New Fairfield Public School District

SPECIAL EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAMS

AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009

(ARRA 2009)

Budget ED114

DIRECTIONS: Applicants must complete and submit a State Budget Form, ED 114, for each funding source, IDEA/ARRA, Section 611 and/or Section 619 entitlement.  The ED 114 must reflect a proposed line item budget that corresponds to the intended goals, objectives and activities proposed in the grant application.  Applicants must submit the IDEA grant budgets electronically through the CSDE’s Prepayment ED 114 Grant System.  Questions regarding this system should be addressed to Linda Kriss in the Bureau of Grants Management at 860-713-6472. 

NOTE ON THE IDEA BUDGETS

Administrative expenditures (salaries, clerical salaries and administrative supplies) are limited to a maximum of 10% of an eligible district’s total entitlement for both Sections 611 and 619.

When the federal government conducts its audit, grantees must be able to demonstrate that these expenditures for salaries are justified by time records and demonstrate the percentage of time that these individuals are involved in IDEA activities.

LEAs may use ARRA funds to purchase equipment which as been defined to mean an article of nonexpendable, tangible personal property that has a useful life of more then one year and an acquisition cost which equals or exceeds the lesser of the capitalization level established by the governmental unit for financial statement purposes, or $5,000 (see 2 CFR Part 225, Appendix B, 15.a.).

IDEA funds may only be used for the excess costs associated with the provision of special education and related services to eligible children.  However, 15% of the total grant may be used for general CEIS purposes or, if an the LEA has been identified under 34 CFR Section 300.646 to set aside funds due to disproportionate identification, it must be used for activities to reduce this disproportionate identification.  Applicants must document use of grant funds on the NOTICE OF INTENT TO USE IDEA FUNDS FOR COORDINATED EARLY INTERVENING SERVICES (CEIS), found on page 21 of the IDEA ARRA application. 

Grantees must use funds to supplement, not supplant local expenditures.

Eligibility for IDEA funding is based upon an LEA’s/agency’s prior demonstration of its MOE which the CSDE Division of Grants Management calculates for each LEA. If the CSDE identifies an issue concerning a LEA’s eligibility CSDE will contact the grantee.

The following ED 114s must be submitted electronically on the CSDE’s Prepayment 

Grants System.

ED114  FISCAL YEAR 2009           BUDGET FORM              FUNDING STATUS:

ED114  FISCAL YEAR 2009           BUDGET FORM              FUNDING STATUS:

SPECIAL EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAMS

AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009

(ARRA 2009)

IDEA Budget Narratives

DIRECTIONS:  Applicants must complete and submit the attached State Budget Narrative(s) for each funding source the applicant is entitled to receive, the IDEA, Section 611 and/or Section 619 entitlement funds.  Applicants must provide an explanation for all expenditures proposed in the grant budget.  Justifications for expenses must correspond to the Goals and Related Activities Pages (pages 10-11) and the respective ED114. 

Please Note following:

• Applicants must provide the full time equivalent (FTE) of personnel whose salaries are included in the budgets (e.g., 2.5 FTE speech and language pathologists, .3 FTE occupational therapist, etc.)
• Combined administrative costs (Budget codes 111A, 112B and code 612) are limited to 10% of the grant.
• If a LEA uses code 700 (Property), please specify unit(s) and unit cost(s).

BUDGET NARRATIVE_ (ARRA FUNDS)

DIRECTIONS:  For Section 611 funding, identify the budget code, line item description, proposed cost and justification for each expenditure.  Applicants must justify every proposed line item expenditure.  Identify personnel by type (e.g., teacher, aide, etc.) and FTE.  Proposed line item costs must reflect the goals and intended outcomes of the grant.

Section 300.133 (d) of the Code of Federal Regulations requires that LEAs use IDEA-Part B Section 611/619 funding to meet its proportionate expenditure mandate with respect to eligible parentally placed nonpublic school students.  By doing so, a LEA can demonstrate adherence to that mandate upon completion of end-of-year expenditures (ED-141).

BUDGET NARRATIVE_ (ARRA FUNDS) _____________________

DIRECTIONS:  For Section 619 funding, identify the budget code, line item description, proposed cost and justification for each expenditure.  Applicants must justify every proposed line item expenditure.  Identify personnel by type (e.g., teacher, aide, etc.) and FTE.  Proposed line item costs must reflect the goals and intended outcomes of the grant.

Section 300.133 (d) of the Code of Federal Regulations requires that LEAs use IDEA-Part B Section 611/619 funding to meet its proportionate expenditure mandate with respect to eligible parentally placed nonpublic school students.  By doing so, a LEA can demonstrate adherence to that mandate upon completion of end-of-year expenditures (ED-141).