supplant For supplement, not supplant guidance, see the Supplement, Not Supplant Handbook on the Grants Administration Division Administering a Grant page.

The supplement, not supplant provision does apply to this grant program.

Indirect Costs The grantee may claim a maximum for indirect costs equal to their current approved restricted indirect cost rate for this federally funded grant.

Use the Maximum Indirect Costs Worksheet, posted on the Federal Fiscal Compliance and Reporting Division’s Indirect Cost Rates page, to calculate the maximum indirect costs that can be claimed for a grant.

Limitation of Administrative Funds See the General and Fiscal Guidelines, Administrative Costs.

TEA limits the amount of funds that may be budgeted to administer the program to no more than 8% of the total grant awarded.

NOTE: Administrative funds include both direct administrative costs and allowable indirect costs.

Pre-Award Costs See the General and Fiscal Guidelines, Pre-Award Costs.

Pre-award costs are permitted from August 1, 2018, to stamp-in date.

Statutory Requirements Per Section 22.0834 of the Texas Education Code (TEC), any person offered employment by any entity that contracts with TEA or receives grant funds administered by TEA (i.e., a grantee or subgrantee) is subject to the fingerprinting requirement. TEA is prohibited from awarding grant funds to any entity, including nonprofit organizations, that fails to comply with this requirement. For details, refer to the General and Fiscal Guidelines, Fingerprinting Requirement.

http://tea.texas.gov/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=25769819073


http://tea.texas.gov/Finance_and_Grants/Administering_a_Grant.aspx

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TEA Program Requirements The ESC ESSA-Title I, Part A Basic Services Initiative provide tiers 1, 2, and 3 technical assistance and resources to ESCs, LEAs, and campuses receiving Title I, Part A funds. (See Figure 2 below for information on tiered supports for LEAs and schools.) Program requirements are listed below.

Figure 2: ESC ESSA-Title I, Part A Basic Services: Tiered LEA and Campus Support

1. Attend TEA ESC ESSA-Title I, Part A, meetings in Austin, TX. If scheduled, attend the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Institute in Austin, TX; attend scheduled ESSA Texas Education Telecommunication Network (TETN) meetings; attend other TEA-sponsored meetings and/or conferences, as required to fulfill the requirements of the ESC ESSA-Title I, Part A Basic Services grants. The purpose of these meetings is to ensure effective communication between TEA and ESC staff for Title I, Part A compliance requirements.

2. At least one ESC staff member must attend one of the Title I, Part A Parent and Family Engagement Statewide Initiative “cluster” trainings provided geographically across the state.

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3. ESCs will encourage at least one staff member to attend the National Title I Conference and the Statewide Parental Involvement Conference. The NAFEPA Conference and the Brustein & Manasevit Education Forum are allowable activities and use of funds.

4. Offer ongoing and continuous support for completing Comprehensive Needs Assessments (CNA), as required under ESSA, as amended by ESSA, Sec. 1114(b)(6), to include scheduling and conducting, at a minimum, one half-day training for LEAs and Title I schoolwide campuses.

5. Provide ongoing and continuous support for completing Campus Improvement Plans (CIP), as required by ESSA , as amended by ESSA, Sec. 1114(b)(1)-(7), to include scheduling and conducting, at a minimum, one half-day training for LEAs and Title I schoolwide campuses on the requirements and steps necessary to complete or update the (CIP) each year.

6. As TEA provides added ESSA guidance on needs assessments, continuous improvement models, best practices, recommended uses of ESSA funds aligned to the TEA Strategic Priorities, ESC(s) should provide information and/or training to LEAs and campuses on this guidance.

7. If applicable, provide technical assistance in the deficient areas for one to two campuses that participated in the 2018-2019 ESSA SWP Elements and the Supplement not Supplant Methodology Validation process and received Improvement Needed status.

8. Provide guidance and technical assistance to LEAs and campuses that need support, with added focus on tiered support for Improvement Required (IR) schools.

9. Schedule and hold a half-day training in fall (2018) and spring (2019) for Federal Program Directors or their designees on ESSA compliance requirements.

10. Provide TEA designed and approved professional development for LEAs and schools, including the use of approved ESSA resources developed collaboratively by TEA and ESCs within the region.

11. Provide training and technical assistance to LEAs on completing the annual ESSA Consolidated Grant Application for federal funding and ESSA-Title 1, Part A Compliance Report.

12. Provide training and technical assistance to LEAs and schools on school improvement strategies recommended by TEA, to include, but not limited to:

• Instructional Leadership Initiative (ILI) • The Specialized Application Negotiation and Technical Assistance (SANTA) Project • The System of Great Schools (SGS) Initiative.

13. Provide LEAs ongoing and continuous support, technical assistance, and training for Title I, Part A Parent and Family Engagement implementation requirements stated in ESSA, as amended by ESSA, Sec. 1116, to include scheduling and conducting a half-day training for LEAs on compliance with requirements for parent and family engagement.

14. As TEA provides added ESSA guidance for parent and family engagement aligned to TEA Strategic Priorities, ESCs should provide this information to LEAs.

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15. Participate in workgroups to develop training materials and coordinate services with the Department of Contracts, Grants and Financial Administration and other ESSA ESC initiatives, as needed or when requested.

16. Required to distribute to LEAs resources and information provided by the Building Capacity and Parent and Family Engagement Iniatives.

17. Provide assistance and/or training in the areas of need identified by USDE’s Performance Review and other monitoring that the Agency experiences.

Allowable Activities and Use of Funds See the Administering a Grant page for general guidance on allowable activities and use of funds.

Allowable activities and use of funds for this grant may include but are not limited to the following:

Out-of-State Travel Out-of-state travel costs are allowable. Out-of-state travel costs should be minimal. Travel costs are allowable as long as the expenses for transportation, lodging, subsistence, and related items are only incurred by employees on official business of the grantee and follow the grantee’s regular business operations and written travel policy.

Out-of-State Travel will require a written justification form to be maintained locally and made available to TEA upon request. To access the Out of State Travel Justification form, refer to the Administering a Grant page.

General Allowable Activities and Use of Funds See the Administering a Grant page for general guidance on allowable activities and use of funds.

Unallowable Activities and Use of Funds In general, refer to the Budgeting Cost Guidance Handbook on the Administering a Grant page for unallowable costs.

Field Trips Field trips may not be funded under the grant program.

Advisory Council An advisory council may not be funded under the grant program.

Cost of Membership in Any Civic or Community Organization The cost of membership in any civic or community organization may not be funded under the grant program.


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Hosting or Sponsoring of Conferences Conferences may not be hosted or sponsored under the grant program

Travel Costs for Officials such as Executive Director, Superintendent, or Board Members The cost of travel costs for officials such as the executive director, superintendent, or board members may not be funded under the grant program.

In addition, unallowable activities and use of funds for this grant may include but are not limited to the following:

Debt service (lease-purchase)

Performance Measures Performance measures will be added for the 2019-2020 grant application.

Federal Grant Requirements Equitable Access and Participation See the General and Fiscal Guidelines, Equitable Access and Participation.

This requirement does apply to this federally funded grant program.

Private Nonprofit School Participation See the General and Fiscal Guidelines, Private Nonprofit School Participation.

This requirement does not apply to this federally funded grant program.

Maintenance of Effort See the General and Fiscal Guidelines, Maintenance of Effort.

This requirement does not apply to this federally funded grant program.




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