2015 DFP Fall Regional Workshop Welcome. PA Department of Education Division of Federal Programs 333 Market St. 7 th Floor Division of Federal Programs

2015 DFP2015 DFPFall Regional WorkshopFall Regional Workshop

WelcomeWelcome

PA Department of EducationDivision of Federal Programs

333 Market St. 7th FloorDivision of Federal ProgramsHarrisburg, PA 17126

Tel : (717) 783-2193 Fax : (717) 787-8634

www.education.state.pa.us Then follow these links to find our page:

•Teachers and Administrators•More…•Federal Programs

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http://www.education.state.pa.us/

Fall Regional Workshop Agenda

• DFP Structure• Uniform Grants Guidance• DFP Updates• DFP General Info• Fiscal and Reporting Requirements• Comparability• Monitoring

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DFP Structure

• Five Teams – Entire State –– Members on each team include:

• Two Regional Coordinators– Program and Fiscal Questions

• One Administrative Technician– eGrants

– Final Expenditure Reports

– Budget Revisions

• One Administrative Support Person– General Questions

– One point of contact for each school district• If questions, call Regional Coordinator first.

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Division of Federal Programs

Contacts

Division AdministrationDivision ChiefSusan McCrone

(717) 783-9161 [email protected]

Clerical/Admin SupportAlison Mosher(717) 783-9161

Federal Funds Manager Kelly Gallatin


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Team # 1

Regional CoordinatorErin Derr (IU 2, 26)


Education Administration Associate Kelly Iorfida (IU 2, 26)


Administrative SupportKaren Trissler (IU 2, 26)


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Team # 2Regional Coordinator/ Supervisor

Norma Hull (IU 1, 8, 16)(717) 783-7790 [email protected]

Regional Coordinator Erin Oberdorf (IU 3, 11, 24)


Administrative Technician Phil Cooper (IU 1, 3, 8, 11, 16, 24)


Administrative SupportLennette Wilson (IU 1, 3, 8, 11, 16, 24)

(717) 787-7372 [email protected] 8

Team # 3Regional Coordinator/ SupervisorDonald McCrone (IU 10, 17, 18, 19)


Regional CoordinatorTucker McKissick (IU 4, 7, 27, 28)(717)783-3381 [email protected]

Education Administration AssociateKen Krawchuck (IU 4, 7, 10, 17, 18, 27, 28)

(717)787-7135 [email protected]

Administrative Technician Tracy Rapisarda (IU 4, 7, 10, 17, 18, 27, 28)


Administrative Support vacant 9


Cindy Rhoads (IU 22, 23, 25)(717) 783-9167 [email protected]

Regional CoordinatorJesse Fry (IU 12, 13, 15)


Administrative Technician Barbara Kuhn (IU 12, 13, 15, 22, 23, 25)


Administrative SupportAngela McGeehan (IU 12, 13, 15, 22, 23, 25)

(717) 783-6908 or [email protected] 10


Maria Garcia (IU 14, 20, 21, 29)(717) 783-6904 [email protected]

Regional CoordinatorMaria Garcia (IU 5, 6, 9)


Administrative Technician Reba Kansiewicz (IU 5, 6, 9, 14, 20, 21, 29)

(717) 783-6903 or [email protected]

Administrative SupportSheri Graves (IU 5, 6, 9, 14, 20, 21, 29)

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Uniform Grants Guidance

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UGG Overview

• Updated federal grants guidance– Effective December 26, 2014– ALL federal grants

• Purpose: Eliminate fraud, waste and abuse of federal funds

• Shifts from compliance to performance– Annual performance reports will be required in

September 2016 for all federal grants.– Based on performance goals listed in 2015-16

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UGG Requirements• Emphasis on LEA policies and procedures

– Conflict of Interest– Allowability of Costs– Cash Management– Travel Reimbursement– Procurement (2 year grace period for implementation)

• MUST be in place for 2015-16 Single Audit– Will result in a finding if not available

• Federal Programs Monitoring– Will result in a “Not Met” and Corrective Action Plan

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UGG Requirements• PDE must conduct a Subgrantee Risk Assessment

prior to awarding funds– Factors to determine risk will include:

• Timely submission of required documents– Consolidated Application – Fiscal and Program Reports

• Returning prior year funds• Suspension of payments for any reason• Prior year monitoring/audit findings

• Districts determined to be “high risk” may have more restrictions on how grant funds can be spent (prior approval from PDE on expenditures, reimbursement rather than monthly payments, etc.) 15

UGG Changes• Allowable Costs:

– Reasonable dependent care costs (children/parents) are reimbursable costs for travel

– Entertainment costs may be approved, with prior written PDE approval, if such costs include a programmatic component supported by the intent of the grant program

• Documentation:– Attendance at conferences must be supported by

documentation that supports the conference is appropriate and related to the federal grant.

• Subgrantee Monitoring:– LEA must monitor all contracts involving federal funds,

including nonpublic programs/services and procurement contracts.

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UGG Changes

• Subrecipient/subcontractor monitoring is now the responsibility of the pass through agency. (i.e., nonpublic programs, contracts)

• Increased emphasis on ensuring that federal funds are being spent in a manner to affect performance goals.

• Will require increased collaboration between business office and program staff.

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What stays the same?

• Time/Effort Documentation (unless further clarified by USDE)

• All other allowable costs

• Individual grant requirements

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UGG Tools/Resources

• Templates

• USDE Toolkit

UGG Implementation

• Policy/Procedure Documents – Conflict of Interest – Now– Allowability of Costs – Now– Travel Reimbursement – Now– Cash Management – Now– Procurement – Update Existing Policies -Now

• Implementation – 2016-17**Recent updates allow an optional grace period of up to two years from December 2014 for

implementation of the revised procurement standards at the discretion of the SEA. Waiting for the official determination from PDE on the length of the grace period, if any.

Division of Federal Programs

Updates

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ESEA Flexibility Waiver Updates

• 1 year renewal of PA’s ESEA Waiver approved by USDE on September 8, 2015.

• 3 year fixed Focus/Priority list. New list run in 2017-18 using 2016-17 data.

• Schools need to meet all AMOs related to the Focus/Priority designation in years 2 and 3 to exit status (2015-16 and 2016-17).

• Full waiver can be found at http://www2.ed.gov/policy/elsec/guid/esea-flexibility/index.html

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ISP/PAFPC Conference• Improving School Performance – Sheraton Station Square,

Pittsburgh– February 7th -10th

– If interested in presenting the Call for Session Proposals can be found on the PAFPC website at: www.pafpc.org/.

– PDE pays for 2 presenters per team.• Conference Strands and Targets: The proposed strands/targets for the 2016

Title I ISP Conference will be organized around the general requirements of ESEA with respect to:

– Reading, mathematics and science achievement– Teacher effectiveness & evaluation– Parent involvement – School reform & improvement– Successful secondary school initiatives

• PA Federal Programs Conference – Seven Springs Resort, Champion, PA (May 1st – 4th )

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Reward Schools Grant

• New 2015-16 competition

• Two kinds of grants: – Innovation – the reward school identifies best practices for

high achievement

– Collaboration – reward school works with a focus school to meet the AMO they did not achieve.

• Stay tuned for more information

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Rural Education Achievement Program (REAP)

• Rural Low Income Schools (RLIS)– Grant coordinated by DFP

– 2013-14: 41 LEAs eligible for $1,610,798



• Small Rural Schools Achievement (SRSA)– USDE Administered

– 2015-16: 30 LEAs eligible for $441,115

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School Intervention Grant

2014/2015

Title I Priority/Focus Schools

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Priority/Focus Schools Updates

• 1003 (a) Title I set aside funding for 2014/15 – Formula funding for SI - $18,726,564

• 85 LEAs receiving School Intervention Grant• Parent Notification

– Template from DFP

• Priority/Focus designations remain additional year– Priority Schools reviewed annually

• Lowest 5%

– Focus schools reviewed biannually• Lowest 10% not including Priority Schools

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School Intervention Grant

Use of Funds– Support strategies/interventions described in the

School Level Plan (Comp Plan AND addendum or DFP School Improvement Template)

– Interventions funded in combination with Title I: 20% set aside in Reservation of Funds (Consolidated Application)

– 10% Professional Development no longer required

– Federal funds are supplemental, reasonable and necessary

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Title I 20% Set Aside

Carryover/Rollover of Unspent funds

–Remain in Building–Redistributed

•Documentation of Interventions that addressed the needs in the building•No additional funds required to meet these needs•No Rollover Form needed from DFP

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New in 2015-16

• Please note that if you do not use eSignature PDE’s Legal Office requires an updated signature page whenever an application is resubmitted.

• For Funding Adjustments this will not apply.

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Sub-Approval Letters

• DFP no longer mails a hard copy of the sub-approval letter

• LEAs can now print them from Consolidated Application in eGrants:– Consolidated Application main page– Reporting– Final Reporting

*See next slide

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Printing Approval Letters

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Click on Reporting

Printing Approval Letters cont.

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Click on “Final Reporting”

• Approval Letters contain LEA’s project “Start Dates”

- Date LEA may begin obligating project funds

DFP General Info

Title IA Targeted vs. Schoolwide

Targeted:– School identifies students and provides them with supplemental

education services• Title I dollars must benefit identified students ONLY

Schoolwide:– Coordinate federal, state and local resources and services to upgrade

the entire educational program in the school

– Ensure all children meet core standards, especially those most at risk

– Building requirements: 40% poverty based on Free/Reduced Lunch– 30% - 39% may request a waiver– Priority and Focus schools regardless of poverty

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Title IIA

• Funding may be used for: – High quality, scientifically-based Professional

Development– Class Size Reduction

• Requirements:– Annual Professional Development Needs

Assessment– Include parents

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Title III• Funding for Limited English Proficient (LEP),

including immigrant students, to develop English proficiency and meet core standards

• LEAs with allocations of less than $10,000 for LEP can enter in a consortium with other LEAs for delivery of services

• LEAs required to enter LEP data in PIMS

• Funding for Non-publics determined by LEP data

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Amendments/Funding Adjustments

• Final Allocations from USDE– changes in state allocation amounts from USDE

– original/preliminary allocations are ESTIMATES

• Adjustments for Charter School (CS) Students– impact of updated info on CSs & cyber schools

– opening or expanding CS in your LEA

– or increased enrollment in existing ones

• New Programs added to Consolidated Application (Amendment)

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Funding Adjustments/Amendments

• Typically occurs in February each year

• Regional Coordinators in DFP notify LEAs after final allocations have been loaded into eGrants system

• LEAs should adjust amended project budgets & resubmit via eGrants ASAP

• LEAs will not need to upload a new Nonpublic Sign-off form

• LEAs will not need to upload FFATTA form

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EdNA

• We rely on EdNA for current information– We ask that you notify us if there is a building change (name

change or address change) or personnel change as soon as possible.

– Changes should be sent to [email protected]

• Some things can be updated by your portal EdNA updater – Principal– Address– School Web Address– Phone Number

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EdNA and eGrants

• Administrator information on EdNA may be changed at any time throughout the year:– changes must include the board notes that appoint the new

Superintendent/CEO/Executive Director.

• Federal Programs cannot process any applications on eGrants without the Authorized Representative’s name matching EdNA (unless there is prior approval from our Legal office)

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Non-public School Info

• Timely and Meaningful Consultations – Occur throughout the school year – Document consultations! (required in NP narrative)

• Emails

• Phone Calls

• Meeting Dates

• Agendas

Link to the Non-Public Toolkit:

http://www2.ed.gov/programs/titleiparta/ps/titleitoolkit.pdf

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Community Eligibility Provision

• The Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) is being promoted via the Division of Food and Nutrition.

• CEP is an optional program and only certain buildings within a LEA may be eligible.

• 2014-2015 is the first year of the program.

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• Inquiries related to the specifics of the CEP program should be directed to the Division of Food and Nutrition

• [email protected]

• 1-800-331-0129

• http://www.education.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/FNS/7483/p/1726506

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• Buildings within a LEA and private schools can

become eligible for a 4-year time period.

• The incentive: free breakfast and lunch to all

students in a participating building.• Individual buildings, or groups of buildings within a

LEA, can become eligible by meeting a Direct Certification Level of 40%.

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• Direct Certification data comes from student lists that are not subject to verification. This includes those directly

certified through SNAP and TANF.

• Eliminates the need to send out participation forms as is

done for the traditional Free and Reduced headcount.

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Community Eligibility Provision• Title I is impacted because Free and Reduced Lunch

data is the most commonly utilized low-income data

source.• Free and Reduced Lunch count is used to rank

buildings according to poverty level within the Title I

application.• There are several options when endeavoring to make

Direct Certification/CEP data look like Free and Reduced data.

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• USDE suggests applying a multiplier of 1.6 against DC/CEP data to make it similar to what would typically be collected via

the traditional Free and Reduced survey procedure.

• This becomes of particular importance when a LEA has some buildings participating in CEP and others that are not. For Title I ranking purposes all low-income data must be uniform

in nature.

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• The 1.6 multiplier is also the current rate used by the Division of Food and Nutrition to make buildings and building groupings eligible. Subsidy maximization is also derived using this

multiplier.• USDE derived this number based upon a statistical study that

accounted for the fact that Direct Certification/CEP data would be inherently lower than Free and Reduced Lunch count. This gap occurs since surveys will no longer be sent.

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• This adjusted data will be used for the first time during

the 2015-16 application process.

• For information regarding how to apply the 1.6 multiplier, please contact Jesse Fry at [email protected] and/or 717-

783-6829.

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Allowances for Food at Parent Involvement Meetings

• Must have “a very high burden of proof” to include food.

• Never purchase for “networking” activities

• Don’t accept food/beverage costs embedded into a venue’s contract.

• Food is not an indirect cost.

• Never pay for alcohol.

• Meeting costs must be necessary and reasonable.

• As long as there is a connection to a programmatic purpose and the cost is reasonable, an LEA may continue to provide food at Title I parent meetings.

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Title I Parent Involvement• Required:

– LEA Parent Involvement Plan, updated annually– School Parent Involvement Plan, update annually– Parent/School Compact, updated annually– Annual Title I Parent Meeting– Parent Notifications:

• Right-To-Know Letter – Teacher Qualifications (annually)

• Right-To-Know Letter – Non-Highly Qualified Teacher (as needed)

• Priority/Focus school status– LEAs receiving over $500,000 (Title I) must set aside

1% for Parent Engagement• 95% of the 1% must be spent at the building level and

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LEA/School Parent Involvement Policies• Each LEA that receives Title I, Part A funds must

develop a written parental involvement policy that establishes the LEA’s expectations for parental involvement.

– Must be updated annually with parent involvement.– Must be disseminated to all Title I parents annually

• The School Level PI policy must align with the district

policy but be unique to the school.– Must be updated annually with parent involvement.– Must be disseminated to all Title I parents annually

• Charter Schools must complete both a LEA and School level policy HANDOUT 53

Title I Parent Meeting

• Explanation of Title I and how implemented in school – include descriptions of:– Student curricula– Student assessments– Proficiency Levels

• Seek parent input on:– Planning, review and improvement in Title I

program– Parent Involvement policies– Parent/School Compact

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Title I Parent/School Compacts• Describe school’s responsibility to provide

high-quality curriculum• Describe importance of communication, i.e.

– Parent-Teacher Conferences– Frequent reports– Reasonable access to staff– Volunteering in child’s classes

• Describe Parent Responsibilities, i.e. – Monitoring homework– Television time– Attendance

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Additional Parent Requirements• Program Information

– How to monitor child’s progress– How to work with teachers to improve achievement

• Parent Training and Materials, i.e.– Promoting family literacy– How to use technology– Parenting skills

• Train teachers, pupil services personnel and principals with the assistance of parents– Value and utility of parent contributions– How to reach out to and communicate with parents– How to work with parents as equal partners– How to implement and coordinate parent programs

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Additional Parent Requirements

• Coordinate parent involvement programs with Head Start and other preschool programs

• Ensure that all parent communications are in a language that is understandable to parents– Transact.com

– Keep translated document on hand for monitoring

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Fiscal and Reporting Requirements

PIMs Data Collection• Title I Staff and Student Participation Data

• Title III Professional Development Survey and Title III Non-public LEP/IMM Counts

– Collection window: October 1-16– Follow-up, Review and Editing window: October

20-30– Correction window: November 3-13– Accuracy Certification Statement (ACS) due date

for Title I collection: December 4, 2015– Submitted in PIMS

PIMS Resources

• Title I Staff and Student Participation collection appears on:– 2015-16 PIMS Collection Calendar available on PIMS

website: www.education.state.pa.us

• Teachers & Administrators >> PIMS >> PIMS Reporting Dates

– PIMS Manual: www.education.state.pa.us• Teachers & Administrators >> PIMS >> PIMS Manuals

• PIMS Help Desk:– 1-800-661-2423

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• Comparability– New in 15-16: Submitted electronically– http://pa.nclbcomparability.com/Login.aspx– November 15

• Neglected and Delinquent Counts– Submitted electronically via 3048 form– https://www.ndprogramspa.com/– December 15

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Reports – Due Dates – 2015-2016

Fiscal Reports

• Final Expenditure Reports– Submitted online

via eGrants• Grant Applications• Consolidated

Application• Click on Subprojects

– Questions? Contact your Administrative Technician in DFP

• Quarterly Reports– Submitted online via

the PDE Web Portal/FAI System

– PDE website– Submitted to the Labor,

Education Comptroller’s Office

* Failure to submit on time will stop payments

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Final Expenditure Reports (FERs)

Must be completed & submitted for all federal programs.Closes out projects & reports funds have been expended & are in compliance with approved budget.Created, completed & submitted via eGrants system.Subprojects (Title I, II, etc.) and Consolidated Application must be in Completed status.Failure to submit FERs by due date could result in:

◦Suspension or loss of any project funds remaining◦Single Audit Finding

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FERs – Due Dates• Must be submitted as soon as project funds are

expended, but no later than 30 days after project end date of September 30 (October 30, 2015).

• If LEA requested carryover, the project end date is extended 12 months. FER must still be submitted as soon as project funds are expended.– 2014-15 project FERs due no later than 10/30/15

• With Carryover due no later than 10/30/16

– 2013-14 project FERs (that had carryover) are due no later than 10/30/15

• Check FAI for project balances ASAP!

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Budget Revisions –Things to Know:Necessary if....

• Program funds were expended on a previously unbudgeted category.

• If any Function code line total (in Actual Expenditures section of FER) increased 20% or more compared to the last approved summary budget.

• If Object code 700 or 900 changes then a budget revision IS required.

– 700 is Property/Equipment– 900 is Indirect Costs

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Budget Revisions –Things to Know

• In order for an LEA to create a Budget Revision:– Subprojects (Title I, II, etc.) and Consolidated Application

must be in Completed status.

– Create Revision option is located within subproject.

– Status changes to Submitted after LEA submits revision. – Email your Administrative Technician in DFP after submitting

revisions.

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Comparability

Comparability

New calculation started in 2013-2014

•An LEA must first attempt to demonstrate comparability by showing that its combined state and local per-pupil expenditures (including actual personnel and actual non-personnel expenditures) in each Title I school, using prior year financial data, are at least 90% of the average combined state and local per-pupil expenditures for its non-Title I schools.

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Comparability: General Rule- §1120A(c)

• An LEA may receive Title I Part A funds only if it uses state and local funds to provide services in Title I schools that, taken as a whole, are at least comparable to the services provided in non-Title I schools.

• If all are Title I schools, all must be “substantially comparable.”

• First must try to demonstrate using the per pupil expenditure formula.

• If per pupil expenditure fails, may demonstrate by staff/pupil ratios.

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Exclusions

• Pre-K expenditures• Central office costs (including cost center

2818).• Charter School Tuition• Alternative Education Programs (if enrollment

is District Wide only)• Summer School expenditures (if enrollment is

District Wide only)• Federal expenditures

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Exclusions, cont.• English language instructional costs• Special education (including gifted and OT/PT)• Transportation• Food Services• Capital expenditures (LEA capitalization threshold)• Self-funded health insurance costs

Be prepared to justify any other exclusion and keep all documentation on file.

Personnel costs defined as objects 100 and 200.

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Timing Issues

Guidance: Must be annual determination

Per Pupil Expenditures: Budget for upcoming year and make adjustments in current year, if needed

Staff to Student Ratio: Review for current year and make adjustments for current year

Assurances are due November 15

If assurance statements are not received, Title I funds may be suspended.

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Comparability Submission• STEP 1 – Setting Up

• Go to: pa.NCLBComparability.com

• You may use any browser but you will get the best experience from Chrome or Firefox. – Access is not granted immediately, a DFP Administrator must

approve the account– Once the DFP Administrator approves the account the

requester receives an email to setup their password and login

• STEP 2 – Group Comparisons• Districts complete the comparability wizard

– At the last step they print, sign and upload the compliance document

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Comparability Submission, cont.

• STEP 3 – Compliance

• Districts must first complete Per Pupil Expenditure Comparison. If a district does not successfully meet comparability requirements by this method, they need to request access to Student to Staff Ratio method by contacting your regional coordinator or

[email protected] . • Districts manage where they are in the process

– Has the district signed up for access– Has the district completed the assurance wizard– Has the district uploaded their assurance documents

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2015-16 Monitoring

2015-16 Monitoring

• All Priority schools will be monitored for Priority status at the school level

• All Focus schools not monitored in 2014-15 will be monitored for Focus status at the school level

• All LEAs and Charter Schools that fall under the “high risk” and “medium risk” category, based on DFP’s Subgrantee Risk Assessment, will be monitored this year

• All Cycle 2 LEAs and Charter Schools, that do not fall under the two categories, will move to 2016-17 monitoring

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Subgrantee Risk Assessment

• Divided all LEAs and Charter Schools into 3 categories:– “high risk”– “medium risk”– “low risk”

• Not a federal designation just a category based on the components of our Subgrantee Risk Assessment

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Subgrantee Risk Assessment FactorsFactors included in DFP’s Subgrantee Risk Assessment:•Monitoring Findings

– Fiscal– Programmatic

•Timely submission of required documents– PIMS– Comparability– Quarterlies– FERs– Consolidated Application/Funding Adjustments/Amendments– Monitoring Corrective Action

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Subgrantee Risk Assessment Factors, cont.

• Excessive Carryover• Suspension of payments for any reason• Amount of Federal Funds allocated• New Entity (Charter School/LEA)• Federal funds returned to PDE• Not meeting MOE

**As soon as we get the list of LEAs to be monitored based on the Subgrantee Risk Assessment, we will share it**

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Monitoring

• Letters go out to LEAs’ Superintendents and CEOs– Name of assigned monitor– DFP contact information– LEA Username and Password for Fed Monitor

online system– Tips to help LEAs prepare for monitoring visit

• Monitors contact districts to set site visit date

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LEA Responsibilities

• Complete online self-assessment through Fed Monitor at least 2 weeks prior to site visit

• Prepare documentation for monitor review

• Have federal program staff, building principal, and 3-5 Title I parents available for site visit date

• Contact Academic Recovery Liaisons for Priority schools and advise them of the site visit date

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After the site visit

• Monitor completes instrument on Fed Monitor, ensuring all boxes are correctly checked and comments are made where necessary

• Monitor locks document when completed. LEAs may go back into instrument to review, but cannot make changes

• If LEA disagrees with a finding, contact Regional Coordinator

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After the site visit

• Monitor reports are reviewed by DFP

• If no citations LEA receives an In Compliance letter from DFP stating all programs are in compliance with federal laws and regulations

• If LEA is out of compliance:– LEA receives letter with Corrective Action Plan

and due date

– When corrective actions have been completed, LEA receives an In Compliance letter

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Keys to a successful site visit

• Work with the Lead Monitor to prepare a visit schedule– Try to assign buildings within the same

geographic area to monitors

• Make sure all online documentation is complete– Consolidated Application and Funding

Adjustment/Amendment– Online Monitoring Instrument

• Gather and organize all documentation84

TOP 10 MONITORING FINDINGSOF 2014/15

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10.Parents (in Title I schools only) are notified if their child is assigned to or being taught for four or more consecutive weeks by a teacher who is not highly qualified in a core academic subject.

9. Title I schools hold an annual meeting to inform parents of participating students about the Title I program.

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Top 10 Monitor Findings in 2014-15


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8. School Wide Schools: All Schoolwide schools: have completed a needs assessment; have developed schoolwide reform strategies; are using highly qualified staff to deliver instruction; are sending high-quality teachers to “high-need” schools; have high-quality and ongoing professional development; have parent involvement; have a Pre-K to Kindergarten Transition Plan for preschool children, if applicable; consider teacher input when making assessment decisions; provide effective, timely and additional assistance to students having difficulty mastering proficient or advanced levels of academic standards

9. Utilizing the most recent PIMS data, all core content area teachers employed by the LEA are highly qualified. (Core content teachers in ALL schools, not just Title I.)


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6. Schools receiving Title I funds have a written school-parent compact and evidence that it has been updated annually and has been distributed to parents.

7. Title I schools have coordinated and integrated parent involvement programs and activities with other programs (Head Start, public preschools, parent resource centers, early childhood programs), to encourage and support parents in more fully participating in the education of their children, and parents have participated in the development of the Transition Plan.


4. Title I schools conducted an annual evaluation of the effectiveness of school parental involvement activities.

5. Title I schools have provided assistance to parents in understanding the State’s academic content standards and student academic achievement standards, State and local academic assessments, the requirements of Title I, and how to monitor a child’s progress and work with educators to improve student achievement.


2. Schools receiving Title I funds have a written Parent Involvement Policy/Plan aligned with the District policy and evidence that it is updated annually and has been distributed to parents.

3. Title I schools educate instructional staff, with parental assistance, in the value and utility of contributions of parents, how to reach out to and communicate with and work with parents as equal partners, implement and coordinate parent programs and build ties between parents and schools.

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Questions?

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